Introduction to Blackboard for Faculty - Fall 2006

Department of Information Technology Resources (ITR)

URL for this document   http://www.lehman.edu/faculty/john/bb/introfa06.html

John Dono                                User Services, ITR

john@lehman.cuny.edu              (718) 960-8338

Session Outline

• What is Blackboard
  
  
• How is Blackboard used at Lehman
  
  
• What skills and equipment do instructors and students need to use Blackboard successfully
  
  

• How to access Blackboard
  
  

                        Registering on the CUNY Portal

                        Portal login

                        Portal ----> Blackboard 6

                        Portal Problems

                        Alternate Blackboard access

                        Logout

• My Institution page
  
  

                        Courses you are teaching

• Entering a course
  

                        Instructor/Student views

                        Control Panel

Changing Course Settings: availability

                        Changing Course Settings: course name

                        Online manual

• Enrollment in your Blackboard course
  

• Content Areas and adding content via Control Panel
  
  

Direct entry of text

“attaching” files

• Discussion Board: creating a forum, management of a discussion board
  
  
• Other synchronous collaboration tools
  

• Email accounts and Blackboard
  

• Digital Drop Box

• Assessments and Grades

• Monitoring Participation

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Useful URLs, Help and Support

CUNY Home Page (Portal)	http://www.cuny.edu
Blackboard Backdoor	https://blackboard-doorway.cuny.edu
CUNY Portal Documentation	http://www.lehman.edu/docs/portalinfo.pdf or click on Blackboard link on Lehman Home Page http://www.lehman.edu
Lehman Email – web client	http://mail.lehman.edu
Lehman Email Documentation	http://www.lehman.edu/docs/mirapoint/lcmirapoint.html
Student workshop schedule	http://www.lehman.edu/training (to arrange student training sessions, contact Valerie Henderson, ext. 8698 valerie.henderson@lehman.cuny.edu)
ITR Help Desk            IT Center, Carman Hall	for general questions: helpdesk@lehman.cuny.edu (718) 960-1111
Online Manual	Blackboard Course Control Panel > Assistance > Online Manual
Blackboard Support:	http://support.blackboard.com (requires signing up with Blackboard; . pdf versions of manuals available in Reference Center)
Other Help	http://www.lehman.edu/faculty/hoffman/itc/techteach documentation prepared by Ursula Hoffmann http://www.lehman.edu/lol documentation prepared by Robert Whittaker