How to Orient Your Students to Blackboard

1. Pre-Scheduled Blackboard Student Orientation Sessions

Group Orientation sessions are scheduled for the first 3 weeks of each semester. Please feel free to send your students to these Orientation Sessions and let us introduce them to BB. The BB Orientation session takes about 1 hour and serves as an introduction to BB including:

• How to login
• How to change your password
• How to use course tools such as email, chat, and the discussion boards
• How to turn in assignments online
• How to complete quizzes online

Because students log into the actual BB course they are registered for, attendance in the orientation session will ensure that students learn how to login and access your course---which often is one of the biggest obstacles to success.

We now offer students who attend and successfully complete the BB Student Orientation Session a CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE. This certificate can be used as proof of attendance if you decide to require students to attend one of the orientation sessions, or as offer bonus points for attendance.

Check theBB Student Orientation page for times and dates

2. Refer Students to the BB Interactive Student Tutorials

This webpage includes online interactive tutorials. 

3.BB Instructional Handouts.

You can refer your students to these handouts OR print out, copy and hand out to your class.

Help documents in PDF

How to login to BB
How to change your Password

 If you have any comments or questions, please contact
the Instructional Technology Resource Center, AD 134 or call (818) 240-1000 x3457.