MOUNT ROYAL ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT CENTRE
Making a Journal For Every
Student in Blackboard
You can create a journal for each student that only the student and you as the instructor can see.
This tutorial will show to create a journal, how a student makes journal entries, how the instructor can
grade or comment, and how the student can see the instructors feedback.
1. Open an Internet browser (such as Firefox
or Internet Explorer
http://courseware.mymru.ca into the address bar at the top of your screen.
2. Type in the same user
name and password you
use for MyMRU. If you
have problems with your
account login contact the
IT Service Desk.
)and type in
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3. Click the Login button.
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4. To enter a Blackboard
course click the course link
under My Courses.
http://www.mtroyal.ca/adc
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5. Click Tools.
6. Click Journals.
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7. Click Create Journal.
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8. Type a Name for the
Journal.
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9. Scroll down.
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10. You may want to set
the Index Entries to
Weekly.
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11. You may want to set
the Grade the Journal, if
so click Grade and set the
Points Possible.
12. Click Submit.
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13. From a student’s view,
the student would click
Tools.
14. Click Journals.
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15. Click Journal.
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16. Click Create Journal
Entry.
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17. Type a Title.
18. Type the Entry Message.
19. Click Post Entry.
20. Back to the instructor’s
view, you will see a notification in What’s New in
Journals (in this case there
is 1 new journal entry).
Click Journals.
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21. Click the + to expand
Other Journals.
22. Click Journal.
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23. You will see all the students who have submitted
journal entries. Click one
of them.
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24. If you want to grade it,
click Edit Grade.
25. If you’re grading this,
type in a Current Grade
Value.
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26. Type Feedback
(optional).
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27. Click Save Grade.
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28. If you wish to comment, click Comment.
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29. Type a Comment.
30. Click Add.
31. From the student’s
view, they will see the
Grade and Feedback.
32. They will also see and
link to any Comments.
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