BLACKBOARD MANUAL FOR STUDENTS amended

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HOW TO LOG ONTO BLACKBOARD .....................................................................................................................2
HOW TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD...................................................................................................................3
HOW TO VIEW YOUR COURSES............................................................................................................................6
HOW TO DOWNLOAD ASSIGNMENTS TO BLACKBOARD .....................................................................................8
HOW TO UPLOAD ASSIGNMENTS TO BLACKBOARD............................................................................................9
HOW TO USE TURNITIN .....................................................................................................................................10
HOW TO USE THE DISCUSSION BOARD .............................................................................................................16
HOW TO USE COLLABORATE..............................................................................................................................18
ANNOUNCEMENTS.............................................................................................................................................22
HOW TO SEE YOUR MARKS ................................................................................................................................22
ONLINE TESTS, QUIZZES .....................................................................................................................................22
MOBILE APP FOR BLACKBOARD ON YOUR PHONE .................................................................................................... 24

HOW TO LOG ONTO BLACKBOARD

1. Click on

2. Type in https://learn.ufh.ac.za
3. Blackboard interface:

4. Type in your Student nr
in:
USERNAME
AND
PASSWORD

5. When you log in you will see the Dashboard:

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HOW TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

1. Click on the drop-down icon next to your name in the top right corner
2. Click on Settings

3. Click on Personal Information

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4. Click on Change Password and follow the steps.
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5. Blackboard enrols the students with their student email. You can change it to your personal email
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HOW TO VIEW YOUR COURSES

On the right-hand side under MY INSTITUTION, you will see the courses that you are enrolled for:
1. These courses are just examples, Click on your Course:
2. This is what you will see:

3. On the left-hand side are all the Course Items. Some of the courses will have this layout, others might look
different but the basic Course Items will be the same.

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HOME – Here you will find the Welcome
Page, Course Outcomes and meet your
Instructor

LEARN – Here are all your lectures,
Assignments, Videos, Online tests, quizzes
and Turnitin.

MY PERFORMANCE
You will see your marks under My Grades

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HOW TO DOWNLOAD ASSIGNMENTS FROM BLACKBOARD

1. Click on Assignments

• Click on the Attached file:
• It will download to your Computer.
• Open the Assignment and read instructions.
• Complete the Assignment and save it on your laptop.

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HOW TO UPLOAD AN ASSIGNMENT TO BLACKBOARD

1. After you have completed the Assignment, you can upload your Assignment to Blackboard
2. You will see the link to upload your Assignment 1

3. Click on the heading: Assignment 1
4. The following will appear:

5. Click on Browse My Computer
6. Navigate to your saved Assignment on your computer
7. Double click on your assignment.
8. Click on Submit.

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HOW TO USE TURNITIN

Every Assignment and Proposal must be uploaded to Turnitin before uploaded to Blackboard to determine
if there are no plagiarism. The plagiarism report must also be uploaded together with the
Assignment/Proposal.

1. Click on the folder Turnitin on the left
2. Click on View/Complete

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3. Fill in your details
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4. Click on Choose from this computer
5. Double click on your Assignment/Proposal/Dissertation

6. Click on UPLOAD

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7. Click on CONFIRM
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8. Navigate to the top of screen to ASSIGNMENT INBOX

9. I have copied work from Google just as it is and uploaded it to Turnitin
10. My plagiarism was 91%!!!

11. You are only allowed 10%
12. To see the report, click on the %
13. This is how my report looks like:

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14. To see where your similarities are, Click on the %
15. This is what you will see:

16. To download the report, click on the download button and save it to your Computer.
17. You can resubmit as many times as you want until you get it down to 10%
18. You must add this report to your proposal.
19. Plagiarism is not allowed!!

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HOW TO USE THE DISCUSSION BOARD

1. Click on Discussions on the left side
2. An example of a topic for the Discussion is “QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS”

3. Click on the TOPIC to open the Discussion
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4. You first need so SUBSCRIBE first. This way you will know when somebody has responded to

your comment. It will be directed to your e-mails.
5. Click on Create Thread to participate in the Discussions.

6. Type your main question/topic/heading in the Subject box
7. Type your Question or concern in the message box – It is the same as compiling an e-mail.
8. You can also attach documents to this thread/message.
9. Click on Browse My Computer

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10. Click on Submit.
11. If you are divided into groups, each group can have their own Discussion Board where you can share

comments and documents with each other.

HOW TO USE COLLABORATE

1. Click on Collaborate

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2. Click on the Session
3. Click on Join the Session/Course Room

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4. Your microphone and video are at the bottom of our screen. Click on it to activate.
5. If you want to ask a question, click on Raise your hand
6. There is also a chat function available where you can type in questions.
7. Click on the Purple arrow on the righthand side.
8. Type in a Comment at “Say something” and press Enter

12. The whole session is recorded with the chat messages and you can access the recordings later.
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TO ACCESS THE RECORDINGS

top left -

1. Click on the menu on the top left side of the screen
2. Click on Recordings

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Your lecturer will make regular Announcements from Blackboard which will be automatically be linked to
your e-mail. CHECK YOUR STUDENT EMAILS REGULAR

HOW TO SEE YOUR MARKS

1. Click on My Grades

2. You will only see your own Grades.
3. In Blackboard you can only see your Assignment, Test and DP marks.
4. You must access your Exam and final marks on ITS.

ONLINE TESTS, QUIZZES

5. Click on Tests & Quizzes
6. Click on the Test
7. In this example it is TEST ON ANATOMY

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EXAMPLE OF MATCH THE COLUMNS
1. Click on BEGIN

EXAMPLE OF MULTIPLE CHOICE/MULTIPLE ANSWERS
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REMEMBER TO SAVE YOUR ANSWERS!!
If you do lose connectivity during the duration of the online test, make a screenshot and send it to your
lecturer immediately.
If you lose connectivity, do not close Blackboard, just refresh your Internet page after your connectivity has
been restored.
You will be able to continue with the test. The test is not restarting again.

MOBILE APP FOR BLACKBOARD ON YOUR PHONE
1. Navigate to Playstore on your phone.
2. Type in Blackboard Student
3. Name of School: University of Fort Hare
4. Username: Your Student nr
5. Password: Your Student nr

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