Blackboard Instructions

SUMMER 2012 Blackboard Orientation for Students: Room PA 211

This orientation is an introduction to using the Blackboard course management system. It takes about one hour and needs to be attended only one time.

Tuesday, May 29: 3:00PM, 4:00PM, 5:00PM

Wednesday, May 30: 7:30AM, 9:00AM, 11:00AM

Thursday, May 31: 11:00AM, 2:00PM, 7:00PM

Friday, June 1: 9:00AM, 10:00AM, 11:00AM

Monday, June 4: 9:00AM, 11:00AM, 2:00PM

Please check with instructors to inquire if the on-campus orientation is a requirement for your class. Your online instructor may also hold a class orientation. Please note that this Blackboard Orientation and the class orientations are not the same information. If you have questions please contact your instructor or Judith Lea in the Technology Learning Center (BE107) leaj@nacc.edu phone extension 2309

Blackboard will be available Friday, January 6th, 2012, the first day of class.

Don't get behind in your online class just because you don't know Blackboard.
Learn all the functions and shortcuts before your assignments pile up!

To take a web-based (online) course:

Register.
E-mail the instructor by the first day of classes, using your college (NOAH) e-mail account. Instructors' e-mail addresses are in the Faculty-Staff Directory in the Contacts menu. (Most faculty addresses are last-name-first-initial@nacc.edu.)
Take Orientation for each class as shown on Internet Class Schedule webpage:
-- Attend Orientation if it meets on campus.
-- Follow instructions if Orientation is online or within Blackboard.
If you have not settled all financial obligations to the college, you cannot access Blackboard yet because your registration is not considered complete. At Orientation or by e-mail, TELL YOUR INSTRUCTOR that you intend to finish registering and take the course. Ask how to avoid getting behind in your early assignments, and follow instructions. Then access Blackboard as soon as you become eligible.
Financial Aid Students: If your instructor does not hear from you by the end of Late Registration, your name will be turned in to Financial Aid as "not attending." If you are having computer problems, go to a different computer and e-mail the instructor; also turn in any assignments due the first few days.
ALWAYS use your college (NOAH) e-mail account to correspond with instructors and college offices, never a different account. Mail from other accounts may be filtered out.
When you have computer or Internet problems, you can use NACC computers in the library or computer labs. Have a back-up plan for accessing Blackboard and college (NOAH) e-mail. Never let computer problems make you miss an assignment or message.

HOW TO ACCESS:

CLICK Blackboard Log-in on the homepage (left menu) or at the top of this page.
Did you know? You can go directly to Blackboard without using the NACC website by going to www.blackboard9.nacc.edu. Bookmark it!

USER NAME is your full Northeast e-mail address including the word mail.
Ex. jdoe0101@mail.nacc.edu

PASSWORD is your NOAH password, which by default is your six-digit birthday (mmddyy) until you change it in NOAH.

Once you are logged into Blackboard you will see links to all your online courses.

IF YOU DO NOT SEE a course you intended to take,
· e-mail the instructor immediately,
· check with the advisor who registered you, and
· ask Financial Aid or the Business Office why your registration is incomplete.