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Appendix A
User Guide of Blackboard Mobile Learn for CityU Students (Android)
How to download / install Bb Mobile Learn?
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Downloaded from Google Play Store
How to access e‐Portal via Bb Mobile Learn?
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Input Public ID
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Login by using CityU Electronic ID / password
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List of courses / organizations
Features and Functions of Bb Mobile Learn
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Documents
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Announcements
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My Grades
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Discussions
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Blog
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Journal
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Dashboard
FAQ
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What should I do if the App exits on its own?
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Why some items / entries are missing on my mobile device?
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Why sometime image cannot be displayed?
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Why some formats of items and entries cannot be displayed well?
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Can the screen be rotated to horizontal?
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Can I submit assignment using my mobile device?
Key buttons
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How to download / install Bb Mobile Learn?
Blackboard Mobile™ Learn takes interactive teaching and learning to the mobile device, giving students and
teachers instant access to their courses and organizations anywhere.
This user guide is for mobile devices Android. The following steps are about how to download / install that
App Bb Mobile Learn in the device.
1. Tap the icon “Play Store” at the menu.
2. Tap
, type “blackboard mobile learn” and then tap the searched result.
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3. Bb logo and author information “Blackboard Inc.” are shown as below. Tap the row for that App.
4. On the information of that App, tap
install.
5.
or
The icon of the App with title “Learn” would be shown.
and then
button to
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How to access e-Portal via Bb Mobile Learn?
After installation, you can use that App to access Blackboard course and organization sites.
1. Tap the icon “Learn” in the menu.
2. The App “Bb Mobile Learn” would be opened. Tap the Search field and input CityU’s Public ID “E9PTVR”.
Tap on “City University of Hong Kong” which would be shown on the list.
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3. Enter your CityU Electronic ID and Password. Tap
button to login.
4. After logging in, the list of courses would be shown. You can tap “Organizations” at the top
if you need to access any Blackboard organization site.
5. Tap on the title of course / organization site to access.
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Features and Functions of Bb Mobile Learn
After tapping the name of Blackboard course / organization from the list, you would see the menu on Course
/ Organization Map.
Some contents you can access via Bb Mobile Learn.
1. Documents (Word/ PowerPoint/ PDF)
2. Announcements
3. Discussions
4.
Blog
5. Journal
6. Dashboard
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Documents
On Course / Organization Map, tap on the content area such as “Course Documents” or “Documents”. A
list of items may be shown.
First, tap the item and then the file under “Attachments” to download file.
After the download completed, press Menu Key
, then tap
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Tap
to view file.
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Announcements
On Course / Organization Map, tap “Announcements”.
Post(s) in “Announcements” would be shown as following.
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My Grades
On Course / Organization Map, tap “Tools”.
List of tools would be shown as below. Tap on “My Grades” to view assessment grades.
Please note that Bb Mobile Learn do not provide grading details or teacher feedback.
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Discussions
You can access Discussion Board via Course / Organization Map, or Tools.
After tapping “Discussion Board”, list of forums may be shown as following.
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Tap the thread to reveal list of posts. Tap each post, attachment icon or number of replies bubble for details.
Here are the steps to post on Discussion Board.
Add thread message
1
2
3
Press
and then tap
“Add Thread”
After typing the message, tap
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Reply thread message
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1
4
Tap the message subject
2
Press
then tap
After typing, tap
Attach photo file from device
1
3
2
Tap
and then
Select the photo file
Tap
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Blog
A. Create Blog
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1. On Course / Organization
Map, tap “Tool”
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2.
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3. Locate the Blog and tap it
Tap “Blog”
Tap “tools”.
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Tap menu key of mobile
device and tap “Add Entry”
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Type in Title and Content
of the blog and tap “Post”
Title
Content
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The new entry has been
created
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B. Add comment
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1. Locate and tap the blog
entry
2
33. Type comment and tap
2. Tap the menu key of
mobile device and tap “Add
“Post”
Comment”
Type comment here.
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The comment has been added
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C. Upload Photo
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Tap menu key of mobile
device and tap “Add Entry”
Tab on the photo to
download it
2
After type in title and
content, tap “Attachment”
And pick one photo from
mobile device. Tab “Post”
3
The photo has been
uploaded to the blog. Tab
the button to download
the photo
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Journal
A. Add Entry
On Course / Organization Map, tap “Journal”.
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On Course / Organization
Map, tap “Tool”
Tap menu key of mobile
device and tap “Add Entry”
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3
Tap “Journal”
Type in Title and Content
of the Journal and tap
“Post”
Title
Content
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Locate the Journal and tap
it
The new entry has been
created
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B. Adding Comment
1
After enter a Journal entry,
tab menu button of mobile
device. Click “Add
Comment”
2
Type comment and tap
“Post”
Type comment here.
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The comment has been
added
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Dashboard
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Tap “Course” tab
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Tap menu key of mobile
device and tap
“Dashboard”
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You can view the
Dashboard
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FAQ
Q:
What should I do if the App exits on its own?
A:
Restart your mobile device and then retry.
Q:
Why some items / entries are missing on my mobile device?
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Sometime you need to logout and then re‐login to view the latest items. Nevertheless, a
web browser on a computer will give you a more reliable view all the time.
Q:
Why sometime image cannot be displayed?
A:
Images, video and other files uploaded to visual editors on Bb are not viewable via Bb
Mobile Learn.
Q:
Why some formats of items and entries cannot be displayed well?
A:
Some formats (i.e. bullet points, table) modified by visual editors on Bb are not viewable
via Bb Mobile Learn.
Q:
Can the screen be rotated to horizontal?
A:
Bb Mobile Learn does not provide such feature at this point.
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Can I submit assignment using my mobile device?
Bb Mobile Learn does not support assignment submission at this point.
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Appendix A
Key buttons
Escape Key - Go back to upper level
Examples:
… > Course Documents
… > Course Documents > Week 1 notes
… > Discussion > General Forum
… > Discussion > General Forum > threads
Menu Key - Open menu for actions
General:
Open download manager to view the downloaded item
Open item in browser (for External Link)
Refresh the page
Discussions:
Add new thread
Reply the thread
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Button
Location
OR
Top
Bottom
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Description
Go back to the navigation menu of the Blackboard
course / organization site.
After typing message in item / entry, tap this button
to submit.
Attach file