Math Placement at CUA

How to get set-up on BlackBoard in order to take the online test

BlackBoard 8 is academic software used by many faculty at CUA to provide web sites for their courses. We use this system to administer the online version of the math placement test.

You may find it helpful to print this page first. Here is a pdf version of this page.

To take the online test, you must first "enroll" in it in BlackBoard. Step by step...

1. Use any web browser and go to http://bb8.cua.edu. Click the [Log in] button and log in using your CUA username and network password. (Note: Your Cardinal Station password, if it is different, will not work).
   
   
2. After you log in, you will see three tabs at the top left of the window: CUA, Courses and Library. Click the Courses tab.
   
   
3. In the Courses window ...
   
   Under the title Course List you will probably see the message "You are not enrolled in any courses."
   
   Type math in the Course search box and click the [Go!] button.
   
   
4. In the Browse course catalog window ...
   
   You will probably see several results in the "search results" list. Look for the course name Math Placement 2009-2010 and instructor name Paul Glenn.
   
   At the far right of that line, find and click the [Enroll] button.
   
   
5. In the Self Enrollment window ...
   
   Type the code word greenradio into the access code box in the middle of the screen, then click the [Submit] button at the bottom right. You should then get a message that you have sucessfully enrolled. Click the [OK] button at the far right.
   
   
6. You'll now be at the front page of the math placement material on BlackBoard.
   
   It says "Read this first". (Do that sometime before you actually take the test).
   
   
7. There are a few more steps.
   
   Find and click the blue [Tools] button along the left edge of the window.
   
   
8. In the Tools window ...
   
   Look for the link called Personal information and click it. [Feel free, by the way to explore all the other tools ... some other time]
   
   
9. In the Personal information window ... Click the Edit personal information link.
   
   
10. This is important. Look at the five text boxes for your personal information.
    
    
    • Make sure your name boxes have your name exactly as your official CUA records will show it. For example, don't use nicknames here.
    • Put your current email (where I could reach you now, if necessary) in the email address box. This need not be your CUA email address.
    • Put your 7-digit CUA ID number in the Student ID box.
    
    
    Scroll down to the bottom of the window and click the [Submit] button.

Now you're done.

Whenever you need to come back to the math placement test site on BlackBoard, just login to BlackBoard, then look for the Math Placement link in your list of courses, and click that. You will then be back at the "Read this first" page again.

Notes: Concerning the personal information you checked and changed: you can revise this information at any time later. Also, as far as math placement goes, you need not supply any information under the heading "Other information".

You should know that if you enroll in this or other BlackBoard-based web sites for courses, the instructor will be able to see the information you put here.