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Blackboard (Bb) is the course management system that is used by students in all Troy University courses that have a Web component. All School of Nursing courses use Blackboard.
Announcements -- always check announcements when you login to a course. Current announcements appear, but older announcements may not always be visible. Choose the "View All" tab to see any 'old' announcements.
Faculty -- an introduction to your course instructor. This area gives important contact information.
Information & Content Areas: Courses may have different names for the areas -- explore each course you are taking to be sure that you don't overlook important information that might be filed in an area that you haven't seen before!
Example of Course Information area -- often your course syllabus and other key information will be here.
Course Documents or Assignments -- the meat of the course! Courses may be organized differently depending on the instructor, so be sure that you always explore what is behind every link when you take classes that use Blackboard.
Communication -- an area for sending email to classmates and the instructor. You should use your Troy email for all email in this and other nursing courses (but email is another lesson!). Other features in the Communication area are addressed later.
Check Grades -- keep you with your progress and grades in this area. Some grades are automatically posted as soon as you submit work, while other grades that professors enter will be posted usually within two days of the completion date for the item. Students who submit work before the completion date may not see grades until after the date has passed.
For every course you take: Click on the "Update Info" link at the top right of the Blackboard screen. On the screen that appears, choose "Edit Personal Information." Be sure that your first name is the name that you go by (for example if your first name is Mary but you go by Susie, change Mary to Susie). Next enter your TROY email address if it is not already there. Your TROY email address is your Blackboard username followed by @troy.edu -- for example, if your username is jdoe4366, then your email address is jdoe4366@troy.edu. Next click "Submit" then OK. If you want to repeat the process to change something you just entered, go through the "Edit Personal Information" link again. If not, click OK again.
Also note the Help icon at the top of the Bb screen. Many questions you have can be answered here -- try self-help before emailing the instructor with a problem.
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sstokes@troy.edu
August 09, 2007
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