Welcome students! This information is provided to help you access the virtual classroom for your online lecture. You have already achieved Step 1, which is to reach Dr. Fardo's home page. On his home page there is a link called Blackboard Online Course Login, which you need to click on. This will take you to the Blackboard title page, where you will be asked to login.

Step 2: To log in, enter your username. Your username is the first part of your EKU email address. For example, if your email address is steve.fardo33@eku.edu, your username will be: steve.fardo33. Please include any numbers included in that first part of your address. The next box asks for a password. This will be the last four digits of your social security number or the password that you currently use to access your EKU email. When you are finished entering all the information, click on the login button just beneath your password box. If you are not familiar with your EKU email address, or are not successful at logging in, please contact Veronique or Dr Fardo by phone at 622-1184 or by email at veronique_munier@eku.edu or Steve.Fardo@eku.edu.

Step 3: You have now entered Blackboard. On the right of the screen is a box entitled “My Courses”. It lists the classes for which you are registered on Blackboard. Choose the class you want. This will take you directly to the “Announcements” page which contains information about the class poster every week. Be sure to consult it often. On the left, there are several buttons that you can click on to access information. The most useful will be the following:

Staff Information: lists email addresses for your instructor and the graduate assistant

Course Documents: has links to the syllabus and the course of study

Communications: is used to enter the Virtual Classroom (see instructions below)

Discussion Board: will be used every week to post your answer to a question or discuss a topic

Step 4: To enter the Virtual Classroom and join the instructor and the other students online, click on the button on the left. Choose Collaboration. Click on the Join button, next to Lecture Hall Virtual Classroom. You are now entering the virtual classroom. It may take a few minutes for the information to load on your computer. Wait until you see the classroom screen which has a large "whiteboard" that serves as our chalkboard at the top, a second box beneath it with the ongoing virtual discussion, and a final smaller box where you can type your contribution to the discussion. Make sure to click in the bottom box, next to the word Compose before beginning to type, and hit Send or hit enter on your keyboard when you are finished typing and want to display your answer.

Your message will appear in the larger box just above the one you typed in, so that everyone will be able to see your message.

Troubleshooting: If you experience any difficulty during online time, please contact your Instructor or the Graduate Assistant by phone 859-622-1184 or by email.