Introduction to Students
What is Blackboard?
Blackboard is College of the Redwoods' online, web-based learning platform. It provides faculty and students an innovative way to share information and ideas and to communicate with each other outside of the classroom experience.
To access Blackboard for your course, you will need to login using your Username and Password.
My CR Page
The figure to the left shows Blackboard's "My CR" page. This is the gateway to all your Blackboard course sites at College of the Redwoods. To return to this page from anywhere within Blackboard, click on the My CR tab.
On the right-hand side of the page are links to the Blackboard sites for courses in which you are registered. To enter a course site, click on the link for that course.
You can access many of Blackboard's features through the Tools panel on the left-hand side. This is also where you change your password and update your email address, which you should do right away. Click here for details about updating your student information.
Course Pages
The structure of all Blackboard courses is basically the same. When you enter the course, you will see the Announcements page or a content page as set by your instructor.
There are navigation links on the left-hand side of the page that you will use to enter content and communication areas of the course. Your instructor will give you further instructions about where to look for course content. |