2. Agenda: Day One
0 Access to Blackboard
0 Viewing your courses
0 DL syllabi requirements
0 Loading files
0 Using the online filing system
0 Connecting to online resources

3. Logging On to Blackboard
Setting up or resetting a NetID
Begin by signing into JSU PAWS. You will find the logon
for PAWS on the JSU home page.

4. Go to the Main Menu and click on Activate NetID/ Change
NetID Password

5. Suggestions for NetID passwords
0 Your entire J-number is your NetID.
You only need to create a password
to logon to Blackboard. *Note: You will not be able to
reset your NetID password at
0 Your new pasword should be at least Blackboard Login window by
seven (7) characters long and clicking on the "Forgot Your
similar to the one of the following Login Information" link.
examples:
0 Tiger09
0 tiger@09 If the password will just not
0 t1ger09 reset, first try giving the system
0 tiger09! a little time to clear out your
previous attempts. Then if your
0 Your password must include a second attempt does not work,
combination of letters and numbers.
call Distance Learning at 601-
979-0426 or 601-979-0426
0 Your password must include at least between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
one capital letter or symbol (for
example, &, * @, #). Monday through Friday.

6. Student Online Orientation
Students are required to
participate in a Blackboard To register for online
Online Student Orientation, and orientation, students will need
quite frankly, it is a good idea for to go to
them to review the basics of http://www2.jsums.edu/stude
online course structure.
nttraining/schedule.cfm.
In this orientation, students will
be introduced to the different
Blackboard components, learn Shortly after registering,
how to submit assignments, view students will receive an email
grades, use the discussion board, with information on how to
send emails, and learn other log‐in to the orientation and
elements that may assist them in instructions on the assignments
completing their online course to complete.
successfully. Students will also
complete a Distance Learning
Assessment.

7. Bb Logon page
To access Bb, students can go to the main JSU page and click
on Blackboard in the dropdown menu, to the Distance
Learning page, or to a link you provide in your home page.

8. Viewing your active courses
0 Once you have logged on to Bb, a screen containing
your course list will appear.
0 Notice that in the upper right hand corner of your
Course List is a gear symbol.
0 Click on the gear
symbol to access the
control panel for your
Course List.

9. 0 To remove a course from your entry screen, unselect the
box to the left of the course name.
0 Don’t worry! The course will still exist in your hidden list.
0 You can also select certain attributes of current courses to
show or hide by selecting or unselecting the boxes to the
right of the course names.

10. DL Syllabi Requirements
0 System Requirements
0 Other requirements
0 Computer hardware
0 Web browser
0 Browser Plugins
0 Productivity Software
0 Minimum Student Technical Skills*
0 Technical Support*

11. DL Syllabi Requirements
0 Course Presentation
This course is organized into ## learning modules; each module
contains assigned readings from the textbook and may contain a quiz,
an assignment, and/or an activity. The modules presented on a 1-2
week basis. The module pages include information about all of the
materials and assignments for that module. Each module may include
multimedia lectures, readings, discussions, assignments, and/or
assessments.
0 Course Policies and Procedures (especially those related to online
learning)
• Netiquette
• Online Rubrics (essays, discussions, blogs, etc.)
• Safe Assign
• Online Library Services

12. Choosing file types
Overview
0 You have the option of attaching files to many different areas of a
Course Web site, such as Content Areas, Assessments and
Assignments. When a file is attached, a link to the file will be
displayed to students.
0 To attach a file the you may enter the file path within the course or
click Browse to locate a file on his or her computer. When the file is
attached, it is saved to the course Web site. If you remove the file
from your computer, the attachment in the course Web site will not
be affected.
File names
0 The characters a-z, 0-9, period ‘.’ and underscore ‘_’ are acceptable in
file names. All standard ISO 8859 characters (not foreign characters
or symbols) are also supported. All spaces will be converted to
underscores ‘_’ in the name of the uploaded file. Special characters
are not supported in file names.
0 Longer, more specific names are better!

13. Recognizing file types
If you use a file in your course, you
must be certain that students can
open that file.
Extension File Type Programs associates with the file type
.mpg, .mpeg Image Graphics program or Web browser
Extension File Type Programs associates with the file type .moov Movie
.aam Multimedia Macromedia® Authorware® plug-in .mov Video Movie or media player
Note that the .aam file is the starting point .pdf Text Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®
for a series of files that must be enclosed in a .ppt, .pps Slide show Microsoft® PowerPoint® and PowerPoint
.ZIP file. Player®
.aiff Audio Audio program .qt Movie QuickTime®
.asf Multimedia Microsoft® .NET™ Show .ra Audio Real Audio Player™
.au Audio Real Audio Player™ .ram Video Real Audio Movie™
.avi Video Video player (not Macintosh® compatible) .swa Audio Macromedia® Shockwave® plug-in
.doc Text Microsoft® Word® or other word processor .swf Multimedia Macromedia® Shockwave® plug-in
.exe Executable .tiff Image Graphics program or Web browser
.gif Image Graphics program or Web browser .txt Text Text or HTML editor, word processor
.html, .htm Web page HTML editor or Web browser .wav Audio Audio program
.jpg, .jpeg Image Graphics program or Web browser .wma Audio
.jif Image Graphics program or Web browser .wmf Graphic Microsoft® Windows®
.mpe Audio/Video .wmv Media/Audio Microsoft® Windows®
.wpd Text WordPerfect® or other word processor
.xls Spreadsheet Microsoft® Excel®

14. pdf and rtf: Universal Solvents
Portable Document Format
- Acrobat Reader
- Saving documents as pdf files
Rich Text Format
- Allows students to access your files
- Provides common ground in group work

15. Locating your files in Blackboard
Unlike WebCT, Blackboard stores the files you upload
only in your course (as opposed to in a general “filing
cabinet” under your J-number).
Note in the image to
the right that you
can locate the files
you have uploaded
through the control
panel.

16. Connecting to online resources
0 Online Labs
0 Web pages
0 Videos
0 JSU Library

17. Afternoon Review
Agenda
Tasks
0 Set up NetID
0 Logon to Bb
0 Clean up active Course Menu
0 Save different file types
0 Upload files to Bb
0 Create an Item
0 Add link to Online Orientation
0 Open Slideshare account
What you need for the afternoon session
0 NetID and Password
0 Electronic copy of your syllabi
0 Links to additional online resources
0 Several handouts or assignments that you want to
convert for online use