TLT Blackboard Support Blog

Fall 2007 course have been created and exist on Blackboard.

As long as you are listed as an instructor in SOLAR/Peoplesoft and have at least 1 student registered for your course, you should see your Blackboard course when you log in.

If you would like to combine multiple sections of a course into one Blackboard site, you will need to submit an online request: naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/bbreq.nsf/bbaccountreq_mutliplesection

Changes for Fall 2007

Please note:

1.  The digital dropbox is not availble for student’s until the Instructor turns on that feature

2.  E-mail is disabled, instructors can turn this feature on if they wish.

 Digital Dropbox:

Blackboard is no longer supporting the Digital Dropbox, while we encourage all faculty to use Blackboard’s assignment manager (For more information on the assignment manager, visit: http://tlt.stonybrook.edu/blackboard/gradebook.shtml  ), we do know that sometimes faculty prefer to have their students use the Digital Dropbox.

If you would like your students to have access to the Digital Dropbox, you can turn it on, here’s how:

1. Click on your Control Panel
2. Choose: Manage Tools under Course Options
3. Click on Tool Availability and check box for the Digital Dropbox
4. Scroll down and press submit.

E-mail in Blackboard has been disabled by default.

Instructors can e-mail students via Control Panel once they enable it, here’s how:

1. From your control Panel, click : Manage Tools
2. Choose Tool Availability
3. Scroll Down and click the box next to E-mail
4. Scroll Down and click Submit
5. You should now see the Send E-mail feature in your control panel.

I want my students to e-mail me and/or each other via Blackboard:

In order to enable your student’s ability to send e-mail to you or to each other (In classes larger then 100, we ask that you not enable their ability to e-mail everyone due to spamming concerns) , you will need to:

1. Click on your Control Panel and choose: Manage Course Menu
2. Scroll down to the Communication Area
3. Click Modify
4. Scroll down to the Send Email section & Check Available , then check the options that you want your students to have.

Should you have any questions, please contact us at: blackboard@stonybrook.edu

For additional information regarding Blackboard, visit our support site at: http://tlt.stonybrook.edu/blackboard/faculty.shtml