Blackboard Help

Contents

Students

Essentials

Logging Into Blackboard at UMBC
Learn how to log into Blackboard.
Accessing Your Blackboard Courses/Communities
Learn how to enter courses that have been made available to you.
How to Save Files from Your Course/Community
A simple technique for copying files to your computer.
Submitting a Turnitin.com Assignment
Follow these directions to submit a Turnitin assignment in a course.
Creating and Replying to a Discussion Board Thread
Learn how to post to a course/community discussion board.
Editing A Wiki Within Blackboard
Using the wiki tool in your course.

Other

Editing Personal Information / Privacy Options
Changing your personal information available to others in Blackboard.
Configuring the layout of the "My Blackboard" Page
Options for cleaning up your "myBlackboard" page.
Removing Courses from Your My Institution Page
Removing links to old courses.
Student Manual
Check out this manual if you can't figure out how to do something in your course.
Wimba Voice Board
Tips for students
Wimba Classroom - click on the links below to see the video
Recommend using Mozilla Firefox, need headset with mic, can use the phone dial in but it is not a local or toll free call.
Student PPT guide to beginning Wimba classroom
Beginning WC for students 4:20 min.
Presenting ppt. on the fly video 2:22 min.
Group Study Workspace with WC 4:59 min.
Download Archive as MP3 or MP4 2.25 min.
can download audio, video, app share, slides and eBoard; cannot download text chat, websites, external files. The first request to download the MP4 will require a little time to do it, subsequent requests will be quicker.

When watching an archive in WC you can detach the archive log area on the right and get the double arrow at the media bar and drag it down to give you a bigger screen area to see the presentation.
If you are watching the archive the same time as someone else you will be able to text chat with them, even if you are at different spots in the archive.
Wimba Voice Direct video 3:04 min.
Tips for Students
Wimba Voice Presentation
Tips for Students