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2 User Guide of Blackboard Mobile Learn for CityU Teachers (BlackBerry)
Part 1 How to download / install Bb Mobile Learn? Downloaded via BlackBerry App World
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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
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Part 3 Features and Functions of Bb Mobile Learn Documents
Announcements
Discussions
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Part 4 FAQ Why some items / entries are missing on my mobile device?
Why some document files cannot be downloaded?
Why sometime image cannot be displayed?
Why some formats of items and entries cannot be displayed
well? Why External Link item cannot show any link? Can I remove any item / entry?
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Appendix A Key buttons
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User Guide of Blackboard Mobile Learn for CityU Teachers (BlackBerry) 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 based on BlackBerry Device Software 5.0.
Downloading Blackboard Mobile Learn App from BlackBerry App World onto your BlackBerry
device directly
1. Press Menu key from the device.
2. Click icon (BlackBerry App World) on the screen.
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3. On the “Featured Items” screen, press Menu key and then "Search" or click icon
at the bottom of screen.
4. Type “Blackboard Mobile Learn” on the top of screen. The list for search item would be shown
below.
5. Click the free item “Blackboard Mobile Learn”.
6. Press the Menu key and then “Download”.
7. After downloading, the App would be located under “Downloads” folder automatically.
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Part 2 How to access e‐Portal via Bb Mobile Learn?
1. Click the icon “Blackboard Mobile Learn” on the screen.
2. The App “Bb Mobile Learn” would be opened. Search for “E9PTVR” and then click on “City
University of Hong Kong” to enter.
3. Enter your CityU Electronic ID and Password. Scroll down and click button “Login”.
CityU Electronic ID
Password
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4. After logging in, the list of courses would be shown.
You can click “Organizations” at the top if you need to access any
Blackboard organization site.
5. Click on the title of course / organization site to access.
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Part 3 Features and Functions of Bb Mobile Learn
After clicking the name of Blackboard course / organization from the list, you would see the menu
on Course / Org Map.
Some contents you can access via Bb Mobile Learn.
1. Documents
2. Announcements
3. Discussions
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Documents
On Course / Org Map, click on the content area such as “Course Documents” or “Documents”. A list
of items may be shown.
Click the item and then the file under “Attachments” to save / view.
The file would be stored in folder “documents” in the media card of your device.
Please note image file types (i.e. jpg) can be opened directly without asking.
Click and then on next screen
Press key (on device) to return
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Announcements
On Course / Org Map, click “Announcements”.
Post(s) in “Announcements” would be shown as following.
Add announcement post
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2Press and click
“Post Announcement”
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After typing message,
click
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Discussions
You can access Discussion Board via Course / Org Map, or Tools.
After clicking “Discussion Board”, list of forums may be shown as following.
Click on the thread to reveal list of posts.
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Here are the steps to post on Discussion Board.
Add thread message
2
Press and click
“Add Threads”
1
3
After typing message, click
Reply thread message
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3
Press and click “Add Post”
2
After typing message, click
Click the message subject
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Part 4 FAQ
Q: Why some items / entries are missing on my mobile device? Why some document files
cannot be downloaded?
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: Why External Link item cannot show any link?
A: Try to press Menu key > View in Web.
Q: Can I remove any item / entry?
A: Bb Mobile Learn does not support assignment submission at this point.