GETTING STARTED
WITH BLACKBOARD
WHAT IS BLACKBOARD?
Teachers:
Students:

Deliver Online or F2F class

Access Online or F2F classes

Add Assignments

Turn in Assignments

Add Resources

Find and use class resources

Grade Assignments

View Grades

Communicate with students

Communicate with the
instructor and other
students
HOW COURSES ARE BUILT
AND STUDENTS ARE ENROLLED
Colleague
a.k.a.
WebAdvisor
Twice a day
WHAT IS IN THIS SNAPSHOT?
 All class sections that are entered into Colleague
… Blackboard takes that information and creates a
Blackboard container
… Instructor of record in WebAdvisor is automatically
enrolled as instructor in the container
 Automatically Enrolls students in the right Section
Containers
LOG IN
 Bb username is same as WebAdvisor username
 Password does NOT come from WebAdvisor
… 6 digit birth date
 010792 for January 7, 1992
NAME & EMAIL ADDRESS
 First name can be changed in Blackboard
 Bb email address comes from WebAdvisor
ADDS
 Adds
… Adds students into the Section Containers
… They’ll have access the next day or tonight if they
add before noon.
DROPS
 Drops
… Up to 1 week prior to the section start date
 Removes student completely from Section Container
… After 1 week prior to the section start date
 Changes student status in Section Container to
“unavailable”
 Student’s work is kept in the Section Container
WHEN?
 Containers for the next term are available once the
load process begins for each term
… Fall – May
… Spring – October
… Summer – March
 Once registration starts enrollments are updated
each morning in Blackboard
SECTION CONTAINERS
… Contain the course content and students for one
class section in a specific semester
… Each semester you will get new section containers
… Old section containers will be kept for about two
years
CONTAINER NAMES
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
SECTION CONTAINERS
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
Year
SECTION CONTAINERS
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
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SECTION CONTAINERS
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
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SECTION CONTAINERS
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
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SECTION CONTAINERS
Container ID
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
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SECTION CONTAINERS
Container ID
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
Course Name
SECTION CONTAINERS
Container ID
2009SP-ART-141-9040: ART-141-9040 - Hist West Art II-1250 AD/Pres
Course Name
You can change the course name:
Control Panel > Customization > Properties > Course Name
HOW DO YOU GET YOUR COURSE
MATERIAL INTO THE SECTION
CONTAINER?
Start from scratch
or
Copy from current or previous
semester’s container
CONTAINER PREPARATION
This page has complete instructions on how to
prepare your Blackboard containers for the semester.
http://www.gcccd.edu/online/faculty/container-prep.html