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e-Courses@CQU Page

eCourses provides communication and student tools together with a personalised entry to web-based learning materials.

Note: You can customise the way your e-Courses@CQU page displays.

My Institution Page

Navigating in Blackboard!

Once you enter a course you will find the interface will be similar to the below image. It is recommended that you use the BreadCrumb Trail for navigating through your Blackboard course rather than using the browser back and forward buttons.

Course Page

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Course Tools

Course tools help students to learn and communicate with each other and the teaching team. These tools allow all students in the course to:

Announcements

Receive timely information from your lecturers through Announcements

Discussion Board

Read and post messages to the Discussion Board

Quizzes

Monitor your learning through online Quizzes

Group Pages

View your Group pages

Virtual Classroom

Enter a Virtual Classroom

Course Map

View the Course map

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Student Tools

Student tools are available to help you store or transfer more personal information. These may include:

Personal Information

Personal Information

Address Book

Address Book

Calendar

Calendar

Digital Drop Box

Digital Drop box

View Grades

View Grades

Electric Blackboard

Electric Blackboard

To access any of these tools:

Step 1: Open a course Web site.

Step 2: Click Tools or My Tools on the Course menu.

Step 3: Select tool you want.

Note: Lecturers may limit which of these tools are available to students.

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