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Working in your Blackboard Course
- Navigating Your Blackboard Course
- Taking a Test Online
- Best Practices for Taking an Exam (PDF)
- Working in Groups
- Creating a Blog Entry
- Commenting on a Blog Entry
- Creating a Discussion Board Thread
- Replying to a Discussion Board Thread
- Subscribe to a Discussion Forum
- Interacting with the Discussion Board
- Organizing Discussion Board Posts
- Viewing Discussion Board Grades
- Creating and Editing a Wiki Page
- Viewing My Contribution to a Wiki
- Submitting an Assignment
- Saving a Submitted Assignment as an Artifact
- Viewing Grades and Feedback
Staying Organized and Communicating
- Stay Organized by Managing Your Course and Personal Tasks
- Using the Calendar Tool
- Sending an Email From Your Course
- Sending a Message
Online Tutoring
Using Collaborate Ultra
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra – Join and Feeds (PDF)
- How To load a PowerPoint presentation Using File Sharing on Collaborate Ultra (PDF)
- How To load a PowerPoint presentation Using Application Sharing on Collaborate Ultra in Chrome (PDF)
- How To load a PowerPoint presentation Using Application Sharing on Collaborate Ultra in Firefox (PDF)
- How to record a Collaborate Ultra room (PDF)
Honorlock Proctoring
- How to use Honorlock
- Honorlock Student FAQ
- Honorlock Minimum System Requirements
- Honorlock Knowledge Base
Setting Your Preferences and Controlling Your Environment
- Disabling the Content Blocker on Firefox (PDF)
- Editing Your Personal Information
- Setting Your Privacy Options
- Adding an Avatar to Personalize Your Course Environment
- Edit Notification Settings
- Accessing Alternative Formats with Ally
Additional Information
- Clearing Cache: Chrome
- Clearing Cache: Mozilla Firefox
- Downloading and Installing Google Chrome
- Downloading and Installing Mozilla Firefox
- Downloading and Installing Java
