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Dr. Mark Jordan ~ ENGL 1301: Composition & Rhetoric

Getting Started: Steps One & Two

As noted on the Welcome page, as of Fall 2008 this course will be run through Blackboard.  With that in mind, the first two steps for you are to activate your OC email account, which you must do to use Blackboard, and log into the course within Blackboard.  From there, the first two assignments are accessible.

Before beginning, please note that some of you may have already done one or both of these steps before reading about them here.  If so, well and good; no problem.  But before going to the course in Blackboard, read this:  All my students, both WB7 and WB9 sections, will use the WB7 section in Blackboard!  It is easier for me to run both sections within one course in Blackboard.

STEP ONE:  ACTIVATE YOUR OC EMAIL ACCOUNT:

You must activate your OC email account in order to use Blackboard.  You will do this from the OC home page, in the upper right corner; or, even easier, click on this link:  http://www.odessa.edu/livemail.htm .  Once at the link, just follow the step-by-step instructions you will find there.

STEP TWO:  LOG IN TO BLACKBOARD:

The link to Blackboard is found also on the OC home page, just above the Student Email link in the upper right hand corner.  Or, once again, I will give you a link, but first you should read these added steps, which may not be obvious.  You might want to print this out.

  1. Either use the link below these steps, or go to the OC home page to the same link.
  2. Once at the Blackboard login site, choose user login. 
  3. The next screen asks for your username and password.  Your username consists of your first initial, last initial, and your student ID #, leaving off any beginning zeroes.  Example:  You are George Regardless, and your ID# is 0000123456, so your username is gr123456. 
  4. Your password consists of the letters "oc" and the last four digits of your Social Security number.  Example:  oc7565.
  5. The next screen will show all the various courses you are enrolled in.  This could be one or several.  Note:  You cannot enter this course until I have enrolled you and the rest of your classmates.  I will do that late this week, probably Thursday, August 21st or Friday, August 22nd.  For late adds, I will continue to enroll such students once a day throughout late registration.  If you think you are in my course and can't find the course on Blackboard or can't get into Blackboard at all, contact me immediately via email:  mjordan@odessa.edu .
  6. The course you should select this Fall 2008 semester is ENGL 1301.WB7.  Note that while I do have two sections, WB7 and WB9, it is easier for me to batch enroll both groups of students into one Blackboard course.  I have chosen the WB7 course for this.  So even if you are in my WB9 course, choose WB7.
  7. The next screen you should see is my Course Announcements page.  Proceed from there according to the instructions found in Blackboard.  You have two assignments due by Friday.

Here is the Blackboard link:  http://blackboard.odessa.edu/ .

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