CEM Online Tutorial

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CEM Online Tutorial
Spring 2009
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Once at iaee.blackboard.com, click on User Login
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Type in your username (email address) and your
password if you have forgotten it, then just
click on the Forgot Password? link
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Your list of courses will be on the top right.
Your name will appear at the top.
Quick tutorials are located below your courses.
All of your course announcements will be
displayed here.
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These are your course navigation buttons that
give you access to different areas of the course.
Please take the time to explore and become
familiar with them.
This is the first page of your course it will
have all of the course announcements. It is your
responsibility to check this page often for new
updates and information.
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This is how you will access each weeks content.
Your first task is to click on TAKING AN ONLINE
COURSE. Then, you will need to move on to Week
One content by clicking on the WEEK 1 button. For
future weeks, you will only need to click on the
weeks corresponding button.
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This is what a Learning Unit looks like. Each
weeks content will be broken up into multiple
Learning Units. (Usually titled with the Week
and Part __ of ___). In order to access it, click
on the name.
Hint It is very important to click Mark
Reviewed AFTER you are sure that you have read
and understood all of the information in the
Learning Unit.
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Each Learning Unit has multiple pages which you
can navigate through by clicking on the arrow
button at the top right.
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Most of the Learning Units have at least one
activity most often a Discussion Board
Activity. After you read the instructions, click
on the link at the top in order to jump to the
Discussion Board thread.
Hint Always make sure that you are on the last
page if not, come back to this section after
the activity in order to view the rest of the
content.
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Click on the Discussion Board Thread
Hint Remember there are TWO steps for each
Discussion Board activity 1. Post your response
to your instructors question2. Reply to
another Students post. You will not get credit
for the activity unless you complete both steps
for every Discussion Board activity.
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After reading the question that your instructor
posted, click Reply at the top of the screen.
After posting your answer, then read anothers
post click the Reply button located in their
response box.
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Do not change the subject line. Simply type your
answer and/or response in the message box. You
also have the option to attach a file. Click
SUBMITT when you area done (NOT Save)
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After clicking on Submit, you will be able to see
your post on the Discussion Board. Clicking OK
twice will take you back to the main Discussion
Board windo.
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From here, click back on the Taking an Online
Course button so that you can finish the last
step for this section. Hint This will be the
same procedure for each activity. You will need
to click on the Weeks button to go back to the
content.
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If you tried to access Week One content by
clicking on the WEEK 1 button before going back
to Taking an Online Course, you will not find
anything in it because you still need to mark the
previous section (Taking an Online Course) as
Reviewed.
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Click on the Mark Reviewed button (Be sure to
only do this once you are sure that you have read
and understood the content by marking it as
reviewed you will be responsible for that
information.
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It will it update the button and then give you
access to the next section.
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Steps to Complete a Learning Unit

• Click on Content Button (left hand side)
• Click on Name of Learning Unit
• Read all pages of unit
• If there is a Discussion Board Activity
• click on link at the top
• click on Thread
• Post a Response,
• Reply to a Post
• return to the Learning Unit to Click Mark
  Reviewed (after verifying that you are done with
  that section)

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Steps to Completing a Week

• Once all the Learning Units are completed and all
  activities finished, a Self-Check Quiz will
  appear after the Summary Learning Unit. (4 weeks
  4 weekly Self-Check Quizzes.)
• You must make a 100 in order to move on to the
  next weeks content.

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Enjoy your Online Course!

• Please feel free to contact your instructor if
  you have any course content or assignment
  questions.
• Please feel free to contact the CEM Learning
  Program Coordinator at 1(972) 687-9224 if you
  have any technical questions.