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Information for Students

Accessing Blackboard (WebCT)
This document discusses User Names and Passwords, and provides the URL for Blackboard and other connection information.

Accessing Blackboard (WebCT)
Springfield College BU and SCI Students

This document discusses User Names and Passwords, and provides the URL for Blackboard and other connection information.

Password Problems
Standards for BU and SCI User Names are described, and instructions for password resets are discussed.

Apparent Missing or Empty Files and the Internet Explorer Information Bar
Blackboard users occasionally report that when they try to view files posted on course pages, it appears the files are missing or empty. Often this is because the user has overlooked the Internet Explorer Information Bar. This document explains how to access files that have been blocked by the Infomation Bar.

Blackboard Discussions
Instructions for participating in Discussions, including posting to existing threads and starting new threads, are given.

Blackboard Assignments
The Blackboard assignment environment is described. Instructions for downloading assignments, submitting assignments, and accessing graded assignments are given.

SafeAssign
Link to the student SafeAssign User Manual. Other support materials are available at http://www.safeassign.com.


Information for Faculty

Blackboard (WebCT) Course Request
Use the online form at http://www.ben.edu/BbCourseRequest to request that a WebCT course be set up and students enrolled.

Blackboard Designer and Instructor Reference Manual
A link to this manual is available under Campus Bookmarks on your My Blackboard page.

Problem with Grading Forms
When assignments with associated Grading Forms are edited extra columns are added to the Grade Book. This document describes the problem in detail and offers suggested workarounds.

Enrolling students into your Blackboard Course
A few days before the course begins students will be enrolled Blackboard based on Peoplesoft records. Subsequent Adds and Drops are done manually.

Calculated Columns in Grade Book
Instructions for creating Grade Book columns as a sum or average of othe numeric columns are given.

Class Mailing Lists and Blackboard
The purpose of this document is to describe various options for creating class mailing lists, and to point out information that is available in Roster, one of the newer Blackboard tools.

SafeAssign and DirectSubmit
This paragraph header links to a document that offers a brief description of these two plagiarism prevention and detection tools, and provides this link to the User Manual. Other support materials are available at http://www.safeassign.com.

Introduction to Blackboard (1.3 MB)
Prerequisite: None
This tutorial assumes no previous knowledge of WebCT. Topics include an overview of the Blackboard interface, a comparison of Designer/Instructor roles, and a discussion of Course/Section levels. Participants will build a WebCT course that includes a syllabus, a threaded discussion, links to remote websites and a grade book.

 

 

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