The Blackboard Welcome page

After logging on to Blackboard you will arrive at the Welcome page. The Welcome page is your personal Blackboard homepage.

You can return to this page at any time by clicking the Welcome tab 1 under the UQ logo, or the Home link 2 in the top-right corner.

The Welcome page includes a series of panels (or modules) that display information relating to various aspects of your Blackboard courses.

For example, on this page there are five major modules:

• The My Announcements module 3 will display any important bulletins that your Blackboard course instructors have posted to users of their courses.
• The My Courses module 4 will display your enrolled courses.
• The My Calendar and My Tasks modules 5 will display significant upcoming events and tasks due to be completed.
• My Communities 6 provides access to other areas allowing users to communicate with their peers.

You can perform one or more actions on each module:

• Minimise the module to a title bar

• Maximise this minimised module.

• Edit this module.

• Remove the module from the Welcome page.

See Modify the Welcome Page (below) for more information on how to reinstate removed modules.

My Courses

The Blackboard Welcome page

After logging on to Blackboard you will arrive at the Welcome page. The Welcome page is your personal Blackboard homepage.

You can return to this page at any time by clicking the Welcome tab 1 under the UQ logo, or the Home link 2 in the top-right corner.

The Welcome page includes a series of panels (or modules) that display information relating to various aspects of your Blackboard courses.

For example, on this page there are five major modules:

• The My Announcements module 3 will display any important bulletins that your Blackboard course instructors have posted to users of their courses.
• The My Courses module 4 will display your enrolled courses.
• The My Calendar and My Tasks modules 5 will display significant upcoming events and tasks due to be completed.
• My Communities 6 provides access to other areas allowing users to communicate with their peers.

You can perform one or more actions on each module:

• Minimise the module to a title bar

• Maximise this minimised module.

• Edit this module.

• Remove the module from the Welcome page.

See Modify the Welcome Page (below) for more information on how to reinstate removed modules.

My Courses

The most important module on the Welcome page is My Courses.

The My Courses module will show you any courses with Blackboard content in which you are currently enrolled.

• Click the name of a course to enter that course.

Under My Courses is Blackboard Student Training from Ask I.T.

This course has been set up to provide a "play and explore" area for students to get to know and experience some of the features of Blackboard. Access this course at any time.

There is also a Course Catalog tab at the top of the screen. This will always be visible in any Blackboard screen and provides links to all of the current UQ Blackboard courses – but you will only be able to access those in which you are enrolled.

My course isn't listed under My Courses!
If your course isn't listed, don't worry – it can take up to 48 hours after enrolling in a course for your enrolment to be registered in Blackboard.

• Check the MyStudy area of my.UQ to see if your course is available via Blackboard.

Modify the Welcome page

The Welcome page can be modified in a number of ways. You can change colours, add or remove modules or move them between the two columns.

All of these changes can be performed using the Modify Content and Modify Layout buttons.

The Modify Content button will allow you to pick and choose which modules appear on the Welcome page by selecting or deselecting them.

The Modify Layout button allows you to change the order, positioning and colours of visible modules.

Logging Out

At the top of every page there is a Logout button.

When you are finished using Blackboard on a public computer, remember to click Logout before closing the browser window, to minimise the risk of others accessing it in your name.