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Navigate Blackboard

1. Go to: courseweb.library.upenn.edu/ using your internet browser. The address for Blackboard is circled in RED on the screen shot

2. When the site comes up click on “PennKey Login” The login link is circled in GREEN on the screen shot.

3. Clicking the Login link will take you to the log-in page, seen to the right. Enter your PennKey and Password as shown in the screen shot.

The area for your information is circled in red on the screen shot.

4. Successful login will direct you to this page seen to the right. Any system or course announcements will appear in the “My Announcements” section.

To navigate to course specific information select the course under the “My Courses” section, seen in the screen shot circled in GREEN.

5. When a course site is navigated to, the default option is announcements.

You may select any of the options along the menu on the left of the screen. They are circled in YELLOW on the screen shot to the bottom right.

Course Information will usually contain a syllabus.

Staff Information is usually where you find email addresses, office hours, and sometimes background information on the professor and Teaching Assistants.

Course Documents is where supplemental materials are usually posted.

Assignments is where to find descriptions of assignments along with due dates.

Communication is used for sending group emails, class chat areas and virtual classrooms, and well as sending messages to fellow students and staff.

Discussion Board is a online Bulletin Board for hosting discussions between students and staff. Further details on how to use this are on the next page.

External Links contains links to websites that are used in the course or may be otherwise helpful.

Tools contains links to useful features such as a calendar and BB user manual, and gives you access to your grades.

Dropbox is for transferring files and submitting assignments to the professor. More on this in the Transferring Files How to.

Using the Discussion Board

1. Navigate to the discussion board following the instructions above.

2. The discussion topics will appear in the main frame of the Blackboard page.

3. Navigate to the topic you wish to read or post to. When you do, a page similar to the screen shot below will be displayed.

4. To create a new topic click on the “Add New Thread” link, circled in red in the screen shot.

In the new screen add your subject, message, attach a file if necessary then click submit to post the message. There are spell check and preview tools in the bottom right of the message box.

5. To read and respond to someone else’s post click on the subject of the message, circled in GREEN on the screen shot.

On this screen you can read the message, click on reply to post a reply to the message, or navigate to other replies to this message.

6. To send an email to the author of a message you can click on their name, circled in BLUE on the screen shot.

7. Clicking OK will take you back to the main forum of that discussion topic.

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