.Instructions for

Blackboard Log-In & Course Startup

(for all students in Dr. Carmona's classes)

Availability of your course's Blackboard site begins on Monday, 1/28/2008, and ends with the final exam.  Earlier site access before the beginning of the semester will not be possible (so please do not e-mail the instructor to request earlier access).  In order to log in, you must be enrolled in one of Dr. Carmona's classes.

To get started in the course, please read and follow all of the instructions below:

1. LOG IN to Blackboard at http://bb.gcccd.edu using your default user name (firstnamelastname) and password (your 6-digit birth date—e.g., 012580 for January 25, 1980).

If you are unable to log in, try the following:

1. Double-check to make sure that you have entered your default user name and password correctly.

2. If you have previously used Blackboard at Cuyamaca College, try using your “old” user name and password (especially if it differs from the default).

3. If after repeated attempts, you are still unable to log in to Blackboard, please click below to submit a problem report immediately to Dr. Carmona.  (Please do not use Blackboard's "Create Account" function, as it will only complicate matters and delay your first log-in)

Report a Blackboard Problem (= Get Help)

2. FIND THE BLACKBOARD SITE FOR YOUR COURSE. Once you have successfully logged in to Blackboard, find the link to the appropriate course site and enter it.  The link should be visible on the first screen after log-in.

• When inside Blackboard, if you are unable to find or enter the course site, please submit a problem report (click above) to Dr. Carmona immediately.

3. COURSE STARTUP (to be completed right away at the beginning of the course).  From the opening screen of the appropriate course's Blackboard site, enter the pages/links listed below and perform the requested tasks:

• Personal Information Page (button).  Enter your personal e-mail address (one that you already check frequently) so that you can be sure to receive announcements and messages regarding the course.  It is a requirement that you read and respond to the instructor's e-mail communications in a timely manner.  Neglecting or forgetting to check for course-related e-mails will not be accepted as an excuse for failing to keep up with these important communications.

• Syllabus Page (button). 

  • If you do not already have a "hardcopy" of the syllabus, then please download and print out a copy.

  • Inside the syllabus, locate the Schedule of Assignments, etc., and carefully take note of the assignments that will be due during the first three weeks of the course.  (Consider this an announcement of those assignments!)

• Worksheets Page (button).  Enter this page, read the instructions there, and then locate the following:

  • Worksheet 1.  Enter, take a look, and then exit using the Back-button.  (You will soon need to return here in order to complete this assignment.)

  • Syllabus Worksheet.  Enter, take a look, and then exit using the Back-button.  (You will soon need to return here in order to complete this assignment.)

  • "Printable Previews".  Find the link to enter this page; read the instructions there, and then download and print out the "previews" of Worksheet 1 and the Syllabus Worksheet.

• Discussions Page (button)--For Students in Online Courses (Only!).

  • Discussion 1.  Follow the series of links to the discussion page for you course section, enter, and take a look at Discussion 1 (which is an assignment that you will soon need to complete).  On the same page, click also on the link marked "Evaluation Criteria for Online Discussions" and print out that document for future reference.

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