Blackboard Learn Multimedia Tutorials

All online/hybrid courses and on-campus courses use Blackboard Learn. This site provides tutorials on how to use basic tools in Blackboard Learn.

Click on a topic below to see the text based instruction related to the topic. Multimedia instructions (animated screen captures with voice) are also designed for selected topics. To view a multimedia instruction, click the icon next to a topic and click on the play button to play the tutorial. To view the multimedia instruction, you must turn off the pop-up blocker on your browser and use Adobe Flash Plug-in. Some of the video files are in Flash. iPhone/iPad users need to use a Flash Video player app. to view videos at this site. Using a personal desktop or laptop, it is best if you use Internet Explorer with a Flash Player for the vidoes in .swf format.

Get Ready	What is Blackboard Learn?
	Preparations for Blackboard Learn Log On
Log On	Log on to Blackboard Learn
	Not Able to Log On
myCommNet	Avoiding Timeout in Blackboard Learn by Logging Out of MyCommNet
Blackboard Windows	My Instituion Page
	Blackboard Navigation
Syllabus & Learning Module	Syllabus-View, Print, and Save
	Learning Module-View Files
	Learning Module - Print or Save a Web-Based File
	Learning Module - View and Print a ".pdf" File
	Learning Module - View, Print, or Save a Non-Web File
	File Formats Used in Blackboard
Discussions	What is Discussion Forum and Threaded Discussion?
	Discussions Setup - Questions and Messages
	Read and Reply a Discussion Message
	Post a Discussion Message to Start a Thread
	Copy Questions from a Discussion Forum to a MS Word File Copy Answer from a MS Word file and Post it on Discussion Forum
	Read or Save a File Attached to a Discussion Message Attach a File to a Discussion Message
Mail -Messages	Internal Mail vs. External Mail in Blackboard Learn
	Blackboard Learn Messages - Internal Mail Setup
	Read and Reply a Mail in Messages - Internal Mail
	Send a Mail in Messages - Internal Mail
	Attach a File to a Mail in Message - Internal Mail
Announcements & Calendar	View Announcements View Events in Calendar
Exams/Tests	Take an Online Test and View Result View Result of an Exam/Quiz/Test
Assignments	Submit an Assignment View an Assignment Grade and Comment
Collaboration	Collaboration: Chat vs. Virtual Classroom - The Current Version of Blackboard does not have this Feature.
	Conduct Conversations in Chat or Virtual Classroom - The Current Version of Blackboard Does not have this Feature.
Help	Troubleshooting and Helpful Resources
Distance Learning	Distance Learning at MxCC

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Contact Dr. Yi Guan-Raczkowski for comments on this orientation.