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Blackboard Tutorial

Blackboard access instructions for students

• If you are not currently registered for CUNY Portal (which is different that the Brooklyn College Portal, register at https://portal.cuny.edu/portal/site/cuny/index.jsp?epi-content=LOGIN.
• Once you are registered, you can log into Blackboard at https://doorway.cuny.edu/Doorway?ApplicationName=blackboard, but there is also a path into the system through CUNY Portal:
  • Enter at http://portal.cuny.edu.
  • Login.
  • Select Blackboard. If you don't see "Blackboard" listed, select "My Page". "Blackboard" should be listed as an SSO Application".
  • Will bring up the Blackboard doorway in a separate window.
  • Login again.
• Select Brooklyn/staff(student)
• Select course (e.g. "BC_TVR_65_EM6_200702: TVR 65 EM6: Mass Media [3431]").
• You should view announcements immediately.
• Select "Course Documents" to view course materials.
• Things should be fairly obvious from here, but a student manual to the use of Blackboard is available at http://ait.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bbls_rel6_student.pdf.

Brooklyn College AIT Blackboard Information Page

http://ait.brooklyn.cuny.edu/blackboard_generalinfo.htm

Shortcut?

https://doorway.cuny.edu/Doorway?ApplicationName=blackboard

Blackboard access instructions for me

• Enter at http://portal.cuny.edu
• First time in, register.
• login
• Select blackboard
• Will bring up seperate window. Select Brooklyn/staff(student) and login again.
• Select course. Move to announcements screen. I have a control panel. Students dont'.
• To add a web document, select "course documents" and then select "+External Link". Other kinds of additions can be made as well.
• To give an assignment that requires student submissions, do the following:
  • Select "assignments"
  • Add an "+item"
  • Be sure to set time limits before saving (although you can modify later.
  • To enable students to submit assignments in response:
    • From the control panel, select "digital dropbox"
    • actually, this isn't right. Also tried tests, surveys, and conferences.
    • Students will select "Tools" to submit assignments via the digital dropbox
• Extras to notes:
  • Students can create a home page for other students within the system.
  • I can create "groups" and give "tasks" to those groups.

My questions

1. Can I make a specific discussion board available directly from the menu? I don't see how, but it would be nice to do so. See below.
2. Can I look at this from the perspective of a student without being a student? Not directly. But you can register another professor in your class and look over their shoulder.
3. What is "observer" status all about? Can I provide access to other people? Are there implications to disabling observer access to things? Doesn't work.
4. What are the implications of removing tools: Not the kind I'm worried about.
   • Address Book
   • Calendar
   • Collaboration
   • Glossary
   • Groups
   • Messages
   • Observer Tools
   • Staff Information
   • Tasks
   • Tools Area
   • Adaptive Release
5. I can upload and download the gradebook. Can I specify the design of the gradebook and upload it? Yes.
6. Can I set up computed fields in the gradebook that calculate intermediate grades on the basis of a collection of fields? See below.

• Questions asked
  • Summing within/multiple levels of gradebook. Will ask Blackboard.
  • Moving forum to top menu. Will ask Blackboard.
  • Moving messages into the right thread. Will ask Blackboard.

Contact

Carlos Cruz (carlosa; 4667)

718 951