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Navigating Blackboard
Blackboard: is the BCCC online education software platform used for online courses.
How do I Log on (Students)?
1. Open your browser. AOL users must minimize the AOL browser and use Internet
Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. Go to the college’s Blackboard site
http://bccc.blackboard.com
2. Click the Log on button. Type in your username and password.
a. The USERNAME is your first name initial, middle name initial, the first seven
letters of your last name, followed by month and day of your birth in two digits
each - all lower case, no spaces. If you have a hyphenated last name, use only the
first last name of the two.
i. Example: James S. Washington-Lewis. Date of Birth: March 9, 1991. His
username would be jswashing0309
b. Your PASSWORD is your birth date in two digits each, in this order: year, month
day: yymmdd
i. Example: James S. Washington-Lewis. Date of Birth: March 9, 1991. His
password would be 910309
c. If you're still having problems logging in, contact the Distance Learning office at
410.462.7625 or email them at distancelearning@bccc.edu.
.
How do I Log on (Faculty)?
a. Contact the distance learning office at 410.462.7625
What do I do from the main screen?
Click the MY BCCC tab to view all the classes you are taking. Click on the link to
your online class..
What are the navigation buttons?
1. Announcements - You will find timely information critical to a courses success
a. The latest announcements are posted
b. Click View All to see all announcements
2. Faculty - will display information about your instructor. The instructors
background and contact information are usually found here.
3. Syllabus - to find the syllabus for your course
4. Course Documents - Materials that students will use in the course like lecture
notes, PowerPoint presentations, chapter notes, handouts, quizzes, tests…
a. To print PowerPoint slides, click on the link and select open.
i.
When the presentation appears, right mouse click over the center
of the presentation and select Print
ii. A print dialog box will appear. Change the Print what to
Handouts, and Color/grayscale to Pure Black and White. Click
OK
b. To print Word documents, click on the link and select open.
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i.
When the document appears, click the print button from your
window.
c. To print a Web page from Blackboard, go to the page and click the little
white arrow button that appears to the right of the navigation buttons. This
hides the navigation buttons. Choose File>Print Preview from the menu
bar. You may want to change the orientation to Landscape to get the full
width of the page. Click the Print button. Click the little white arrow button
to unhide the navigation buttons.
5. Assignments - Your instructor posts your assignments (Essays, Readings,
Homework, Quizzes and Tests) to do along with a due date.
a. How do I send my instructor an assignment?
Instructors may set up a link next to the assignment. If your instructor has set
up a link for an assignment, use it.
In the example below, notice the icon has a paper and pencil. This represents an
assignment.
Click on the link to send the assignment.
Click the Browse My Computer button for the file that you typed up the assignment.
Select the file and click the Open button.
Click the Submit button.
b. How do I take a test?
To take a test or quiz, click on the link.
In the next window, you are given a choice Begin the text, or click
Cancel. Once you view the test, you must complete it.
Be advised that your instructor may place limits on your test.
The test may only be taken once.
The test may not be resumed later
If the test displays the questions one at a time, the test may not
allow backtracking. You may not be able to return to a question
after you answered it and have viewed the next question.
6. Communication –
a. Announcements – To see any announcements that the instructor posts.
(Announcements usually appear when you log on to Blackboard.)
b. Discussion Boards - Instructors often place discussion questions for
students to answer. You must read and post discussion board messages.
All answers will be viewable by all classmates.
i.
After reading the question or statement, click on the link to post
your response to the question
ii.
To post your response to the instructor’s question, click the red
Create Thread button
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1. Type in a subject. Type in your message
2. Click the Spell Checker button, then click the Submit button
iii.
To respond to a classmate’s posting, read their posting and
then click the red Reply button to post your response.
1. Type in a subject. Type in your message
2. Click the Spell Checker button, then click the Submit button
c. Messages – used to send and receive messages to other classmates or
your instructor. You cannot attach files to a message. (This is new to
BCCC Blackboard and your instructor may not be familiar with this
feature. You can always Email your instructor).
d. Roster – a listing of your classmates. You can view other student’s
homepages and see their email addresses (if they allow it).
e. Send Email – send email to your instructor, or other classmates
i.
To send an email to your instructor, click All Instructor Users
1. Type in something in the Subject box.
2. Type in your message in the Message box.
ii.
Click Submit
7. External Links - are web sites outside of Blackboard. Your instructor has
evaluated the content of these web sites and believes they are useful for you to
use in the course.
8. Tools –
a. Your Homepage - Creating a homepage gives you an opportunity to
introduce yourself to the class. You can add a message, personal
information, a picture of yourself and list your favorite web sites.
b. Personal Information – Please check to be sure all information is correct
(especially your email address)
i.
Change your personal information
1. Example: use a different email address
ii.
Change your password
iii.
Allow only certain information available to the class
1. Example: set it up not to show your home address or phone
number
c. View Grades - to see your progress throughout the semester
How do I logoff?
Click the word Logout located on the top of the Blackboard page.
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