If you plan to use Respondus Lockdown Browser for testing in your Blackboard course site, students will need to download the Lockdown Browser prior to taking the test. Respondus LockDown Browser uses a standard Windows or Mac installer that can be downloaded by faculty or students from the following link (note: this link is unique to Detroit Mercy): http://www.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=945835138...
If you’re using Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files, you may find a significant portion of the right side of your screen taken up by one or another tool panel. By default, you likely see a panel that starts with an EXPORT PDF heading. This provides access to tools available if you pay an fee for Acrobat. To hide this panel, click the Tools heading above it, as seen in the picture below....
This series of videos introduces the basics of using the University of Detroit Mercy’s Blackboard course site, which we refer to locally as Knowledge. Your Computer: You’ll need a proper PC to complete most of your coursework. An iPad, Android Tablet, Windows RT device, or smart phone will be useful for many things, but to post content (online discussion, assignments, etc), take tests, or participate in live classroom sessions you will need a full PC. Mac computers (lap or desktop)...
Your MY COURSES box lists all the courses you have access to on Knowledge. Because we plan to keep courses on the system for several years, you may quickly find this list becomes too long to navigate. Fortunately, you can show, hide and group entries by term to make this list easier to manage. The following video introduces the elements of the MY COURSES box and shows you how to edit its entries. You may also want to look at...
Update May 13, 2014: IDS has released a tool for Windows which automates the process of associating JNLP files with Java. Click here to download the JNLP Fix tool. When the program has finished downloading, click run or double-click the “jnlp-fix” program icon to start the process. The “jnlp-fix” program can be deleted once the process is complete. If you run the program and JNLP files still do not open with Java, please follow the steps below to fix the problem...
