Blackboard Learn 9 Student Support
SCSU currently uses Learn 9 (Blackboard Learn 9) provided by ConnSCU to all secondary education institutions overseen by the State of Connecticut. Learn 9 allows students to access their course materials ranging from assignments, discussions, journals, tests, surveys, and more. Accessibility to courses with online components, or to use for fully online courses are both possible. Use of Learn 9 enables both faculty, staff, and students to share content, submit and review assignments, elaborate on course discussion, view grades, and invite collaboration between users within the course.
Student Support:
- Login Issues: The SCSU Help Desk can assist you with password and login issues.
- Content Issues: You must contact your professor with all content-specific questions (e.g., I cannot see an assignment, I missed a due date, My exam won't submit).
- Additional Resources: Information on how to perform common tasks in Learn 9 (e.g., How do I submit an assignment? How do I participate in Discussions? How do Wikis work?) can be found here.
Navigating Learn 9:
Learn how to navigate through the Blackboard Learn 9 interface.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fcc_2vB8IY
Find your courses:
Explore the Courses page. From the base navigation menu when you first log in, select Courses to access a list of your courses.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Ultra/Getting_Started/Find_Your_Courses
Activity Stream:
The Activity Stream lets you jump directly into course actions allowing the user to see due dates and times for course content as well as receive notifications on course events for the following academic week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOaOSndyF08&list=PLontYaReEU1tCbsCDP-u_wsKdkDBegIhH&index=4
Notifications:
Learn how to customize notification types and how they are delivered.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pYsU4xT3xE&list=PLontYaReEU1tCbsCDP-u_wsKdkDBegIhH&index=5
Viewing Grades:
Learn how to view course grades for tests, assignments, and other course content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6Zxl2YK5OM
Calendar:
This global calendar provides events from across the system, showing dates from multiple courses in one convenient location. If you access the calendar with a course, it displays due dates, the course schedule, office hours, and events for that course only. Any events you add within a course are specific to that course. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH00QcfccPw&list=PLontYaReEU1seUE3ACG3sEc3zR7Br7URU&index=32
Assignments:
Answer common questions regarding assignments ranging from how to find assignments to how to submit and edit assignments.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Assignments
Working in Groups:
Instructors can create groups of students within courses. Groups usually consist of a small number of students for study groups or projects. These groups have their own collaboration areas in the course so that they can communicate and share files.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Interact/Groups
View Feedback:
Assignments can also be used to participate in a back-and-forth review process of projects and papers. This tutorial shows you how to access assignments, view instructor feedback, download and edit an assignment file, and upload it back to Blackboard.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRocKj3e-3Y
Using the Content Editor:
You can use the editor to add and format text, embed images, attach files, and insert equations, links, and tables. https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Ultra/Add_and_Format_Content/Work_with_Text
Journals:
The journals tool provides a personal space for you to communicate privately with your instructor. You can also use a journal as a self-reflective tool to post your opinions, ideas, and concerns about your course, or discuss and analyze course-related materials.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Interact/Journals
Blogs:
A blog is your personal online journal. Each blog entry you make can include any combination of text, images, links, multimedia, mashups, and attachments. Blogs are an effective way for you to share knowledge and materials created and collected in the course. You can post entries and add comments to existing blogs. Use your blog to express your ideas and share them with the class.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Interact/Blogs
Discussions:
In discussions, you can share thoughts and ideas about class materials.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Interact/Discussions
Assessments (tests):
Instructors use tests to assess your knowledge of course content and objectives. You can view your grades when your instructor makes them available to you. Instructors can use surveys for polling purposes and evaluations.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Tests_and_Surveys
Wikis:
A wiki is a collaborative tool that allows you to contribute and modify one or more pages of course-related materials. A wiki provides an area where you can collaborate on content.
https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Interact/Wikis
Ally (for accessibility):
Ally creates alternative files that are easier to use by all students. Ally works within your online course so it's available right where you need it.
https://help.blackboard.com/Ally/Ally_for_LMS/Student