eCampus Version 9.1 Student Tutorials

Welcome to eCampus. eCampus is the system you will use to access your online course materials or take your online class.

Below are several short tutorials to help you learn how to use eCampus.

If you have questions about eCampus, please call 972-669-6402 or the toll free helpline at 1-866-374-1769, or visit us on the web at http://bbcrm.edusupportcenter.com/ics/support/default.asp?deptID=8023

Introduction to eCampus

• Logging in to eCampus

• Changing your Password

• Changing your eCampus eMail Address

• eCampus Version 9.1 Overview (Including Notifications Dashboard)

• eCampus Version 9.1 Overview Abbreviated (Excluding Notifications Dashboard)

Basics of eCampus

• Submitting an Assignment

• Test Taking Tips

• Accessing Safe Assign Comments

• Discussion Board - Viewing and Replying to Posts

• Using the LockDown Browser

Blackboard IM (formerly Pronto)

• Getting Started

• Pronto Participation

Browser Issues

• How to Check your Browser for Compatibility with eCampus

• How to Clear your Cache and Cookies

How to Name a File

• File Naming Conventions (It is best not use spaces, underscores, pound signs, exclamation marks, etc. in your file name.)

How to Best Save a File

• Microsoft Works (.wps) files should always be
      "Save as type:
        Rich Text Format (.rtf) "
  
• WordPerfect (.wpd) files should always be
      "Save as...
        File type:
        Rich Text Format (rtf) "
• Word (.doc) or (.docx) files should always be
      "Save as...
        File type:
        Rich Text Format (rtf)

• Word 2003 doc - Save as rtf (Rich Text Format)
• Word 2007 docx - Save as doc (Word 97 - 2003)
• Word 2007 docx - Save as rtf (Rich Text Format)
• Word 2007 - Customize saving format (i.e., to always save as a doc file)
• Viewing a docx File in Word 97-2003 (i.e., Installing MS Office 2007 Compatibility Pack)

• Download MS Office 2007 Compatibility Pack (for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats)

More Tools

• Word Viewer  "View, print and copy Word documents, even if you don't have Word installed." (Microsoft)
• Power Point Viewer 2007  "Microsoft Office PowerPoint Viewer 2007 lets you view full-featured presentations created in PowerPoint 97 and later versions." (Microsoft)
• Adobe Reader  "Download new and previous versions of Adobe Reader" (Adobe)
• Excel Viewer 2003 "Open, view, and print Excel workbooks, even if you don't have Excel installed." (Microsoft)