{"id":12779,"date":"2019-06-25T12:05:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T16:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-bb-test-taking-tips-for-students-taking-finals\/"},"modified":"2019-06-25T12:05:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T16:05:22","slug":"blackboard-tip-of-the-week-bb-test-taking-tips-for-students-taking-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-bb-test-taking-tips-for-students-taking-finals\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Tip of the Week: Bb Test-Taking Tips for Students Taking Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bb Learn 3500.0.5\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Here is a short<\/strong><\/span>, but important, <em>Blackboard<\/em> tip for the end of the semester. Simply put, many students will be taking final exams in Bb, and the odds are that some of them will encounter issues while taking their exams. However, there are a number of steps that your students can take to reduce \u2014 if not eliminate \u2014 their chances of having an issue.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Students\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>who follow this top-10 list of\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>test-taking tips, will go a long way toward avoiding problems:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If possible, use a wired internet connection.<\/li>\n<li>Use a computer, rather than a mobile device, when taking a test in <em>Bb<\/em> (unless the instructor confirms that the test is mobile-compatible).<\/li>\n<li>Use <em>FireFox<\/em> when taking a test in <em>Bb<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Clear the browser history and cache before taking a test.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure the browser window is maximized.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t have multiple tabs open in the browser.<\/li>\n<li>Have pop-up blocking enabled on the browser.<\/li>\n<li>Try not to have other applications open when they take the test.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t have multiple <em>Bb<\/em> sessions open at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Log out of <em>Bb<\/em> and log back in before taking the test, so that the test starts with a fresh <em>Bb<\/em> session.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Use the following link<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to download a printable version of this Bb tip of the week:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/acadweb.hvcc.edu\/~m.petersen\/bbtotw\/printable_copies\/BBTOTW_06252019.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Download the Tip<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Use the following link<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0to view previous\u00a0Bb\u00a0tips of the week:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/author\/m-petersen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>BBTOTW-Archive<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>As always,<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0please feel free to contact the Distance Learning Office (<strong>629-7070<\/strong>\u00a0\/\u00a0<em><strong>DLHelp@hvcc.edu<\/strong><\/em>) if you have any questions about this!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Tue, 25 Jun 2019 12:05:22 +0000 by\u00a0m.petersen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Bb Learn 3500.0.5\u00a0 Here is a short, but important, Blackboard tip for the end of the semester. Simply put,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}