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Student Tools

The Course Tools section contains a number of tools that will be useful in your online course. For more detailed instructions on using these tools, follow the links below.

The Address Book offers a place to store contact data. The Address Book is empty until you enter information. Just enter a profile for anyone you wish to add. 

The Calendar feature allows you to view events by day, week, month, or year. Upcoming and past events can be viewed and organized into categories.

The Digital Drop Box provides an easy way to submit documents, such as papers and presentations, to your instructor.

The Glossary may contain definitions of terms your instructor wishes you to know for the course.

Every enrolled user has a Homepage where they can post information about themselves. This page is blank until you add information.  You can view Homepages set up by other users through the Roster link.

The My Grades feature provides quick access to your grade information, helping you keep track of how well you are doing in the course.

You can manage personal data and privacy settings from the Personal Information page.

The Tasks page helps you organize projects, defines task priority, and tracks task status. Instructors can post tasks to this section for students or group leaders.

The Electric Blackboard® allows you to save notes for a particular course or organization within the course or organization. Users can write notes on The Electric Blackboard®, save them, and then return later to add to and review them.

The User Manual provides additional online help with using Knowledge courseware.