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This sguidewillintroduceyou y totheB Blackboardplatform.Below B youc canfind instructionson nhowtoperformcerta aintasks,aswellas,answerstoqu uestionsyou u may yhave.

Wh hatisBlackboard?
Blac ckboard Lea arn (BB) is a learning m management system, which enab bles its user rs to easi ily exchang ge informat tion, course e material and notific cations. It i s a web ba ased prog gram that can be ac ccessed fro om any computer connected to o the Colle eges netw work.

How wdoIlog gin?

Ope enaWebbr rowser(i.e.InternetEx xplorer).Inordertolog gtoBlackbo oard,youmay m eith herusetheACGs A Intranet(ifatth heColleges premises)or o theInter rnet.

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Atth headdressbar b type:ac cgboard

Attheaddressbarty ype:

Internet

gboard.acg.edu www.acg OR www.acg g.edu ClicktheQuickLinksbuttonatt the topofthe epageandthenclick BlackBoardLogin

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The eLoginScreen
Typeyouruser rnameandpassword p in nthecorres spondingfie elds. You urusername econsistsof ftheintrod uctorypart tsforUn ndergraduat teDeree stud dents,gsforGradua ateSchools studentsandcsforContinuing C Education stud dents. The eintroducto orypartisfo ollowedbyt thefirstlett terofyourfirstname, followedby y thefirstletterof o yourlastname,follo owedbyyo ourIDnumb ber. urpassword disyourIDnumber n (re memberto ooftenchan ngeit). You

Example: First tname:Ma aria Last tname:Pap ppa IDN Number:22 23223 Use ername:smp223223 m (gsmp223223 3and csm mp223223) Tem mporaryPas ssword: 223 3223 assword,yo uareableto t resetit.Justclickthe eForgotYour Incaseyouforgetyourpa Pass sword?linkandthefo ollowingpa agewillappear.FillintheUsernam meOptionOR O theEmailAddr ressOptionandthencllickSubmi it.Anema ailwillbese entinyour ccount(i.e.foo@acg.ed f du)withins structionsonhowtore esetyour activeemailac pass sword.

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Onc ceyoulogin n,youaredi isplayedwit ththeinitia alwebpageoftheenviironment.At A thetop,thereisthelogoof o theColle egefollowed dbyfourbu uttons: MyPla acesQuick klinkstoyo ourcoursesandpersonalinformat tion Homelinktotheloginpag e HelplinktotheBlackboard supportwe ebpage tLogsyou uoutofthe Blackboard dplatformand a closesy yourpagein nthe Logout Blackbo oardserver r.Alwaysre memberto oLOGOUTwhen w youfin nish,soasto t deactiv vateyourac ccount The ecentralare eaholdstwo otabs:My InstitutionandCourse es.

MY YINSTITUTIONTAB
Sele ecttheMod dulesyouwould w liketo oappearinMyInstituti iontabbyc clickingthe Ad ddModulebuttonand dcheckingt thecorrespondingboxes.Always rememberto click kSubmitforapplying gyourchan nges. Pers sonalizeyou urpagefrom mthePers sonalizePagebuttonandalterth heorderofthe box xeswiththe eKeyboard dAccessible eReorderin ng:Modules sbuttonac ccordingto yourpreferenc ces.

This sisyourma ainworkingareaandco onsistsoftw wopanels:

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TheTo oolspanel(ontheleft tpartofthe epage)

This spaneloffersyouacce esstoanum mberofusef fulandhand dyareas:

