Blackboard Quick Start

The following information will allow you to quickly and easily get started with Blackboard

By default all courses that exist in the PeopleSoft system exist in Blackboard. All you need to do is populate the course with your materials and make the course available to your students. The following information below will assist you in this process.

Critical Steps
You must complete the following steps to allow your students to access Bb and view your Syllabus
Step 1:  Access Blackboard & Your Course
	Accessing Courses This Movie Tutorial will step you through how to access your Bb Course Site
	Accessing Courses This document will step you through how to access your Bb Course Site
Step 2: Course Availability Your students will be able to access your course once it is made available
	Making Your Course Available This Movie Tutorial will step you through how to make your course available to your students
	Making Your Course Available This document will step you through how to make your course available to your students
Step 3: Adding Course Files You can add your Syllabus or other course files to your course site
	Adding Course Files This Movie Tutorial will show you how to add course files
	Adding Course Files This document will show you how to add course files
Step 4: Creating an Announcement and Emailing your Students
	Creating an Announcement and Sending an Email This movie tutorial will step you through how to create an announcement in your course and how to email your students using the Bb email feature
	Create an Announcement This document will step you through how to create an announcement in your Bb course
	Email Students using the Bb Tool This document will step you through how to use the Bb email feature
Additional Steps
Create & Navigate a Discussion Forum
	Create and Manage a Discussion Forum This Movie Tutorial will show Instructors how to Create and Navigate a Discussion Forum
	Create and Manage a Discussion Forum This document will show Instructors how to create a discussion forum
Additional Support Documents and Tutorials http://www.towson.edu/blackboard/facultyresources.asp
Information for your students The following link will provide information for you students http://www.towson.edu/blackboard/studentresources.asp