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Updates to the Calendar Tool
Blackboard Learn’s calendar has been completely rebuilt, giving you a much more modern tool – both in terms of look and functionality. This new version allows personalization and customization. You can...
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Calendar Tool: Creating a New Event
A. On the calendar, click the plus (+) to create a new event. You can also click inside a date to create an event. B. Type the New Event Name. C. Select a Calendar to associate the event to, such as...
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Posts Tool
The Posts tool in My Blackboard makes it really easy to stay up-to-date and engaged with all the conversations going on across Blackboard Learn. The Posts tool consolidates posts from all of your...
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Post Tool: How Posts are Displayed
The Posts page displays the latest posts in the courses and organizations you are enrolled in and follow. Examples of posts displayed on this page include: When someone submits a blog post in your...
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Profiles
You now have an identity in Blackboard Learn, a profile, so you can share academic information about yourself with others at your school. Your profile includes your picture, your area of study or...
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Access your profile through My Blackboard. Click Edit My Profile to begin creating your profile. If your school has turned on social media integration you can copy your Facebook and Twitter picture,...
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The People Tool
Students and educators need to connect and collaborate with their education community. But they prefer to keep their academic life separate from their online social life. So we developed a global...
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People Tool: Expanding your Social Network
The People tool is a single location where you can find and connect anyone with a user profile. These connections can be made through existing connections, such as a course you are enrolled in or...
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The Updates Tool
The Updates tool in My Blackboard consolidates all of your Notifications from across all your Courses and Organizations, so you never miss a thing. This tool updates you on course announcements, when...
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Updates Tool: Notifications
From the user menu in the global navigation, you can manage notification settings for all of the courses and organizations you are enrolled in. The notification system is a framework for the delivery...
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The My Grades Tool
The My Grades tool found in My Blackboard consolidates all your grades from across all your courses into one view. There’s no need to go in and out of all your courses to check your grades. You can...
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My Grades: Item Status
If your assignment has not been graded, the Grade column contains a symbol indicating its status. If your assignment has been submitted and graded, the grade appears in the Grade column. The following...
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Spaces
The Spaces tool enables students and educators to create communication and collaboration spaces – for study groups, group projects, committee work, interest groups, clubs, teams, etc. Users can create...
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Course Messages vs. Social Messages
Course Messages The Blackboard Learn course messages tool provides you with a familiar, email-like environment that you can use for course communication. Accounts are created automatically for each...
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Communication Tips for Students in Summer Courses
Make an effort to get to know your Professor Introduce yourself on the first day of class. The pace of summer school moves very quickly, getting to know your professor from the very beginning can only...
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How to Get Focused After Spring Break
Get organized: Look at your class schedules to find assignments, tests and projects coming up and make a plan to complete everything on time. Set goals. Creating a to-do list daily is a great way...
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Crunch Time: Surviving the Last 4 Weeks of the Semester
With just four weeks left before classes end for the semester, some students might be feeling the pressure. During this time stress levels reach their max as deadlines begin to overlap; papers and...
View ArticleThe Latest and Greatest New Features
We are excited to introduce the latest and greatest new features in Blackboard Learn 9.1. We’ve been busy testing many new features over the past few months and think you will be excited with the...
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Blackboard Student Orientation Now Available
UALR has developed a Blackboard Student Orientation and would like your feedback. This Orientation is not a course and is offered free of charge. It is designed to help prepare you for success in...
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Getting Started with Blackboard
Blackboard is a web-based course management software used by instructors to build and manage their online classes. Blackboard can be accessed by logging into the myUALR portal. To Login to Blackboard...
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