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| Post timely information critical to course success. The instructor can add, modify, and remove announcements from the Announcements page. This is an ideal place to post time-sensitive material such as: |
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When assignment are due
Changes in the syllabus
Correction/clarifications of materials
Exam schedules |
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Chat allows users to interact with each other via a text-based chat. Chat is part of the Virtual Classroom. It can also be accessed separately.
The Virtual Classroom allows users to ask questions, draw on the whiteboard, and participate in breakout sessions from the Virtual Classroom. The instructor establishes which tools in the Virtual Classroom users can access. This is a synchronous tool. |
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Enables students to exchange files with the instructor. |
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A communication medium for posting and responding to messages. Conversations are grouped as threads that contain a main posting and all related replies. An advantage of the Discussion Board is that threads are logged and organized. |
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Enables users to send email to fellow classmates, instructors, or groups within a course through the College Webmail system. |
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Provides each course a private and secure system for communication that functions similarly to email including allowing attachments. Keep in mind that Messages cannot be sent or received outside of the users in the course. Messages remain inside Blackboard. They do not use the College Webmail service.
Messages are usually accessed through the Communications area of a course. As with most features, the instructor can restrict access or change the layout of the Course Menu so that Messages are accessible directly. |
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Instructors may create coursework and manage the grades and feedback for each student individually. By creating an assignment that lists the name, point value and description of the assignment, instructors are able to communicate directly with students and collect and return the assignments electronically that are automatically added to the gradebook.
After an assignment is added to a Content Area, students may access the assignment, complete it in a new file, and then send it back to the instructor. The instructor may then in turn respond to each student individually, with comments and file attachments.
After reading and grading the assignment, the instructor then simply goes into the gradebook and inserts the grade in the column that was created when the assignment was added to the course content. |
| Automatically Adding Assignments to the Gradebook: |
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Open a Content Area, such as Course Documents, from the Control Panel. |
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SelectAdd Assignment from the Action Bar. |
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Complete the Add Assignment page and clickSubmit. |
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A completed Assignment may be accessed through the Gradebook. |
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All tools are enabled in every course by default. To disable any tool, select “Control Panel”, “Course Options”, “Manage Tools”, and “Enable Blackboard Tools”. Deselect any Blackboard tool you do not want students to use in your course by clicking the green check mark next to it. Select “Submit”. |
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