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Hi,

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welcome to this blackboard

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tutorial video on the Blackboard

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Ultra Base navigation page.

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Or you could also refer to that

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as the Blackboard home page.

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We have some goals for

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this training video.

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By the end of this video,

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you will be able to access

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Concordia Seminary's

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Blackboard page.

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You will be able to navigate the

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ultra based navigation

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page in Blackboard.

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You will be able to adjust

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settings for blackboard tools

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that are found on the ultra

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based navigation page.

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You will be able to locate your

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classes in blackboard and then

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you will be able to identify the

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seminary support staff that can

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help you with any technical

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challenges that you

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may encounter.

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To start this training,

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please enter Blackboard.

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In order to do that,

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you are going to go to

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courses csl.edu,

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so you may open that up on a

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web page. Or if you'd like,

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you may also go into your Semnet

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account and then you will find

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Blackboard on the center

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of that homepage.

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So you may use courses csl.edu

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or you may go to semnet

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this is Concordia Seminary's

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blackboard page.

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In order for me to log in,

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I need to select this section

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here in the center.

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Click here to sign in.

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Once I click into this area,

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it should authenticate my

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password and my username and

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then I should be allowed into

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the blackboard system. If not,

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please enter your username that

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you use to get into Semnet or

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your Csl outlook email accounts.

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You do not have to put the

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ending domain or at csl.edu,

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you just have to put your

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username itself and then

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insert your password.

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I will see you inside of

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Concordia Seminary's blackboard

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homepage.

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Welcome to Blackboard Ultra's

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base navigation page.

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Or you could call this the

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blackboard home page.

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You'll notice on this page you

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have a list of headings

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on the left hand side.

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Once you select a heading that

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will change the center

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canvas on your page,

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you will notice that you always

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land on the courses tab whenever

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you enter the blackboard system.

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Let's talk about a few of these

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tabs specifically so you can

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adjust and edit your settings

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for your blackboard experience.

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At the very,

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very top is your personal

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profile.

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If I were to select that button,

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changes happen on the

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center canvas.

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Some of the options that you may

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adjust in this area

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are for example,

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you may add a photo if you'd

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like to include a picture of

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yourself. By doing that,

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you hover over your avatar

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picture space and then you

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select that pencil and that will

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allow you to upload a new

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picture if you'd like

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to add that,

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we like to encourage everyone to

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bring in some kind of a picture

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into their blackboard account

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because that helps to humanize

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the experience and make

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it less mechanical.

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we try to encourage all of our

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instructors to do the same.

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So if you would like

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to add a picture,

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please feel free to do so.

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You may also change your

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password in this location,

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and then you can also add some

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other specific information if

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you would like to share

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that with the public,

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such as your birthday or any

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education that you may have.

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Or maybe you have a LinkedIn web

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page or your congregation's web

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page that you would like

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to post. Phone numbers,

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things like that.

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I'd also like to draw your

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attention to this global

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notification settings.

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You can change these

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notifications in this location

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or in the activity stream

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on the left hand side.

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We will talk about that

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here in a moment.

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But understand that you have

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three ways in which you can be

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notified through blackboard or

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from blackboard. Excuse me?

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You can be notified in stream

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notifications which are the

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notifications that come into

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your blackboard account.

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You can be notified by email

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meaning your CSL email account.

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You will receive messages

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in that location.

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Or if you were to download

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the app,

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you could request to have push

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notifications shared

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to you on that app.

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Since we're talking about

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notifications,

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let's gravitate to that actual

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area inside of this

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landing page.

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And that is technically

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the activity stream.

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So if I hover up over to the

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left hand side and select

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activity stream,

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you will see that there are

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messages or notifications within

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this on a specific time frame.

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If you would like to change

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the notification settings,

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you would gravitate towards this

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sprocket up on the top right

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hand corner and you

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select that again,

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these are your three different

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ways or routes of receiving

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notifications from Blackboard.

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You can select the globe and

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that will give you activity

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stream notifications. So again,

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we are on the activity stream

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tab on the ultra base navigation

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page and this is where all of

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those messages would

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be received.

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You can actually select

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these drop down boxes and then

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pick and choose what types of

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messages that you would

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like to receive.

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You can do that for every single

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category and be sure

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to pay attention.

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You have this save button at the

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bottom. So once I make my edits,

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I should select save

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just to kind of go through

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the headings. Again,

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this is your stream

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notifications within blackboard.

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These are for email

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notifications.

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So if you'd like to be emailed

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once a day or right away with

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any of these types of new

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additions or notifications on.

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Let's say you missed an

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assignment due date and that's a

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notification that you would

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like to receive.

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You can keep that clicked and

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highlighted and receive those

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types of messages.

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If you choose not to,

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you may absolutely do so.

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You would just deselect items in

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which you would like not to

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be notified for. Again,

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if you click on this bell,

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that would

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route you to your push

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notifications on the

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blackboard app.

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So if you are using the

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blackboard app,

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you may absolutely manipulate

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and change your push

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notifications in your

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blackboard account.

