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1. Blackboard Starter

2. What is Blackboard?
• USC’s Learning Management System
• Sometimes referred to as USC Portal
• Access to Course materials, communication,
assessments, online submission areas and
assessment marks and feedback
• Access to organisations, general system
resources

3. Login

4. My Courses tab
• Links to Courses
you are enrolled in
• Course links may
not be available
until the Course
Coordinator turns
it on

5. USC Community
tab
• Links to various
Faculty and
Programme
Organisations

6. Student
Resources tab
• Link to Student
Central
• Link to other
System
resources and
applications like
USCCentral

7. Getting around
New Global
Navigation and
My Blackboard
https://help.blackboard.com/
en-us/Learn/
9.1_SP_12_and_SP_13/
Student/
110_Nav_My_Blackboard

8. Your Course &
Announcements
• Your course usually
opens on the
Announcements
page
• Access your Bb
Course 2 or 3 times
a week

9. Course Outline
• Detail on the
Course including
Assessment Tasks
and Schedule of
Activities
• Contact your
Course Coordinator
if you are having
any difficulties with
the Course

10. Lecture
Recordings
• Mediasite
recording of
lectures
• Podcasts of
lectures

11. Learning
Materials
• Lecture slides
• Readings etc

12. Assessment
• Assessment
info
• Task
submission
areas
• Quizzes
• Journals,
Wikis

13. My Interim
Results
• Marks and
Assignment
Feedback once it
is made
available by the
Course
Coordinator

14. Blackboard Help
http://www.usc.edu.au/
university/learning-andteaching/blended-learningat-usc/blackboard-help#
Student IT Help Desk
+61 7 5459 4455
Library Information Desk
StudentITHelp@usc.edu.au