Staff preview of Blackboard

Login from your my.monash portal

1. You can go directly to your Blackboard home page using the links in your portal; these can found on:

• your home page
• the 'Monash University Studies Online' page in the 'Teaching' section of your 'Teaching and research' tab.

2. You can access all the resources available on the MUSO login page from your portal's 'Teaching' section, including support for Blackboard.

Note: Your portal will be the single point of access for Blackboard. If the portal is offline the portal login screen will provide an alternative link to Blackboard.

Blackboard home

1. 'Blackboard home' will be the new name for your 'My MUSO' tab.

2. The course list will display the availability dates for each section. Availability dates specify the period during which students will be able to access each section.

Section home page

1. In Blackboard the horizontal tool bar along the top of the MUSO section pages will be replaced by the 'Course Tools', 'Instructor Tools', 'Designer tools' and 'My Tools' menus, depending on which view you are using, and will be located down the left side of the screen. You can minimise these menus to display only the menu icons, giving you less clutter and more room on the page for your applications.

2. You can minimise the tools menus even further to hide their icons, making the page even less cluttered.

Further information and transition support material

MUSO Support have provided information and support material to assist you in your transition to Blackboard.

The Staff Development Unit will be providing sessions covering the changes in the new system as well as training for new users.

Remember, 'MUSO' (ie Vista 3) will be unavailable between Wednesday 21 and Monday 26 November 2007, during which time it will be upgraded to 'Blackboard' (ie Vista 4).

If you require any assistance regarding Blackboard or the transition to the new system, please contact MUSO Support.