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So this is a note area

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that you may edit

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to receive these messages in the

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center screen if you'd like.

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You notice that these are

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from different classes.

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Classes will be in bold

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on the very, very top.

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If I would like to actually

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enter and view the issue in

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which I'm being flagged for,

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I can click on that and that'll

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take me right into the

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particular blackboard class

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in which it's referring.

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Let's skip courses for now.

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We'll go back to that

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at the very end.

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But let's take a look at the

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calendar messages and

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grades section.

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These three in particular,

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as well as the activity stream

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will be global views,

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meaning all of your courses.

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Any information that is shared

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within those courses will land

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on these pages and be shown

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to you in its entirety.

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Meaning that all classes that

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you are actively enrolled in can

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communicate with you on this one

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single page. So for example,

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in the calendar,

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if I would like to look at the

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week itself and determine what

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kind of assignments that I need

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to be prepared for to complete,

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I can select on calendar and

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view the entire week.

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I would encourage people to flip

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it to a month view instead of

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the day view because the month

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view will give you a better

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picture of what's due when.

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Especially if you have

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assignments that are due

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at 1159 in the evening,

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that will be very difficult and

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more easily missed in the day

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view because you would have to

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scroll all the way down to the

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very very bottom and it would

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be listed down here.

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And so just to make sure

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that nothing is missed,

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I would encourage everyone

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to use the month view.

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And in this month view you will

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have messages listed on

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when items are due.

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This is just the overall

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schedule.

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If you would like to

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specifically just look for due

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dates for assignments,

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you may also toggle

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to that location.

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I'm very lucky I have no

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assignments due at this time.

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And so again,

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the calendar is a global view of

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all active classes that you are

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enrolled in in blackboard.

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Same thing for course messages.

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Course messages are specific

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ways of communicating inside

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of blackboard.

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They kind of take the form of an

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instant message if you think

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about ims in that way,

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but messages themselves, again,

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this is going to be a global

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setting or a global space.

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If I had messages,

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they would show up in this

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location as well.

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And then I can click on that

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message to view it and

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then allow me,

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myself the opportunity

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to reply back.

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Same thing happens for grades.

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Grades, again,

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is a global perspective.

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So you can see that I have

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specific grades,

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not very good ones,

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but I have specific grades

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in areas. Some I do not.

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And so if I would like to view

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a particular assignment,

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it might be posted within here.

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Or I can actually click on the

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class itself and take me

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directly into that.

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I can look to see the gradebook

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and see what I have available to

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me and what assignments

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I have missed.

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Again this is a global view.

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You can click on all

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of these classes.

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These classes are ones that

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I am actively enrolled in.

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So let's just talk about the

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courses tabs really quickly.

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This is the tab that you will

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land on when you enter

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your blackboard page.

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I want to draw your attention to

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a few navigational tools on this

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page that will come in handy.

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First,

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you have the list

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view of classes.

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Or your classes may

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be in a grid view.

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You can bounce back and forth

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between the two by selecting

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these little icons.

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But classes in a grid view just

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have a more modern type look and

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feel and will have images that

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are along with them.

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So you may pick and choose

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what view you would like.

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You can filter classes by

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using this drop down.

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You can filter being courses

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that you are taking.

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You can look at the courses that

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you have already completed if

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you want to look and pull

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something to archive it.

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Let's say a learning journal

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or something like that,

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or a particular reading.

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So you can filter through which

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classes that you have

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displayed to you.

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So you can kind of shorten

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that list.

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You can also toggle to the right

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and to the left using these

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arrows up at the top so you have

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upcoming courses on one side.

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You might have terms or

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something listed,

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but you can toggle

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across

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different terms or different

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categories

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in which your blackboard

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classes will fall into.

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So you can absolutely toggle

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forwards and backwards.

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You may also use this

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center drop down.

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This gives you options such as

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templates and shells or actual

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terms themselves.

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So if you're in a fall

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2024 course,

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you will see fall 2024 listed

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here and you can select that

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term and all of the classes in

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which you are enrolled in will

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be displayed for that term.

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I'm going to switch it back

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to current courses.

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One last feature that I want to

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draw your attention to

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is this search bar.

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This is a very handy tool when

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you are trying to search through

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a lot of different classes.

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What you can do is simply click

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into this search bar and if I'm

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looking for the SMP or let's say

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the orientation training class,

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I can type in SMP and that'll

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float that class directly to

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the very top of the list.

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Please remember,

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if anything is left in

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this search bar,

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you will not be able to

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see other classes.

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So you must delete anything

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that's in that search bar to be

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able to view other items.

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If you ever want to make a class

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a favorite, for example,

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I want to favorite this SMP

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orientation training.

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I would click on the star which

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would move it automatically

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up to the very, very top.

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Once I'm done with

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that training,

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if I would like to remove it

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from the top of the list,

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I would just deselect that star.

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If you have any technical

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troubles or questions regarding

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blackboard,

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please contact one of the three

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people or departments that

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you see on your screen.

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They will be willing to help.

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Thank you