Welcome to the Blackboard Academic Suite™! The Blackboard Academic Suite offers a robust set of tools, functions, and features for learning. Besides the features that are included as part of the Blackboard Academic Suite, there are numerous additional tools that can be added to Blackboard Academic Suite as Blackboard Building Blocks.
This user manual details the tools and functions included with the platform from the User or general user perspective. Other manuals detail the construction, customization, and management features for Instructors, Leaders, and System Administrators.
The flexibility of the Blackboard Academic Suite means that not all the tools and functions that are available are documented in this manual. Building Blocks allow System Administrators to add a variety of materials, tools, and functions to the Blackboard Academic Suite. Individual Building Blocks are not documented in this manual. Contact your System Administrator for assistance with a Building Block.
The tools and functions documented in this manual may not be available to users or only available in certain areas of the Blackboard Academic Suite. System Administrators, Leaders, and Instructors can customize the availability of most aspects of the platform.
This manual begins by introducing the Blackboard Academic Suite. The second section reviews the Course environment of the Blackboard Learning System. The final section reviews the advanced features of the Blackboard Community System.
To make this manual easier to use a number of conventions appear throughout.
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Required field. |
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Bold type |
A button or field name. |
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Courier font |
Text that users should type. |
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Steps |
Tasks users should perform. |
This manual is best used as a reference. It should be read from beginning to end. If the manual is viewed online, the links enable the reader to navigate quickly through topics.
Please note that this manual is updated periodically. Check the Date of Last Revision at the beginning of the manual to ensure that it is the most recent copy.
The HTML version is available through the User Manual feature in each course and at http://www.blackboard.com/products/services/support. This site also includes the most current versions of the user manuals in PDF format.
Please contact Blackboard Support to report any comments or suggestions regarding this manual.