eLearning Student Tutorials
Getting Started with eLearning
- Part 1: Understanding the eLearning Homepage
- Part 2: A look inside a course
Working in your course
Each course is designed differently. So you may or may not see all of these tools in your course. Your instructor decides which tools are needed in the course. The syllabus will tell you which tools will be used in the course.
Microsoft Teams and Stream
Blackboard Collaborate
- How to use Blackboard Collaborate - Video, Handout
- How to use Blackboard Collaborate in a group
- How to join breakout groups
- How to add a Profile Picture to Blackboard Collaborate- Video, Handout
Online Tests
LockDown Browser Tests
Assignments
Check out some FAQs on eLearning assignments here: https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student/Original/Assignments/Assignments_FAQ
Turnitin
Grades & Rubrics
This tool is meant to help you easily locate your instructor’s and classmates’ emails in order to contact them. It is a send- only tool which means the emails you send will be viewed in your recipients’ Outlook inbox. And you will see their replies in Outlook as well.
Groups
Blogs and Journals
Discussion Boards
Wikis
Self and Peer Assessment
For more videos please subscribe to UT Dallas eLearning team’s YouTube Channel.
If you would like us to create tutorials on any other topics related to eLearning, please email us at elearning@utdallas.edu.
You can also find tutorials at Blackboard’s Student Help Page.
You can also learn how to prepare to take fully online class with the Comet Path for Online Learning module.