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2 User Guide of Blackboard Mobile Learn for CityU Teachers (Android)

Part 1 How to download / install Bb Mobile Learn?

Downloaded from Google Play Store

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Part 2 How to access e‐Portal via Bb Mobile Learn?

Input Public ID

Login by using CityU Electronic ID / password

List of courses / organizations

5

Part 3 Features and Functions of Bb Mobile Learn

Documents

Announcements

Discussions

Blog

Journal

Dashboard

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Part 4 FAQ

What should I do if the App exits on its own?

Why some items / entries are missing on my mobile device?

Why sometime image cannot be displayed?

Why some formats of items and entries cannot be displayed well?

Can the screen be rotated to horizontal?

Can I remove any item / entry?

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Appendix A Key buttons 22

User Guide of Blackboard Mobile Learn for CityU Teachers (Android) 3

Part 1 How to download / install Bb Mobile Learn?

Blackboard Mobile™ Learn takes interactive teaching and learning to the mobile device, giving students and

teachers instant access to their courses and organizations anywhere.

This user guide is for mobile devices Android. The following steps are about how to download / install that

App Bb Mobile Learn in the device.

1. Tap the icon “Play Store” at the menu.

2. Tap , type “blackboard mobile learn” and then tap the searched result.


3. Bb logo and author information “Blackboard Inc.” are shown as below. Tap the row for that App.

4. On the information of that App, tap or and then button to

install.

5. The icon of the App with title “Learn” would be shown.


Part 2 How to access e-Portal via Bb Mobile Learn?

After installation, you can use that App to access Blackboard course and organization sites.

1. Tap the icon “Learn” in the menu.

2. The App “Bb Mobile Learn” would be opened. Tap the Search field and input CityU’s Public ID “E9PTVR”.

Tap on “City University of Hong Kong” which would be shown on the list.


3. Enter your CityU Electronic ID and Password. Tap button to login.

4. After logging in, the list of courses would be shown. You can tap “Organizations” at the top

if you need to access any Blackboard organization site.

5. Tap on the title of course / organization site to access.


Part 3 Features and Functions of Bb Mobile Learn

After tapping the name of Blackboard course / organization from the list, you would see the menu on Course

/ Organization Map.

Some contents you can access via Bb Mobile Learn.

1. Documents (Word/ PowerPoint/ PDF)

2. Announcements

3. Discussions


Documents

On Course / Organization Map, tap on the content area such as “Course Documents” or “Documents”. A

list of items may be shown.

First, tap the item and then the file under “Attachments” to download file.

After the download completed, press the Menu key , then tap


Tap to view file.


Add item with attached photo

Press and then tap “Add

Content Item” After typing message, tap

1 2 3

Tap

to attach photo

4 5 6

Tap to complete the process Select a photo


Announcements

On Course / Organization Map, tap “Announcements”.

Post(s) in “Announcements” would be shown as following.

Add announcement post

Press and then tap “Add

Announcement” After typing message, tap

1 2 3


Discussions

You can access Discussion Board via Course / Organization Map, or Tools.

After tapping “Discussion Board”, list of forums may be shown as following.


Tap the thread to reveal list of posts. Tap each post, attachment icon or number of replies bubble for details.

Here are the steps to post on Discussion Board.

Add thread message

Press and then tap

“Add Thread”

After typing the message, tap

1

2

3


Reply thread message

Attach photo file from device

Tap the message subject

Press and then tap

After typing, tap

1

2

3 4

Tap and then

Select the photo file Tap

1 2 3


Blog

A. Create Blog

1. On Course / Organization

Map, tap “Tool” 2. Tap “Blog” 3. Locate the Blog and tap it

Tap menu key of mobile

device and tap “Add Entry” Type in Title and Content

of the blog and tap “Post” The new entry has been

created

1 2 3

Title

Content

Tap “tools”.

4 5 6


B. Add comment

4. The comment has been added

1. Locate and tap the blog

entry 2. Tap the menu key of

mobile device and tap “Add

Comment”

3. Type comment and tap

“Post”

1 2 3

Type comment here.

4


C. Upload Photo


device and tap “Add Entry” After type in title and

content, tap “Attachment”

And pick one photo from

mobile device. Tab “Post”

The photo has been

uploaded to the blog. Tab

the button to download

the photo

Tab on the photo to

download it

1 2 3

4


Journal

A. Add Entry

On Course / Organization Map, tap “Journal”.

On Course / Organization

Map, tap “Tool” Tap “Journal” Locate the Journal and tap

it


device and tap “Add Entry” Type in Title and Content

of the Journal and tap

“Post”

The new entry has been

created

1 2 3

4 5 6

Title

Content


B. Adding Comment

After enter a Journal entry,

tab menu button of mobile

device. Click “Add

Comment”

Type comment and tap

“Post” The comment has been

added

1

Type comment here.

2 3


Dashboard

Tap “Course” tab. Tap menu key of mobile

device and tap

“Dashboard”

You can view the

Dashboard.

1 2 3


Part 4 FAQ

Q: What should I do if the App exits on its own?

A: Restart your mobile device and then retry.

Q: Why some items / entries are missing on my mobile device?

A: Sometime you need to logout and then re‐login to view the latest items. Nevertheless, a

web browser on a computer will give you a more reliable view all the time.

Q: Why sometime image cannot be displayed?

A: Images, video and other files uploaded to visual editors on Bb are not viewable via Bb

Mobile Learn.

Q: Why some formats of items and entries cannot be displayed well?

A: Some formats (i.e. bullet points, table) modified by visual editors on Bb are not viewable

via Bb Mobile Learn.

Q: Can the screen be rotated to horizontal?

A: Bb Mobile Learn does not provide such feature at this point.

Q: Can I remove any item / entry?

A: Bb Mobile Learn does not provide such feature at this point.


Appendix A Key buttons

Escape Key - Go back to upper level

Examples:

… > Course Documents

… > Course Documents > Week 1 notes

… > Discussion > General Forum

… > Discussion > General Forum > threads

Menu Key - Open menu for actions

General:

Add content Item in content area

Open download manager to view the downloaded item

Open item in browser (for External Link)

Refresh the page

Announcements:

Add announcement post

Discussions:

Add new thread

Reply the thread


Button Location Description

OR

Top Go back to the navigation menu of the Blackboard

course / organization site.

Bottom

After typing message in item / entry, tap this button

to submit.

Bottom Attach file