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System Announcements

  • AVAILABILTY OF BLACKBOARD CLASSES (Wednesday, January 11, 2012)
    Blackboard Classes WILL NOT be accessible to students until 8:00 am on Tuesday January 17, 2012
  • Test Taking Information (Sunday, August 14, 2011)

    TEST TAKING TIPS:

    Before taking your test and as you work:

    • Make sure that the test page is completely loaded at the beginning and after each question is answered. Clicking too fast before page loading or double clicking causes interruption in information transfer and students to be released from the exams.
    • Do not use the "Save Answer" button every time you complete a question; use the next arrow (>) or the “Save All” button at the end of the test. Computers may lock up if "Save Answer" is clicked instead of clicking the arrow for the next question.  There is no danger in clicking the arrow--it will both save your answer and move you along to the next question.
    • Frozen Computer Issue - locking up, getting an error message, getting "kicked out," any of which will not allow you to go back in and complete your quiz.
    •  Before you begin again,
      • It will help if you turn off your popup blocker and close any other open windows, programs or applications. 
      • If you are using IE8, you may try clicking the "compatability view" button located beside the address bar of Internet Explorer. 
      • Additionally, it may help to disable anti-virus while you take the test.

    1. Contact the instructor. Blackboard will not reset a test on a student’s request.

    2. Back out of the test to see it you can return to the system.

    Please follow these tips and contact Blackboard Support if you experience further issues with your quizzes.

    Thanks,

    Blackboard System Admin

  • START HERE - Preparing your Browser for Online Classes (Friday, August 12, 2011)
    Please use the Free download of  Firefox by Mozilla as your primary browser for Blackboard use.

    Click here to get Mozilla Firefox for FREE : http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
    Tips and tricks for Browser use: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/tips/

    To take full advantage of all the new tools that the BlackBoard System offers you may need to update the browser plugins below.
    These are direct links to software developers page and should work for both Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox etc.


    Adobe Flash Player
    http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
    Quicktime
    http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
    Acrobat Reader
    http://get.adobe.com/reader/
    PowerPoint Viewer
    http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=048dc840-14e1-467d-8dca-19d2a8fd7485&displaylang=en

    Brian Curto
    Blackboard Technical Support
    Bluefield State College
    304-327-4545