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• Troubleshooting
  - Contact your instructor first.
  - Contact the Help Desk at 646-1840 or email help@nmsu.edu
  
• For more information about getting started with Blackboard please see the FAQs.

Blackboard Login

• Before logging in, it is highly recommended that you perform a browser check to see if your computer is properly configured to use Blackboard CE8. Check your browser on the login page using either of the two links named “Check Browser."
• For more information about checking your browser check the FAQs.

Blackboard is an easy-to-use online course management system that is available 24/7. Using Blackboard your instructors can post syllabi, readings, and assignments as well as communicate via email, virtual chats or discussion boards. Some additional features include: Course Announcements, Course Calendar, Online Quizzes and Surveys, and Course Study Groups.

When you participate in online discussions, you may need to post and reply to messages. Please note that Creating a discussion board message begins a new starting point for the discussion, and replying to a discussion board message will link your response to the rest of the discussion. Also, you may need to attach files to share with others, and to keep track of discussions by marking messages as read or unread.

Throughout the semester you will communicate with your instructor and peers through e-mail. You will compose, reply, delete, and forward e-mails. You might share information with your instructor and even submit assignments by sending e-mails with attached documents.
To organize received and sent e-mails, you can create folders and then sort your e-mail messages. Most likely, you will find e-mail to be an indispensable tool with which to communicate online.

The Assessment tool is used to deliver online quizzes and receive feedback from your instructor. The three types of assessments are quizzes, self tests and surveys.

You will first need to view an assignmentand then submit it. An instructor may allow you to submit an assignment multiple times, or may allow you to retrieve an assignment after it has been graded and then resubmit the revision. Last, you can download an assignment and print out a hard copy.