Ann nouncemen nts

Click t the announc cements hyp perlink to a ccess all announcement ts that a are, someho ow, related to your ac ccount (i.e. institutiona al, course es). Click t the calendar r link in order to access s your perso onal calenda ar. Youca anaddperso onaleventsby b clickingth hebuttononthetop.You ur calend dar will auto omatically be e updated b by course ev vents that ar re relate dtoyouraccount. Click t the tasks link k to access your tasks. Yo ou can addpersonal p task ks by cliicking the button on the top. Y Your tasks area will be b autom matically upd dated by co ourse tasks t that are rel lated to you ur accou nt. Useth heViewGra adeslinktoviewyourg radesforthe ecoursestha at youar recurrentlyenrolled. e Use th he Send Em mail link to exchange em mail messages with othe er users currentlyenrolledforthesamecour rsesasyou. Use th he User Dir rectory link to view briief informati ion about th he colleg es BB user rs. Type the e last name e of the person you ar re lookin ngforinthesearch s engin neandclickS Search You ca an use the Address Book in order r to record your y personal contac cts. Click the e button on the top to a add new info ormation. Us se theSe earchEnginetoquicklyfindacertain contact. Use th his link in order o to edit t your perso onal informa ation, chang ge your password and specify y which fiields of yo our personal inform mationshouldbeavailableinpublic.

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MyGrades Sen ndEmail Use erDirectory y

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Pers sonalInform mation

Thejob bsummarypanel(ont herightpar rtofthepage),whicha allowsyouto t overvie ewthejobsoftheday, andconsist ts,bydefau ult,offoura areas: MyAn nnouncements,MyC Calendar,MyCourse esandMy yTasks.

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dertheMyCoursesare eaandthes subareaCourses C inwhich w youa areenrolled d, Und youwillfindallthecourse esinwhichy youareenr rolled.Clickonthelink ktoenterth he courseyouwis shtoview.

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 URSESTAB B COU
This sareaallow wsyoutoaccesstheco ursesthatyou y arecurr rentlyenrollledinandview v theInstructors sthatteachthem. Clickthetitleof o acoursethat t youare eattendinginorderto enterthed detailed coursearea.

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DetailedCours seArea On the left side e, there isa panel, wh hich allowsyou y to acce ess the vario ous coursesub area as.Toactiva ateanarea,clickthec correspondi ingbutton.Usually,the edefaultac ctive area aistheAn nnouncements.

Dependingonthe ecourse,the esubareas s mayva arybutthefollowing f w willalwaysbe availab ble: seitinorde erto Announcements:Youmayus viewth hespecificcourses c ann nouncemen nts only. Course eInformatio on:Hereyo ouwillfind courserelatedinfo ormationlik kemeeting times,outline,syll labus,policiiesand dures. proced eDocument ts/Materialland/or Course Assignm ments/Proj jects:Inthis sareathe instruc ctorwillbeposting p hom mework, reading gs,assignments,etc. Communication:This T areaen nablesyouto t commu unicatewith htherestof fthememb bers ofthecourse c inanumber n ofw ways.

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mmunicatio onTools Com Di iscussionBo oard Us setheDiscu ussionBoar rdinordert toparticipat tetocourse ediscussion ns,initiated eitherbytheinstructororafellow student.Sp pecificconversations(t threads)are e gr roupedinto oForums.Clickaforum mhyperlinktojoinadis scussion.

Th hreads con nsist of messages: m a main po osting and all a related replies. r Clic ck on the su ubjectofamessage m inordertore aditand re eplytoit. Click Create Thread so as to ope n a new to opic for disc cussion con ncerning the e related fo orumtopic. Assi ignment/Fi ileSubmissi ion Ino ordertosub bmitan assignmentorafileyouneed tov visitthecon ntentareayour prof fessorhasspecified s (i.e e. Assi ignments). The enclickonth henameof fthe assignment(i.e e.Exercise1). 1 IRM MDepartmentTheAm mericanCol legeofGreece Pa age8

The eUploadAs ssignmentfo ormlooksa asfollows:

Inth heSubmiss sionbox,youcanenter rrelatedde etailsandth henclickthe eBrowseMy M Com mputerbutt tonsoasto olocatethe appropriatefile(s).Youcanalsoc changethe nam meofthelin nkintheLi inkTitlefie eldthatleadstothefile(s). ClicktheSaveas a Draftbut ttontoonly ysaveyourfile(s)intheBlackboar rdserver.To T send dthefile(s) )toyourPro ofessorclick kSubmit.

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 Gro oups

Incaseyouwo orkingroups,youwillh haveyourowngrouparea a (i.e.He ello).Youare etopersona alizethisar reathrough theAddPe ersonalModulebutton n. able The ereareseveraltoolstha atyouwillb beabletouse u accordin ngtoyourp professors choiceofsettin ngsforeach hgroup(i.e. .fileexchan nge,blogs,discussion d b board,journ nal, task ks,wikisand dsendema ail).

