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Avoiding "locked out" students in proctored Blackboard tests.

In a situation where faculty are administering a proctored Blackboard test, such as in a computer lab environment, there have been instances where students get disconnected from the test. Once the student is disconnected the test normally needs to have the attempt cleared and the student needs to restart the test, which is not ideal for the faculty or the student. The student loses all progress and time previously applied to the test. A solution to avoid this situation, is...

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Create Assessment, Grade Center , , , , Updated: January 3, 2013

Send email

Sending email to students enrolled in your Blackboard course site is easy.  Emails can be sent to individual users or to groups of users within the course (for example, all Teaching Assistants).  Each time you send an email you also receive a copy of it.

Note: Email cannot be sent to anyone who is not enrolled in the specific course.

To send email from within a course site …....

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Course Tools , , , Updated: February 4, 2015

Add an announcement

Announcements are a great way to provide timely course information and stay in touch with your students. By default, a course announcement will appear on a student’s My Knowledge page in the My Announcements box and My Courses box, as well as on the course homepage. Students will also be automatically notified by email when an announcement is posted. Students using the Blackboard Mobile app for iPhone or Android will receive a notification as well....

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Course Tools , , , Updated: February 4, 2015