{"id":9411,"date":"2017-05-02T18:45:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-126\/"},"modified":"2017-05-02T18:45:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-02T22:45:10","slug":"blackboard-tip-of-the-week-126","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/blackboard-tip-of-the-week-126\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Tip of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Bb Learn 3000.2<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Here is a short,<\/strong><\/span> but important,\u00a0<em>Blackboard\u00a0<\/em>tip for the end of the semester. Simply put, many students will be taking end-of-semester tests in\u00a0<em>Bb<\/em>, 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 &#8212; if not eliminate &#8212; their chances of having an issue.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>Students\u00a0<\/b><\/span>who follow this top-10 list of <em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>test-taking tips, will go a long way toward avoiding problems:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Use a wired internet connection, rather than a wireless connection.<\/li>\n<li>Use a computer, rather than a mobile device, when taking a test in Bb (unless the instructor confirms that the test is mobile-compatible).<\/li>\n<li>Use\u00a0<em>FireFox\u00a0<\/em>when taking a test in\u00a0<em>Bb<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Clear the browser history and cache before taking a test.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure\u00a0the browser window is maximized.<\/li>\n<li>Don&#8217;t 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&#8217;t have multiple\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>sessions open at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Log out of\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>and log back in <em><strong>before\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>taking the test, so that the test starts with a fresh\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>session.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>If you wish to,<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>you can easily copy\/paste the above list of tips\u00a0into a\u00a0<em>Bb\u00a0<\/em>announcement to your students.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>Use the following link<\/strong><\/span> to download a printable version of this Bb tip of the week: <a href=\"http:\/\/acaddb.hvcc.edu\/~m.petersen\/bbtotw\/printable_copies\/BBTOTW_05032017.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><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: <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wordpress\/author\/m-petersen\/\" target=\"_blank\"><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\u00a0<\/strong>\/\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, 02 May 2017 18:45:10 +0000 by\u00a0m.petersen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Bb Learn 3000.2 Here is a short, but important,\u00a0Blackboard\u00a0tip for the end of the semester. Simply put, many students&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-9411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9411","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=9411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9411\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}