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BelowfindusesofmostgrouptoolsasdescribedinBlackboardLearnv9.1manual, someofwhichmaybeusedifyourInstructorhasgivenyouthenecessary authorization.

Collaborationsessionsarerealtimelessonsanddiscussions.Two collaborationtoolsareavailable:ChatandVirtualClassroom.Chat isanexchangeoftextmessagesonline.VirtualClassroomisa sharedonlineenvironmentwhereuserscanviewlinks,share desktops,exchangefiles,andchat.Bothtypesofcollaborationcan berecordedandsavedforfuturereview. Uploadfilesfortherestofthegroupmemberstoseebyclicking theAddFilebutton. Blogentriesmakeupthecontentofablog.Dependingontheblog settings,entriesmaybeeditedordeletedbytheirauthors.Blog entriescanbesavedasadrafttoeditordeleteatalatertime. Forumsaremadeupofindividualdiscussionthreadsthatcanbe organizedaroundaparticularsubject. Journalentriesmakeupthecontentofajournal.Dependingonthe journalsettings,entriescanbeeditedordeletedbytheirauthors. Journalentriescanbesavedasadrafttoeditordeleteatalater time. CreatetasksforthegroupmembersbyclickingtheCreatethe GroupTaskbutton. AwikiisaBBsitethatmayhaveahomepageandadditionalpages accordingtothecontributionsofthegroupmembers.Eachgroup membercanaddapage(s)andcommentattheothermembers sitesandposts. Sendemail(s)tothegroupmembers.Acopyoftheemailissent toyouremailaccount. Visityourgroupshomepage.
Add a banner for the page of the group using the text editor. You can also add an image from your local drive or a source URL.

Collaboration

FileExchange

GroupBlog

GroupDiscussionBlog

GroupJournal

GroupTasks

GroupWiki

SendEmail GroupHomepage CustomizeGroupBanner CustomizeGroupColor

Youcanpersonalizethegrouppagebychoosingacolorpalettefor alltheelementsonthepage.Changesmadetothispageare displayedonlytotheusermakingthechange.

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FAQ Q Ica annotlogin.Whatis swrong?

Checkag gainwhethe eryoutypeth hecorrectus sernameand dpassword. Remember

Yourus sernamecon nsistsofthe eintroducto orypartsforUnder rgraduate Dereestudents, s gs g forGrad duateSchoo olstudentsandcsfo orContinuing Educati ionstudents.Yourdefa aulttempor rarypasswo ordisyourI Dnumber. Checkth heCapsLock kbuttonony yourkeyboar rd.Makesur reitsoff.
Itriedev verythingan ndIstillcann otlogin.Vis sitorcallACG GsCompute erLabsfor assistance.

wcanIch hangemypassword d? How

LogintoBlackb boardandvisit v theTo olsPanelin"MyInsti itution"tab b.ClickPersonal Info ormationChange C Pas sswordTy ypeyournew wpassword dtwiceand clickSubm mit.

Ifo orgotmypassword. p .Howdo Iresetit?

Incaseyouforgetyourpa assword,yo uareableto t resetit.Justclickthe eForgotYour Pass sword?linkthatisloc catedatthe eBlackboard dloginpage e. The efollowingpage p willap ppear.Fillin ntheUserna ameOption nORtheEm mailAddress s Opt tionandthe enclickSub bmit.Ane mailwillbesentinyo ouractivee mailaccoun nt (i.e. .foo@acg.e edu)withinstructionso onhowtoreset r yourpassword. p

annotseemycours se.Whats shouldIdo o? Ica

Ifyo oucannotseethecour rseyouare attending,notifyyourProfessor. Hewillmak ke sure eyouareen nrolledinhisBlackboa rdcourseor o thatthecourse c ison andavailab ble fort thestudent tstosee.

