Student Course Tools

Personal Information

The Personal Information tool lets you update your contact information, change your password, set up your CD-ROM drive for use with Blackboard, and set privacy options that determine what information is available to other users.

Editing Personal Information

From the My Institution area:

1. Click on the Tools link on the navigation menu.
2. Click on the Personal Information link in the Tools section.
3. Click on the Edit Personal Information link.
4. Type or edit your information in the appropriate fields.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click on the Submit button.

Setting Your CD-ROM Drive

From the My Institution area:

1. Click on the Tools link on the navigation menu.
2. Click on the Personal Information link in the Tools section.
3. Click on the Set CD-ROM Drive link.

If you use a PC:

4. Choose the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive from the drop-down menu.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click on the Submit button.

   If you use a Mac:

        4.   Type the name of your CD-ROM drive in the text field.
        5.   Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click on the Submit button.

Setting Your Privacy Options

From the My Institution area:

1. Click on the Tools link on the navigation menu.
2. Click on the Personal Information link in the Tools section.
3. Click on the Set Privacy Options link.
4. Click on the appropriate check boxes to customize your privacy.
5. Scroll down to the bottom of the screen and click on the Submit button.

More Information

Q: I set my CD-ROM drive correctly, but following links to offline content in my course or organization doesn’t work. What’s wrong?
A: You must have the CD-ROM that goes with your course inserted in the CD-ROM drive for these links to work. Also, offline content links only work in Internet Explorer. Finally, if you are using a different computer than the one you originally set up offline content on, please make sure the CD-ROM drive has the same name or drive letter. If it does not, follow the Setting Your CD-ROM Drive procedure above.