Accredited Online Degrees and Online Courses at University of Colorado Denver - CU Online - Denver, CO

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

Find out what the tech requirements are for your courses to run smoothly.

What You'll Need

• Is there an overview for the tech requirements needed for Blackboard? »

GETTING STARTED

Find out how to get started using Blackboard.

Login / General

• Do I have to do anything prior to logging in? »
• Where do I log in? »
• What’s my username? »
• What’s my password? »
• Is there a systems status page? »
• How do I contact my professor? »

Accessing Your Courses

• How do I get to my course list? »
• Where do I find my course name? »
• What if I’m missing courses? »
• What if I have an extra course/what are merged courses? »
• I still see my old courses, how do I hide courses from my Blackboard list?»

PARTICIPATING

Read about the nuts and bolts of using and navigating in Blackboard.

Navigating Through Blackboard

• What can I find in my course? »
• What’s the “Course Menu”? »
• What are the Blackboard tools and what do they do? »
• Where is my course content? »
• Viewing documents in the course
• How do I print a syllabus or documents from Blackboard? »
• How do I save documents? »
• How do I rotate a document to read? »

Discussion Boards

• How do I use the discussion board in Blackboard? »
• How do I reply to a discussion?
• How do I search and collect posts?
• How do I rate posts?
• How do I save a post/resume a post? »

Submitting Assignments

• How do I submit an assignment?»
• What is “Safe Assign” and how does it work?»

• Groups

• How do groups work? »

Journal Entry

How do I create and edit a journal entry?

Blogs

Videos

• What types of video are available to Blackboard? »

COMMUNICATING

Online courses allow you to express yourself how you want, on your time.

• What are the differences between email, messages, and chatting in Blackboard? »
• How do I chat in Blackboard? »
• How do I send an email without logging into Webmail? »
• How do I send a Blackboard message? »
• How do I check my Blackboard message inbox/sent messages?»

TESTS & GRADES

Become familiar with the testing and grading areas of Blackboard.

Grade Book

• How do I view my grades in Blackboard? »

Tests and Quizzes

• Are there test taking tips? »
• Do I have to download the “Lock Down Browser”? »
• I can't submit my online exam, what is wrong? »
• I need my exam to be reset. Who do I contact? »

Student Organizations

Student clubs and organizations can post meeting notes and documents, add member information, amongst other features in a Blackboard organization.

• What is a Blackboard Organization? »
• What features are available? »
• Who is eligible?»
• Is there a Blackboard Organization signup form?»
• Is there Blackboard Organization Support?»

JAVA

Java is a programming language and computing platform that powers programs like utilities, games, and business applications.

Java Script Errors

• What if I’m unable to use the discussion Board or Chat Room? »
• What if I have technical issues with Java Script? »
• Are there instructions for downloading Java for Internet Explorer?»

Java Cache

• How to clear Java Cache »