Some of the features that your instructor might use in a Blackboard course include:

Course Content: This is the “home page” for your course, where your instructor will offer easy access to some of the most important course material.

Syllabus: Your ‘contract' for the course, the syllabus lists course policies and important course schedule information.

Calendar: The calendar is an additional resource for important course schedule information.

Announcements: Your instructor alerts students to new and important course information.

Assignments: This feature provides information about assignments and due dates. It also allows you to submit your work electronically.

Assessments: Assessments are quizzes and tests.

Email: WebCT allows students and instructor to email within the course itself.

Learning Modules: Your instructor will create units for instruction, and these units are called Learning Modules. Learning Modules are where you can access class lectures and discussions.

Goals: Every course has objectives and goals as defined by the state, Calhoun, and your instructor. This feature is where you can find those objectives and goals listed.

Discussions: Many instructors use discussions to help enhance learning of course material. You can access the discussion questions, and post your responses to them, in this area of the course.

Chat: Some instructors offer students the opportunity to have student/student and student/teacher ‘live' conversations.

Web Links: A listing of all the required and optional links to useful sites, an instructor often update this area of the course throughout the semester.