What's in my Blackboard course?
Under My Courses in the Welcome page, click the name of a course to enter that course and display its introductory page.

The Menu
You can access all of the material available in your Blackboard course from the side menu 1. This menu will usually display on the most prominent links in the cours (a mode called Quick View); however, the menu can be modified by selecting Detail View 2 to display a link to every possible page in the course. A link to the alternate viewing mode should, if enabled by your course coo-ordinator, always be available at 2.

Update your personal information
When you select a course, the Tools box on the left side of the course Welcome screen is where you will find quick links to different parts of every course in which you are enrolled. These include the email controls, announcements, events, tasks and grades for every course.

Check your Personal Information under Tools. Under this link you will find a number of important options to configure. You will be presented with options including:

• the ability to set privacy options;
• specifying whether or not to use the Blackboard provided text editor ir replace with the Visual Text Box Editor;
• a link to a page allowing you to change your UQ Sign In password.

Course Content
The content of your Blackboard course depends on your course co-ordinator. It's important to note that all Blackboard courses are different; and some may vary markedly from the example shown above. You may find links to:

1. Announcements - Important bulletins from course staff to all participants. Most Blackboard courses display this as the introductory screen by default.
2. Course Profile - Information including course description, contacts, assessment details and more.
3. Learning Materials and Resources - Any useful information that course co-ordinators judge to be of use to students, such as lecture notes, presentations, documents, web links and others.
4. Assessment items - Assignments, quizzes, and tests.
5. UQ Library - Links to course materials, exam papers, reading list material.
6. Communications - Links to communication options such as the Discussion Board and Email. The exact options shown will depend on your course co-ordinator. Note that this option may be shown in the main side menu (at Πin the image on the previous page), or in the Student Tools panel (below 1).

Student Tools
A list of tools available for use in this course is available in the Student Tools panel 1. Most Blackboard courses will feature Course Tools and the Course Map, although this will depend on your course co-ordinator.

Course Tools
Like Communications , the Course Tools 2 option may be in the main side menu or in the Student Tools panel. Again, the exact list available will depend on your course co-ordinator, but it may include:

• Calendar - An online diary which will show any important events in the course's schedule, plus (if enabled by your course co-ordinator) any additional dates entered by you.
• My Grades - A list of grades and weightings for all assessment items in the course.
• Tasks - A list of tasks set for you by the course co-ordinator. You may be required to specify that you have completed certain tasks before other aspects of the course become available to you.
• User Manual - The official user guide to Blackboard is available online via this link. Note that this download will count against your student download quota if accessed via your free student dialup internet account.

Course Map
In Quick View mode, only the most prominent sections of the Blackboard course are available from links at the top of the left-side menu, the Course Map link displays a list of direct links to deeper sections. The Course Map will display as a separate pop-up window (shown below):

• You can expand a menu item to reveal the links within by clicking the adjacent folder button  
  (as shown below), or go directly to an item by clicking the link itself.