Viewing the Course Roster (as a Student)

There are a variety of tools, including the course roster, available to students under the Tools area in the course navigation menu. [Please note that instructors may choose to hide this feature from students.]  Students may view a course roster to see who is participating in their course site by doing the following: Log into [...]

Adding a New Blog Entry

A blog is a tool that can be used by students to share their thoughts and comments on a topic.  If your instructor asks you to blog during their course, they will typically create a link within the course site where you will post your blog entries.  These entries can be read and commented on [...]

I’ve logged into my course site but the navigation menu on the left has disappeared. How do I get it back?

On the left-hand side of your screen, you should see a tab.  Click that tab to view the navigation menu.

Submitting an Assignment

Instructors may choose to have students digitally submit assignments to them within a course site. Accessing Assignments Log into your course site. Click on the name of the assignment. After reading the directions, view, print or save any attached documents. Submitting Assignments Once you have completed an assignment and are ready to submit it to [...]

Groups: An Overview

Instructors who desire to have groups of students collaborate on projects may utilize the Groups area for creating space for groups of students to have their own discussion board, virtual classroom or chat session, file exchange, or email list. Accessing Your Group Page Log into your course site. Locate and click on the name of [...]

Checking Your Grades

If your instructor chooses to use the course Grade Center, you may check your grades by doing the following: Log into your course site. Click Tools. Click My Grades. In many cases, you may click on a score to view details of your results.

Reviewing Graded Assignments

Once your instructor has graded your assignment, you will be able to view your score along with the instructor’s comments by doing the following: Log into your course site. Click Tools > My Grades. Click on the score you received. You will see your grade, any comments your instructor has made, and the corrected assignment. [...]

Posting a Discussion Board Message

The term thread is used when referring to a message in a Discussion Board forum. This is because you can visually trace the conversation based on how responses are indented; you can thread your way through the conversation. Posting a Discussion Board Message Log into your course site. Click the Discussions link in the navigation menu. [...]

Part of My Discussion Board Message Is Missing

“Part of my Discussion Board message is missing. Where did it go?” If your response if fairly lengthy and is being copied from Microsoft Word, sometimes the text doesn’t display correctly.  So, please try the following: Log into your course site. Click Discussions. Click on the name of the forum to which you wish to [...]

Adding an Attachment to a Discussion Board Message

Note: Instructors may choose to allow or not allow students to add attachments to Discussion Board messages based on options they select when setting up a forum. Under the Attachments section located below your message, click the Browse My Computer button. Locate the file you want to attach.  Click on the file name, and click [...]