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Using Blackboard

Blackboard^® is Education Queensland's flexible eLearning and online communities system for students and staff. Blackboard can be used for delivering online courses or establishing online communities.

Blackboard is a course creation service that enables teachers to add an online component to traditional classes or teach an entire course on the Web. You can quickly and easily create your own course website to bring your learning materials, class discussions, and tests online.

For participants it provides you with online access to the course or community you are participating in. You can participate at your own pace.

Minimum system configurations to use Blackboard

Windows^® (PC)

Pentium^® PC with Windows 95 or later
800 X 600 monitor resolution
28 k modem (56 k recommended)
Microsoft^® Internet Explorer 6 or above, Mozilla^® 1.0.x or above or Netscape^® 7.1 or above.
Ensure that Java^TM is enabled through your browser preferences.

Macintosh

Mac PowerPC preferred
System 10.2 or later
800 X 600 monitor resolution
28 k modem (56 k recommended)
Apple^® Safari^®1.0 or above, Mozilla^® 1.0.x or above, Netscape^® 7.1 or above or Microsoft^® Internet Explorer 5.2 or above (use IE for Virtual Classroom)
Ensure that Java^TM is enabled through your browser preferences.

The WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor is only available with Windows Operating System and Internet Explorer.

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