{"id":113,"date":"2014-05-12T14:19:49","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T14:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/?page_id=113"},"modified":"2015-11-12T11:36:52","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T11:36:52","slug":"communication-tools-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/communication-tools-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students are able to view two types of tools in Blackboard Learn:<\/p>\n<p>1. The tools of the\u00a0Blackboard Learn user account accessed via the\u00a0<strong>My Institution<\/strong> tab:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Login to your Blackboard Learn user account.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the\u00a0<strong>My Institution<\/strong> tab and the\u00a0<strong>Tools <\/strong>module.<\/li>\n<li>To view the contents of each tool just click on the respective link.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/05\/Tools.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2793 alignbottom\" title=\"Tools\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/05\/Tools.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"204\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/05\/Tools.png 371w, https:\/\/web.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/files\/2014\/05\/Tools-228x300.png 228w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2. The tools that are available to students via a Bb course. On the course menu you will find the Tools menu item. Click it to view all the available course tools. \u00a0To find\u00a0more information about the use of each tool click the corresponding\u00a0links in the table below:<\/p>\n<table class=\"CSSTableGenerator\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Tools<\/th>\n<th>Description<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Announcments\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/announcments\/\" target=\"_blank\">Announcements<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Students are available to view important information concerning their course uploaded by their instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Blogs\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/blogs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blogs<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Effective means of sharing knowledge and materials created and collected by the group in the course.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Calendar\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/calendar\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calendar<\/a><\/td>\n<td>The calendar displays a collected view of all institution and personal events.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/course-evaluation-students\/\" target=\"_blank\">CourseEval<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Electronic questionnaire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Discussion Board\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/discussion-board-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Discussion Board<\/a><\/td>\n<td>May contain several forums created and managed by the instructor.Additionally, each forum may contain one or more conversations<strong>.<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Groups\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/groups\/\" target=\"_blank\">Groups<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Your instructor can create a group, place you or allow you to select the group you want to join and provide a number of tools.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Journals\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/journals-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Journals<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Personal space for you to communicate privately with your instructor.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"My Grades\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/my-grades-students\/\" target=\"_blank\">My Grades<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Page that shows the status and grade of all gradable items.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Send Email\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/send-email\/\" target=\"_blank\">Send Email<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Users within the group can email individual members or the entire group.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Tasks\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/tasks-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tasks<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Primarily used to keep track of work and remind you of important assignments that must be completed. It also shows the due date of the task.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/www.acg.edu\/web\/blackboard\/wikis-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wikis<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Collaboration tool that allows multiple users to read, edit and modify content added in a wiki page by the instructor or a fellow student.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students are able to view two types of tools in Blackboard Learn: 1. The tools of the\u00a0Blackboard Learn user account accessed via the\u00a0My Institution tab: Login to your Blackboard Learn user account. Visit the\u00a0My Institution tab and the\u00a0Tools module. To view the contents of each tool just click on the respective link. &nbsp; 2. 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