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Blackboard Academic Suite
User Manual
Institution common area. While users can choose which modules appear, the
Administrator may restrict access to or require specific modules.
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Courses: Courses are listed by role: courses that a user teaches as an
Instructor and courses that a user takes as a Student. Users click on a course
from the Courses common area to access the course Web site.
Users also have access to the following common areas with the Blackboard Portal
System:
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Community: The Community common area lists organizations specific to each
user, the Organization Catalog for the institution, and institution-wide
Discussion Boards. User organizations are listed by role: organizations that a
user administrates as a manager and organizations that a user participates in
as a member. Users simply click on an organization from the Community
common area to access the organization Web site.
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Services: The Services common area contains links to other institutional
offerings outside of the Blackboard Learning System. The links are set by the
System Administrator and cannot be modified by an individual user.
In addition, the Blackboard Portal System enables the institution to create custom tabs
and present a different environment, or Portal, to users based on the User’s role at the
institution.
Tabs
The tabs are navigation tools that access the common areas of the Blackboard
Learning System. Tabs also appear in search boxes as a means of changing the search
parameters.
Click on a tab to access that common area.
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