Bb Student
Important Notes for Students
How
to
Guide
Limitations
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, SACRAMENTO
The Bb Student app works with our campus SacCT(Blackboard) system so that Students can
view course content, receive updates about courses and complete some content such as tests,
discussions, assignments via a mobile device. The following table provides a summary of the
limitations and work around options for use of Bb Student with some SacCT Features.
Description
Activity Stream
New Posted Content
Course Content
Tests Questions
Test Exceptions
Collaborate Sessions
Limitation
New Discussions, Blogs, Journals, Wikis or Groups do not
appear in the Activity Stream or Due Dates (calendar area).
New content that displays in stream is specific to
announcements posted by instructor or administration, new
content such as files, and new or upcoming tests and
assignments posted to a course or courses.
New content posted may not appear immediately to a student
if he/she is logged into the app already. Log out and log back
in to app to refresh activity stream area and in individual course
areas.
Tests, Assignments and Discussions open within Bb Student
interface. Other content such Journals, Blogs, Wikis and Course
Messages, etc. will open in a view comparable to what you see
in a browser. Content can still be completed within this browser
view but you may need to zoom in to view content more
effectively.
Tests with the following question types can be taken within Bb
Student: Multiple Choice, True / False, Either / Or, Short
Answer, and Essay. If tests contain other question types, Bb
Student directs you to a browser view to complete the test.
Test Exceptions added to an exam by instructor to allow for
extra time or to retake exam, will not apply/work if student
accesses exam in Bb Student app. The test exception will only
work if student accesses the exam through SacCT on a
computer (desktop or laptop) through a regular browser
window.
Our campus is not using Collaborate Ultra, so Collaborate
sessions cannot be accessed through the Bb Student App.
Access collaborate sessions from a computer.
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Description
Turnitin
Assignments
Discussions ‘Save
Draft” Option
Editing the Course
List (Hiding/Unhiding)
Push Notifications
File Size for
Assignment
Attachments
Updating Bb
Profile/Avatar
Mark Reviewed
Feature
Limitation
Turnitin Assignments cannot be completed in Bb Student.
Please use a computer to view and submit Turnitin
Assignments.
The “Save Draft” option when composing discussion threads
is not available through the Bb Student app. If you need to
save a draft when composing discussion threads, please Log in
to SacCT course from a computer (desktop or laptop) as an
alternative.
Courses that are hidden in the regular version of SacCT are not
hidden on the course list in Bb Student. From course list page
in Bb Student, use the hide/unhide feature to clean up your
course list as needed.
Push notifications are not available for assignments, blogs,
journals, and discussions at this time. Students have to change
their push notifications in order to receive announcement
available, content item available, and test available. These push
notifications are not enabled by default.
When submitting assignments through Bb Student, there is a
file size limit of 15 MB per attachment to assignments. The
maximum file size you can upload per assignment
submission is 25 MB. If you need to attach larger files, please
log in to SacCT from a computer.
At this time you can view your avatar (profile picture) in Bb
Student, but cannot make changes to your avatar. To make
changes to your avatar or profile in general, please login to
SacCT from a computer.
Some courses will have a “mark reviewed” button that students
must select to let instructor know that they have
accessed/viewed content. Bb Student does not currently
support the Mark Reviewed feature. Please access a course in
your desktop web browser to use this feature if your instructor
has made it available for content throughout the course.
RESOURCES
Getting Help
Bb Student Feature Guide:
https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Bb_Student/Feature_Guide
BB Students FAQs page:
https://en-us.help.blackboard.com/Bb_Student/030_Bb_Student_FAQs
Academic Technology Consultants
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http://www.csus.edu/atcs/contact.htm
SacCT Help
[email protected] or 916-278-3370
Office: AIRC 3005 (no appointment necessary)
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