Student Support

Video Tutorials

To support student needs, we have provided this video tutorial for Blackboard tools. We are currently developing the video tutorials so you may not be able to find the video tutorial you are looking for at this time. Please keep visiting the Blackboard Support site to see the developed files that will be added in the future.

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Assessment	Allows you to take a quiz, test or survey. Test grades are placed into the Gradebook.
Assignment	Allows you to submit a file to your instructor for grading.
Calendar	Allows you to view course calendars and add personal calendar events.
Digital DropBox	Allow you to add or send a file to the instructor.
Electric Blackboard	Allows you to take electronic notes for your course.
Email	Send email to the course users
Email Forwarding	Allows you to have your Cal Poly email go to another account.
Grades	Allows you to view the grades posted by your instructor.
Group Pages	Allows groups of students to share files, communicate within a discussion forum, email and chat in private with their group members.
How to Access Blackboard	Login to Blackboard via the Cal Poly Portal
Introduction to Blackboard	A quick introduction of the Blackboard setup, navigation, and tools.
Lightweight Chat	An online synchronous chat resource.
Logout	Logout of Blackboard to prevent others users from accessing your courses.
Subscribing to Podcasts	How to access Podcast resources within a Blackboard course.
Print Blackboard Web Page	These simple instructions will help you print a Blackboard page.
Virtual Classroom (chat)	Chat tools with a white board and web browsing tools
Virtual Classroom II (chat)	Continued: Chat tools with a white board and web browsing tools