Blackboard Student Documentation

Welcome to Berkeley College’s Berkeley College Online Program. This documentation will provide you with step-by-step directions that will help you as you learn to integrate your computer, the Internet, and our Berkeley College Online Program to take an online college course. In addition, it will help you navigate Blackboard, the course management system that Berkeley College uses to integrate courses into the online venue.

	Blackboard Introduction for Students
	Navigation
	•	Understanding Blackboard Folders
	•	Understanding Blackboard Student Tools
	•	Using the Glossary Feature in Blackboard
	Communication
	•	Using the Regular Discussion Board
	•	Using the New Features in the Blackboard 7.3 Discussion Board
	•	Pasting Material in the Discussion Board
	•	Adding a Link to Another Web Site (URL)
	•	Using the Group Discussion Board
	•	Using the Messages Feature
	•	Using the Virtual Classroom and the Lightweight Chat
	•	Using the Review Status Feature
	•	Using the Discussion Board Peer Review Feature
	•	Using the Discussion Board Subscription Feature
	Editing
	•	Adding Color Text in the Discussion Board
	•	Using the Spell Check Feature
	Assessments and Assignments
	•	Understanding the Assignment Manager
	•	Adding Files in Assignments
	•	Understanding Blackboard Assessments
	•	Different Types of Assessments
	Content System
	•	Understanding the Content Collection
	•	Adding Files and Folders to the Content Collection
	•	Developing a Portfolio
	•	Adding Portfolio Comments
	•	Developing Personal Portfolios
	•	Accessing Groups in the Content Collection
	•	Accessing the Library Content
	Berkeley College Online Computer Requirements
	Blackboard – FAQs
	Blackboard Help