Lesson 3: Communicating through Blackboard

Introduction

Communication is important! Lesson 3 teaches you how to communicate through Blackboard. You will learn how to post and reply to a message on the discussion board, find your classmates using the roster feature, and send e-mails to classmates and your instructor.

Learning Objectives

After completing this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

3.1: Post and Reply to Messages on the Discussion Board

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This demonstration shows you the main way to communicate through Blackboard. On the discussion board, you can collaborate, express opinions, and share ideas by creating a new thread or replying to an existing thread.


3.2: Get to Know Your Classmates

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This tutorial shows you how to access your class roster. The class roster contains the names, photos, e-mail addresses, and personal information of your classmates. You can customize your search by student name, e-mail, or user name. You can also list everyone and browse through student home pages to get to know your classmates.

3.3: Communicate with Your Classmates and Instructor

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In this demonstration, you'll learn how to send e-mails to your classmates and your instructor. The send e-mail tool allows you to send e-mails to all users, groups, teaching assistants, students, and instructors. Alternatively, you can select specific users and groups.


Test Your Knowledge

Task 1: Using the Discussion Board

  1. Post a new message to the class discussion board and tell the class something interesting about yourself.
  2. Reply to an existing thread and ask a classmate a question.

Task 2: Find a Classmate and Send E-mail

  1. Locate a student using the roster feature.
  2. Send that student an e-mail using the send e-mail tool.
To contact the development team, e-mail roysel@mizzou.edu.
last updated May 2, 2010

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