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	Blackboard FAQs for Faculty and Staff

	Click on the links below for answers to several common questions, instructions for completing basic tasks, and other pieces of information to help you become familiar with Blackboard and its implementation at BGSU for faculty and staff. Sections: Before you begin Exploring the Blackboard Main Page Managing a Course Site Managing an Organization Site Automated Enrollment Cycle Course Maintenance Cycle End of the Semester Tasks Blackboard at BGSU Before you begin Print questions and answers What you need to access Blackboard Getting an account on Blackboard Problems with Initial Login Forgotten Usernames & Passwords Logging in as a Guest Enhancements included in Blackboard 7 Upgrade Recommended System Requirements Choosing a Browser Suggested Plug-ins Browser Features to Enable Email Issues for Those Who Use Email Services other than BGNet Configuration Guide for Hotmail Users Logging off Blackboard top Exploring the Blackboard Main Page Print questions and answers What is a module? Getting additional modules Changing colors Capturing Web Portal Outages and Class/Organization Events Using Forms to Customize your View Font Size Appears too Small to Read Set CD-ROM Drive link under Tools Browser Cache and How to Clear It Problems with Lightweight Chat and Virtual Classroom JAR Cache and How to Clear It top Managing a Course site on Blackboard Print questions and answers My Official Class Rosters vs. Blackboard Course Shell Rosters Class Roster not available for Course I teach Automated Course Shell Creation No Course Shell available for Course I teach Automated Enrollment Cycle Course Maintenance Cycle End of the Semester Tasks Automated Instructor and TA Assignments My TA Needs Access to My Course Course Shell vs. Development Shell Requesting a Development Shell Using Course Copy to Move Content from one Course Shell to another Combining Sections of the Same Course into One Course Shell Making a Course Available for Students Using file extensions when uploading files Uploading course cartridges Disk Quota for Courses Maximum File Size for Uploading How Students Access a Course site Display Variations for Students Requesting their Right to Privacy Not using Course Shells created for my classes Reordering/Deleting Courses under your Courses tab Creating a Copy of your Course Site Instructor Modifying Assigned Role Who do I contact to put my course on Blackboard? Instructor Removing Links to Course Sites on the Courses tab Exporting your Blackboard Course GradeBook Limitations when using WebEQ and MathML equation editors Get Error When Adding a Question to an Assessment using IE 6 Collaboration Tools, Virtual Classroom and Lightweight Chat, Do Not Work Help with Blackboard for Instructors top Managing an Organization site on Blackboard Print questions and answers What is an organization? Getting an Organization Shell Using file extensions when uploading files Disk Quota for Organizations Maximum File Size for Uploading Enrolling Members in My Organization How Members Access an Organization site Creating a Copy of My Organization site Help with My Blackboard for Organization Managers top Blackboard at BGSU Print questions and answers Why Blackboard for BGSU? Software components for Blackboard BGSU Authentication with Blackboard Student's right to privacy BGSU's e-mail system and Blackboard top