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Questions
& Answers About Blackboard
1. What is Blackboard? Blackboard is a
program used to construct course sites on the web.
All material is placed inside courses.
Blackboard allows announcements to be posted,
holds documents, allows users to post comments on a
bulletin board and conduct real-time chats.
Students can send a document directly to the
professor and have it returned to them.
Students have access to a calendar and
can even build their own web site inside the
course. Blackboard contains an on-line testing
facility which presents tests and provides the test
taker with an immediate score.
2. How do I get Blackboard?
Blackboard is housed on a Linux server at
D'Youville College (please do not confuse this site
with the Blackboard Corporate site) and can be
reached at: http://bb6.dyc.edu.
Once inside the Blackboard site, a visitor
can look at some materials from some courses if
allowed by the instructor. Students of
D'Youville College can request a user ID and
Password for access to the course(s) they are
taking.
3. What training is available?
Faculty, staff, and students are provided
assistance with using Blackboard by the Department
of Instructional Support Services/Distance
Education (located in BFAC 004 and BFAC 006) which
can be reached at 716-829-8147, or 8133. Students
are given orientation courses at the beginning of
the semester and faculty and staff can sign up for
various in-service courses on Blackboard and other
topics related to web courses. Hardcopies of
Blackboard directions are available through the
Department of Distance Learning and each Blackboard
course site contains built in documents for both
faculty and students.
4. What system requirements do I
need to use Blackboard? Students must possess a
computer, be connected to the Internet, and have
e-mail. PC users should have a Pentium or
equivalent with at least 64 mbs of RAM and Windows
95 or better. Macintosh users should have a
Macintosh Power PC with 64 mb RAM and an OS of 7.5
or better. For Internet browsers, it is
recommended that PC users have Explorer 5.0 or
better, or Netscape 4.7 or better, or
Mozilla/Firefox 1.8 or better. Macintosh users
should have the latest Netscape or Explorer
versions for their computer.
5. How are students added to a Blackboard
class? Students must register in
an Internet course or Internet assisted course.
Then they should contact the Department of Distance
Learning at 816-829-8147 or 8133, or e-mail the
Director of Distance Learning at: murphy@dyc.edu.
6. What if I can't log on to
Blackboard? If you are getting into the
Blackboard site but are being denied access, first
check to see if you are entering you user ID and
password correctly. If this fails, contact the
Department of Instructional Support at:
716-829-8147 or 8133.
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