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Navigating NEIU Blackboard417 418a

• Step by step and tips for users

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back Created by Gino Pesce and Dr. Sharon McNeely
NEIU professors
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Table of Contents - This PowerPoint moves slide
by slide on a mouse click or any slide can be
accessed through a mouse click on the bullet
point you can return to the table of contents
on any slide - The HOME key will always return
you to the first page. If you press escape by
accident just press F5, it continues the slide
presentation.

• Accessing the Site
• Neiuport Main Page Login Slide
• NEIUport once you are logged in
• Login through NEIU main page
• Login pages through Blackboard Main Page
• Blackboard intro tip
• Home Page Blackboard
• Initial Course Menu Page with Tabs
• Announcements
• Course Documents
• Course Information
• Discussion Boards
• Posting to a Discussion Board
• Adding a THREAD (new item in discussion board)
• Creating and Submitting a discussion
• Composing a reply to a discussion (screen 1)
• Composing a reply to a discussion (screen 2)
• Composing a reply to a discussion (screen 3)
• Your Individual / Group boards (screen 1)

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Accessing the Site

• You must have a valid neiu id and password. (this
  SAME username and password you registered with
  allows you to access the neiuport, Blackboard and
  NEIU web mail.)
• Logging in through NEIU port
• Open the website URL is http//neiuport.neiu.ed
  u/cp/home/loginf
• Or http//www.neiu.edu/Home/ go to the drop down
  box click NEIU port the next two slides shows a
  graphic of these two links.
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NEIU Port Main Page - http//neiuport.neiu.edu/cp/
home/loginf
Log in here
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Once you are logged in you will see this page and
option to login to Blackboard
Click on
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Logging in through NEIU Main page - www.neiu.edu
Drop down click on Blackboard
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When using the neiu dropdown you will see 2
screens
Enter username password here
User Login
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• Ok if youre logged into Blackboard class you
  will see something like the next slide Be aware
  announcements, colors may differ but the site is
  navigated using tabs on the left side The next
  slide will show you what I mean.

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Now you are in now in Black Board Your classes
are listed the example shows my classes you
will only see your registered classes.
Your name will be here
Note 417 AND 418a are in ONE Hyperlink
Your classes will be listed to the right
Click on the class you need to work in.
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These are the tabs you will click on
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Lets explain where the tabs take you -
Announcements See announcements posted by
profs. You can see new and go back to older info
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Course Documents Information is organized in
headings for both 417 and 418a
Click on underlined links for course documents
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Course Information Syllabi for both courses.
FAQs Permissions slips for interviews and more
Click on underlined links for course information
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Discussion BoardsThis is where ALL discussion
work is posted for 417 and 418 These boards are
public for ALL classmates to see and interact.
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Posting to a discussion board explained

1. Click on the board you want to access

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Adding a new discussion (defined as adding a
thread)
Click on THREAD
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Heres how to post your discussion
Type in a subject
Spell Check Here
Type your discussion here. After you are done
Scroll down and you will see a submit button.
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Replying to a post to receive full credit you
must reply to at least one post in each
discussion heres how.
After reading the discussion simple click reply
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Here you compose your reply
Note your subject is already set
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A replied discussion looks like this. Note
replies are indented.
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Individual / Group Discussion Boards Sometimes
this can confuse students These discussion
boards are for PRIVATE communication between
individuals and/or groups and the instructors.
Only those individuals can see these comments and
work.
When you click on this tab you, are now in a
place where ONLY you and the instructors
interact. Since we also set up GROUP boards
groups can share / post and interact with each
other and instructors here also. The next slide
shows this process.
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Individual / Group Discussion BoardsHere are
PRIVATE areas only you the professors and/or your
group members can see. Assignments are posted
here for professors. They will also give feedback
/ grades privately here. The posting and reply
function is the same format as the general public
boards.
Click on your name (only yours is available.)
Post here as you would any discussion. You may
also post on your group page to post group work
and share with your group. New threads are added
just as in any other discussion.
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Posting in your Individual Group
Now that you are in your individual group you
need a couple more clicks to actually post your
assignments. First click on Group Discussion
Board
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Posting in your Individual Group (continued)
Next Click on Your Name Finally youll have a new
discussion board add a thread to start posting.
See the next slide
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Posting in your Individual Group (continued)
Click on add a new thread and you will have a
place to post your work Add a subject and post.
Note you should copy and paste any work done
from an outside word processing program. The
next slide explains that somewhat.
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Saving your work

• We highly encourage that posts / work is done
  in a word processing program, saved and copy /
  pasted (click for help with this) to the boards.
  This allows for review and edit before posting
  and keeps a copy for your records. You can not
  delete or edit a post once submitted. Only the
  instructors can. While file exchange is available
  in group boards it can be quirky and it is not
  recommended. Emailing through Blackboard can also
  be risky. You should use your standard email
  program. We will only email your NEIU email
  address. If you want those emails forwarded to
  another email address see the next slide,
  forwarding an email.

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FAQ How long should a discussion be? See sample
below Note clarity, brevity, may be longer but
watch excessive copy/paste.
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Sample Reply Short to the point
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Email can be accessed through NEIU port and the
NEIU main page just like Blackboard. First Log
into Neiu Port then see the graphic below
Click here for Neiu Email
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Web mail through NEIU main page
Click here for Neiu Email
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Forwarding NEIU mail to another email address
you will receive emails at BOTH addresses
Follow these next slides
Click on options above
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Next screen has some other options (signatures,
etc)
Now click on settings, make sure you save any
changes here. Scroll down to see save option.
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Here you enable forwarding you will receive
emails at the neiu and forwarded address
Two steps, first check the enable forwarding box,
second add email address or addresses. Separate
more than one with a comma, then save.
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Other tabs on Blackboard
Used for sending email through blackboard
Rarely used has a user manual.
Useful links SEICUS website needed for 417
discussion 7.
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FAQ How do I copy paste in BB?

• First off, you'll be glad to learn copying and
  pasting is easy. You can copy and paste just
  about anything your little heart desires text,
  web pages, files, pictures, you name it. The idea
  behind the process is to take information from
  one place and deposit it into another.
• For an example, let's pretend you're working in a
  word processor and need to copy and paste a
  section of your document into an Black Board
  post. Here's how
• 1. First, you'll need to select the text you wish
  to copy. You do this by putting your mouse cursor
  at the first character you want to copy and,
  holding down the left mouse button, drag the
  cursor to the last character you need copied. As
  you drag, you'll notice everything gets
  highlighted (selected).
• 2. Next, right-click the selected area. Choose
  Copy from the menu that pops up (or you can use
  CTRL-C if you like keyboard shortcuts).
• 3. Finally, right-click the area in your
  Blackboard post where you would like to insert
  the word processor text. Click Paste from the
  menu that pops up (For this, CTRL-V is your
  keyboard shortcut).
• That's it. The steps are basically the same for
  any copy paste procedure you need to do.
• The next slide has a graphic example.
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Copy / Paste part 2
In Blackboard use Right Click copy or Right
Click Paste OR CTRL-C to copy and CTRL-V to paste
Copy / Paste Here
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Some Final Tips
ALWAYS let us know here when you post something
in your individual / group board. Post private
questions here
Need a group post here
Post any and all questions, anyone can reply
Note all 417 boards are in green text ALL 418a
are in red text
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And Finally Dont Forget to LOGOUT when you are
done with the session especially at a public
computer. Anyone can access your Blackboard if
you are still logged in!

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