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 Idonotreceivetheemailsmyprofessorssendmethrough Blackboard.Why?
MakesurethatyouremailaddressinyourBlackboardaccountisthecorrectone.To checkthisout,visittheMyInstitutionareaandtheToolsPanel.ClickPersonal InformationEditPersonalInformationChecktheEmailfieldandcorrectitif needed.ThenclickSubmitforthechangestotakeeffect. Ifyoustillfacethesameproblem,checktheJunkfolderinyourEmailaccount.Your emailsmaybethere.Ifnot,visitorcalltheComputerLabs.

DoIreceiveemailsinmyBlackboardaccount?
NO.TheBlackboardLearnisNOTanemailprogram.Thus,youcanonlysendemails byusingit.YoudoNOTreceiveemailsinBlackboard. Toseeanyemailsyouhavesent/receivedusingblackboardcheckyouremail accountsInboxfolder.

HowdoIsubmitmyassignment?

Inordertosubmitanassignmentorafileyouneedtovisitthecontentareayour professorhasspecified(i.e.Assignments).Thenclickonthenameoftheassignment (i.e.Exercise1). IntheSubmissionboxoftheUploadAssignmentarea,youcanenterrelateddetails andthenclicktheBrowseMyComputerbuttonsoastolocatetheappropriate file(s).Then,youcanalsochangethenameofthelinkintheLinkTitlefieldthat leadstothefile(s). ClicktheSaveasDraftbuttontoonlysaveyourfile(s)intheBlackboardserver.To sendthefile(s)toyourProfessorclickSubmit.

WherecanIseemygrades?
VisittheToolsPanelinthe"MyInstitution"area.ClickMyGradesandchoosethe respectivecoursesoastoseeyourgrades.

IcannotuploadafileonBlackboard.Whatiswrong?
IfyouarenotabletouploadafileonBlackboard,makesurethefilessizeisupto 10MB(neverthelessitissuggestedthateachoneofyourfilesshouldnotexceed 2MB).Ifagainyoufacethesameproblem,thencheckoutthenameofyourfile.File namesshouldnothavespacesorspecialcharacters.Trytouseanunderscore(_) insteadofspaces.Moreover,includeanextensiontoyourfile(i.e.photo.jpg). IRMDepartmentTheAmericanCollegeofGreece Page13

 WhataretheDCStudentServices,CollegeAnnouncements,DC AthleticsandStudentLife,andACGStudentGovernmentcontainers?
ThesecontainersconcernonlytheUndergraduateDereestudentsandare visibleonlytothem. DCStudentServicesThiscontainerholdsannouncements,information,events, deadlinesandformsfromtheACGsoffices(SSC,AcademicAdvising, Registration,StudentAffairs,FinancialAid,CareerServices,TheWritingCenter, PeerTutoring,InformationResourcesManagementDepartment(IRM)) CollegeAnnouncementsHere,youwillfindwideannouncementspostedby theACG'stopadministration DCAthleticsandStudentLifeInthiscontaineryoucanseeinformationand announcementsaboutAthletics,Clubs,SocietiesandOrganizations(DereeRadio, OrientationLeaders,S.E.R.FTeam,StudentGovernment,DereeCollege AmbassadorsandtheObserver),WellnessCenter,SportsLoungee.t.c. ACGStudentGovernmentAcontainerfortheStudentGovernment(S.G.) announcements,members,committees,variousprojectsandcontact information

WhataretheGSStudentServicesandCollegeAnnouncements containers?
ThesecontainersconcernonlytheGraduateSchoolstudentsandarevisible onlytothem. GSStudentServicesThiscontainerholdsannouncements,information, GraduateCoursesSyllabi,GraduateCertificatesandGraduateDegreeBrochures fromtheOfficeoftheDeanoftheGraduateSchoolandProfessionalStudiesand SSC CollegeAnnouncementsHere,youwillfindwideannouncementspostedby theACG'stopadministration

Ineedassistance.WheredoIgo?
IfyouneedassistanceaboutBlackboard,visitorcallACG'sComputerLabs. APCFineArtsPracticeLabTel.2106009800ext.1166 APCCN1110PracticeLabTel.2106009800ext.1007 DTCXN308PracticeLabTel.2107486580ext.2595

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