Blackboard Overview Guide
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Once you login to blackboard you will see a listing of courses you are registered for, Please double check to make sure that the courses on your student schedule matches the ones listed in the My Course listing online. It is ok to have previous semester courses on this listing.
NOTE: You must login to each course at least once a week (does not matter what time of the day or what day of the week it is!) in order for attendance to count.
In order to login to a course to get started with the class lectures, assignment and discussion you must click on the link of that course from the My Course listing.
Once you are logged in to the course, you can click on the links in the left frame to get started with:
- All announcements
- Course Information
- Required Text Books
- Course Outline
- Instructor’s Contact Information
- Lectures
- Assignments and due dates
- Homework’s
- Exams Information
If you have any questions please fill free to contact your instructor.
Announcements
The accouncements display is an alternate way for instructors to keep each student updated with the course on a daily or weekly basis.
After logging into Blackboard, on your homepage you should be able to see “My Announcements”
My Announcements also notifies you of the latest updated announcements any one of your instructors has posted on each individual class.
Discussion Board
The Discussion Board, a forum in which students and their Instructor are to discuss any work related topics that have to do with each individual class. Often an instructor would post a discussion question that requires you to give feedback. Your feedback will be counted as class participation toward the final grade.
The forum is organized and formatted for posts. It keeps track of each and every post each student makes and also keeps everyone up to date. Feel free to ask questions or discuss topics with your fellow students and/or instructor amongst each your individual courses.
Instructor Information
To find out more information on your instructor, click on the Instructor button as shown below.
To send your Instructor an E-Mail, click on the Email Instructor button
Required Textbooks
In each course, a textbook may be required upon the course or instructors request.
Down below is an example of what the required textbook page for each course should look like.
You may purchase text books in the Financial Aid office, at the main campus of Bramson ORT College in Forest Hills.
Course Outline
Each course carries an outline, provided and designed by each individual instructor.
Your Course Outline will explain what your instructor expects of each student, your assignments and discussions, etc.
Lecture Notes
To view lecture notes, just simply follow the steps in the images below.
You may also download each individual chapter as a file, provided that the instructor allows it.
Viewing Assignments
Each course has an assignment button. You may view your assignments by clicking on this button and viewing each home work and/or assignment that was assigned by the instructor.
Sending Homework and assignments
To send homework or assignments to the instructor, click on the Send Homework link on the main menu
- You will be provided with a dialog box
- Please locate the file on your computer you would like to send by clicking on the
Browse button.
- Enter the Name or Subject of the file eg. Homework 1 or Assignment 1
- Enter any comments you would like to convey to your instructor concerning this file and click Submit button.
Your file will be sent to the instructor.
Alternate Method To Send Homework or assignments
To send homework to the instructor, click on the tools button.
Then click on Digital Drop Box
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