Malcolm X College of Chicago

Use the red link below to request a Blackboard shell. Allow 72 hours for processing.

IMPORTANT!
Shells by default are turned off. You must set the Course Availability to YES.

Open Control Panel
Under Settings select Course Availability
Set Make Course Available to YES

Option II

Open Control Panel
Under Settings select Course Duration
Select Continuous

Picture of Blackboard Logo The City Colleges of Chicago has made available an online service designed to enhance communication between students and instructors called Blackboard. It is a Web based community portal that allows you as an instructor the ability to upload course material to the internet.

The City Colleges of Chicago Blackboard Server is now integrated with My.CCC.edu (SA) and other systems.

What does this mean for students?
Students must now use their Student Username to login to Blackboard (which they already use for My.CCC.edu and Student Email . Students will be automatically enrolled or dropped from their Blackboard Courses based on their registrations.

What does this mean for faculty?
Faculty members will be automatically enrolled or dropped from their Blackboard Courses based on their assignment in My.CCC.edu. It is very important to check My.CCC.edu and confirm your assignment in courses. If you are not listed as the instructor for the course you are requesting you will not have access to the course in Blackboard. Contact the Office of Instruction at 312-850-7140 or alopez@ccc.edu to have My.CCC.edu updated. Once you are listed as the instructor, you can use your Novell Username (which you already use to login to on-campus PC's and MyFaculty.ccc.edu) to login to Blackboard. All instructors have access to Blackboard. Your courses will not become available until you request a course site (shell).

Faculty Blackboard support Web site.

Don't know your Novell Username?
Use this online username look-up if you do not know your Novell Username or Password.

Want to use your old content?
Accessing Past Blackboard Course Content
All old Blackboard content is now housed on the network drive. Contact Alonzo Rhoden @ 312-850-7471 or arhoden@ccc.edu for old shell content.

Instructions to import old content from zipped files.
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/bbfacimport.shtml

Blackboard Shell Request Form

Please follow the directions below to request a Blackboard shell:

Access My.CCC.EDU

Select the term.
Click Advanced Search.
Remove check mark from "Open Classes Only"
Enter as much info as you have such as Instructor Name, Catalog Number (which is the course number), Campus. (Set the option to Wild Card)
To list all classes you teach, only enter your name and the college name.
If you can't find your course, you may not be assigned to the course. Try searching for the course name and number without an instructor name. (Set the option to Wild Card)
Document the following information which must be submitted via the form below:

Year
Term
Class Number (Top left corner)

If your session "times-out", click the My.CCC.EDU link again.

If you can't find the course in Peoplesoft, search again by removing search criteria. As a last result contact the Registrar.

If you would like a Blackboard shell that is not in Peoplesoft (SA), indicate this in the "Notes" section of the request form below. Also justify your request for non credit shells.

Use the red link above to request a Blackboard shell. Allow 72 hours for processing.

How to setup course documents in Blackboard

Add Announcements

Login
Left click the Course you wish to setup
In the bottom left corner locate and click the Control Panel button
To add an Announcement which the students see on the first page:
In the top left corner locate Content Area.
Left click Announcements
Left click Add Announcements
Type a subject
Type the announcement
Set the start and ending date you would like this message seen.
Left click submit

Add Assignments which can be seen from the Assignment button:

In the top left corner locate Content Area.
Left click Assignments
Left click Add Item
Select a name
Type the assignments
or left click Browse to attach a file from your computer
Set the start and ending date you would like this message seen.
Left click submit

Check Student Enrollment

Students will be automatically added and removed from your course based on their status in SA. Check to confirm that all students have been added.

Login
Left click the Course you wish to setup
In the bottom left corner locate and click the Control Panel button

From the Control Panel

Locate in the top right corner User Management
Left click List / Modify Users
Left click List All
Inform the Web office if students are missing after the 10th day of class

Send e-mail to one or more students:

Left click Communications from the main page:
Left click Send E-mail
Follow the instructions

To change a student e-mail address:

From the main course page left click Tools
Left click edit Personal Information
Update data

Add grades

Before you add grades you must create a document to grade. Follow these steps.

From Control Panel select Grade Book
Then Add Item
Then Name the Item and select an Item category

To add grades from Control Panel

Select "Grade Book"
Then select "The Exam you previously created"
Enter the grade per student and select "Submit"

Shells by default are turned off. You must set the Course Availability to YES.

Open Control Panel
Under Settings select Course Availability
Set Make Course Available to YES

Option II

Open Control Panel
Under Settings select Course Duration
Select Continuous

Plagiarism prevention system
Turnitin.com is a comprehensive plagiarism prevention system that lets instructors quickly and effectively check students? work.

Turnitin has been installed on the New Blackboard Server and is available for all faculty members via the Control Panel of their courses.

Please watch this short demo of Turnitin for Instructors

Basic instructions for using Turnitin.
More instructions for using Turnitin.

The New Blackboard PPT Presentation
The New Blackboard.pdf (155.924 Kb) Kristen Freilich presented this at HW and online during an Elluminate Session. It is an overview of The New Blackboard.

The New Blackboard Faculty Quick Guide
Bbfachandout.pdf (53.842 Kb)
This one page PDF outlines the changes for faculty from previous semesters, also helpful if you are new to the City Colleges of Chicago.

Blackboard Training Coursesites for Faculty
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/admin.shtml

Main Support Website(for students and faculty)
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/

Faculty Support Website
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/facultyindex.shtml

Faculty
Frequently Asked Questions:
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/bbfacfaqs.shtml

Faculty
Make your Bb Coursesites Available:
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/bbfacenable.shtml

Student Support
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/studentindex.shtml

Powerpoint overview

Watch and Listen
"Using the New Blackboard Session Presentation"

How to Retrieve your Novell Username
http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/bbfacretrieve.shtml

How to Export/Import Content to the New BB Server
Accessing Past Content - http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/bbfacpastclass.shtml
Import/Export Instructions - http://www.ccc.edu/bbsupport/bbfacimport.shtml

How Students can Forward Student Email to another Email Account
1. Login to Student Email
2. Click Options
3. Click Mailbox Management
4. Under Forward all new messages, enter your preferred email address
5. Click Save
6. Click Close