Important System Upgrade Notification:  Online Learning Blackboard was updated at the end of August 2006.  New documentation is being developed and will be made available in the near future.  In the meantime, if you have questions about using the new version of Blackboard, please contact onlinelearning@spu.edu or 206.281.2212.

Please browse the available resources. If you have a question that you find an answer to, please contact us.

• We’ve recently upgraded! Click here for a summary of what’s new with online learning.
• AOL Users, click here for important information about using the online learning system.

What Everyone Should Know:

• Evaluating your Computer System
• Your SPU email account
• Forwarding your SPU Email
• Forgot SPU email/Online Learning Password?
• List of Online Courses
• How to access Library Online Databases from a Home Computer
• Blackboard Accessibility Page

Resources for Faculty:

• What are the Benefits of Using Online Components?
• Creation of Courses
• Population of Courses
• Making Your Course Available
• Student Adds and Drops
• Making Past Courses Available
• Copying Content
• Archiving Course Content
• Removing Old Courses
• Using the Control Panel
• Enabling or Disabling Area Links in Your Course
• Adding or Removing Users
• Modifying User Level Access
• Posting Announcements
• Posting Staff Information
• Posting Documents:
       Word | PowerPoint | Other | Organizing Your Documents
• Creating a Breeze presentation
• Discussion Board
• Collecting/Archiving Discussion Board Threads
• Collaboration:
        Virtual Classroom | Lightweight Chat
• Assignments
        Adding Assignments
        Retrieving Assignments
        Returning Corrected Assignments
• Posting Links to Other Websites
• Online Assessments
• Online Gradebook
• Working with Groups Online

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Resources for Students:

• Accessing your Online Course
• Navigating your Online Course
• Viewing, Printing and Posting Materials
• Saving Posted Materials
• Assignments
       Accessing Assignments
       Submitting Assignments
       Reviewing Graded Assignments
• Participating in Threaded Discussion
• Collecting/Archiving Discussion Board Threads
• Collaboration:
       Virtual Classroom | Lightweight Chat
• Tips for Taking Online Assessments

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