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. We are in the process of updating the video instructions on this page. For more video instructions, please log on to Blackboard and go to "MxCC_Student_Orientation".

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 MyCTState
Blackboard Windows	Instituiton Page
	Blackboard Navigation
Syllabus & Files	Syllabus-View, Print, and Save
	View and Print Files in Alternative Format - Blackboard Ally View and Print Files in .PDF Format Download MS Office Applications
Discussions	What are Discussion Forum and Threaded Discussion?
	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
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 a Test View Result of a Test
Assignments	Submit an Assignment View an Assignment Grade and Comment
Collaborate	Collaborate: Virtual Classroom
	Class Participation in Virtual Classroom
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.