Blackboard

Blackboard has been the most important communication tool to IRHC in the past and will most likely continue to be just as important because it is a tool that everyone has an account with and uses regularly.

Adding Members

1. Go to the control panel
2. Click on the enroll user link underneath User Management.
3. Enter the member’s last name or username and click the corresponding button and search.
4. Click on the far left button and click submit.
5. That user will now have access to our blackboard site.

Adding Documents

1. Go to the control panel
2. Click on the documents link underneath the Content Areas header.
3. Click on the corresponding button to what you would like to add.
4. This button will take you to another page where you will fill out information about the document you are adding.
5. After browsing for the file on your computer, submit the document.
6. If necessary, change the hierarchy by changing the number in the drop down menu (to the left of the document name) and the other document will change to fit your adjustment.

Sending Email

Individual users

1. Go to the communication page
2. Click on the send email link (should be the last one).
3. Click on the “select users” link on the next page you will have to choose the recipients and type the email.
4. Proofread your email.
5. Click the send button.

Groups

1. Go to the communication page
2. Click on the send email link (should be the last one).
3. Click on the “select groups” button and choose the group you’d like to send a message to.
4. All of the members enrolled in that group will receive the email by the same process listed above.

Edit a group

1. Go to the control panel page
2. Choose the Manage Groups link.
3. You can add a group, modify a previously created group, or delete a group.