Student Tutorials
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Log into Blackboard | My Blackboard Tab | Tests | Communication | |
Blackboard 9.1 includes a "Help" link within the course navigation to "Blackboard Help for Students," a searchable database of tutorials produced by Blackboard on all aspects of their product. If you are struggling to identify the correct search criteria to locate information you seek, ITS has created links to the most frequently used Blackboard tool topics on this page.
Tutorials resources for using various building blocks that are customized to interface with Blackboard (external applications like Turnitin) are linked on the Blackboard support home page.
All handouts included on this page are in PDF format and require Adobe Acrobat Reader. Download Acrobat Reader here.
Log into Blackboard
To log into Blackboard, click the Bb logo on the SIUE web site or access http://bb.siue.edu. The username is your SIUE e-ID (the first part of the SIUE email address - eg: jsmith) and the password is the same one used to access SIUE email. For additional information and other technologies available to students, visit the ITS-Students webpage.
My Blackboard Tab
The sections on the My Blackboard tab are called modules. For information on how to arrange, hide, edit, and/or remove modules, consult the corresponding handouts linked below.
Tests and Quizzes
Tests and Quizzes are assessment components of Blackboard. There are many factors students should be aware of when taking a test or quiz in Blackboard. Those are outlined in Taking Tests and Surveys in Blackboard documentation.
If you experience problems while taking a test or quiz that prevents you from completing or re-opening the test or quiz, contact your instructor. ITS staff cannot reset an attempt for a test or quiz without the consent of the instructor. For important information and best practices on Tests and Quizzes in Blackboard, consult the handouts linked below.
- ITS Tips & Tricks for Taking Tests & Surveys
- Taking a Test, Quiz, or Survey
- Using Respondus Monitor to Take an Exam
- Using ProctorU for Online Exams
Communication
Several features in Blackboard enable individual and group communication among members of a class. For information on the Communication tools, consult the handouts linked below.
Assignments
The Assignment tool enables students to submit documents electronically within Blackboard. For information on Assignments, consult the handouts linked below.
- Blackboard Assignments
- Turnitin Assignments
- PeerMark Assignments
YuJa
Yuja (pronounced "you-JA") is an easy-to-use educational video platform that offers faculty, staff, and students the ability to create, store, and edit videos.
Zoom
Zoom is a collection of synchronous and asynchronous online presentation and collaboration tools that enhance instructors' and students' ability to teach and learn online through Blackboard. For information on Zoom and its component parts, consult the Zoom Resource Page.
Groups
Your instructor can create groups of students within a course. Groups usually consist of a smaller group of users in a course, such as study groups or project groups. These course groups have their own area in the course to collaborate. These spaces are equipped with tools that can assist each group member. Within Group page, you may:
- Send email
- Exchange files
- Enter discussion forums
- Enter collaboration sessions
- Change the position of individual modules by dragging and dropping
Your instructor can provide Communication and Collaboration tools that only group members can access, such as a private File Exchange area, a Group Discussion Board, and a Group Journal.
Your instructor will either place you into a group by selecting your group for you, assigning students in random groups or allowing you to select the group you want to join.
- About Course Groups (accessing, creating, joining)
- Emailing a Group
- Submitting Group Assignments
