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The BLS News

Advising & Registration
Spring 2010 registration opens for all students on 30 November. Be sure to register for both Spring sessions!

Fall 2009 Class Dates
BLS & Main-Campus sessions.

The BLS Facebook Page
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The BLS Office has Moved
…to 123 & 124 McIver Building.

Congratulations to our August 2009 Graduates!
• Arzima Brewer
• August Elliott *
• Angela Grant
• Lauren Kemp * (Germany!)
• Kecia Parker
• Marcia Salazar (Nicaragua!)
• Jon Stickel **
• Cary Thelen (San Francisco!)

BLS Grads Elected to ΦΒΚ
Phi Beta Kappa National Honor Society has elected five BLS students from the classes of 2008 and 2009. Congratulations!

BLS Student Portfolio
Keep copies of your major BLS papers in the Content Collection folder in Blackboard. If you don't have a Content Collection tab, call 6TECH at 336.256.8324.

Research Skills Tutorial
Sharpen your research skills with Finding It! A Research Skills Tutorial.

Online classes use computer technology for the kinds of interactions you would normally have in the classroom. That means you will need to familiarize yourself with these programs:

You will use Blackboard to access all your online classes at UNCG*. It is an entirely web-based platform, and does not require you to download or install any software on your computer. That means you can access your classes from any online computer, whether you're at home, at the local library, or on business in Tokyo. Through Blackboard, you can access all your class materials — syllabi, calendars, supplementary readings, lessons and lectures. You can send email to your instructors and classmates, participate in discussion forums for each class, take quizzes and tests, and turn in your written assignments. If you have not used Blackboard at UNCG recently, use these tutorials to familiarize yourself with its controls:

iCampus Tutorials: Activating and Using Your Blackboard Account

*They will appear in your "My Courses" list on or before the first day of class.

You will use Elluminate with a microphone and webcam in your speaking intensive course, BLS 300: Communication in Contemporary Society. This powerful videoconferencing software requires you to install a client on your computer, and the user interface is not the most user-friendly. Some of the operations may seem counterintuitive at first, but once you learn to use this program you can use it for much more than just recording your presentations! Elluminate allows you to do live videoconferencing with multiple users, and you can accompany live or recorded presentations with PowerPoint presentations or other visual aids.

iCampus Tutorials: Elluminate set-up instructions
Elluminate tutorial for BLS 300: Part I (volume is low)
Elluminate tutorial for BLS 300: Part II (volume is higher)

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