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IM-120: Frequently Asked Questions

Can I view the questions and answers for my completed tests and exams?  To view your quiz score, click the Grade Book button on the main menu.  When you check your Grade Book, the test or exam questions and answers are not displayed  Only the final score is displayed.

How do I send an email to my instructor?  Click on the Faculty Information button to find your Instructor's email address.  Compose your message in your Cincinnati State Email account  Send it to your Instructor's Email address.

May I use my personal or corporate email to communicate with my instructor?  No.  All email communication from your instructor will be addressed exclusively to your cincinnatistate.edu email address.  Most faculty at the college have purposely blocked the receipt of email from free email services like Hotmail and Yahoo. If you email your instructor from your personal or business email account, there is a good chance that they will not receive your message.  Always correspond with your instructor using your Cincinnati State student email account.

What assignments do I turn in?  Check the Assignments Checklist to check for the exact printouts that I will be grading.  A printout means a saved file on your Flash Drive or Hard Disk.  Use the Dropbox to turn in your assignments.

How to Turn in Assignments using the Drop Box?  Watch the video on the Assignments Page to learn how to use the Drop Box.

File Names for Documents Uploaded to the Drop Box  In a file name, characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, period '.', and underscore '_' are all acceptable. Special characters (@, !, #, $, %, ^, &, *, etc.) are NOT supported in file names.  You WILL be able to upload assignment files to the Drop Box if the file contains special characters, however the instructor WILL NOT be able to download the file from the drop box (a download error will result).  To be safe, make sure that your file names include ONLY Letters, Numbers, and the Underscore character before sending your file to the Drop Box.

I cannot access my Blackboard courses or see my grades. What happened?  Per Dr. Monica Posey - Academic Vice President, in an email dated 1/19/2012.  To achieve a higher response rate, students will now be required to complete their course and instructor evaluations. At the end of the semester, students must complete the evaluations in order to access their Blackboard courses and/or see grades in Blackboard. IM-120: Frequently Asked Questions

What happens if my Internet connection malfunctions during a test or exam?  Contact your instructor immediately.  Print a hardcopy of the Faculty Information page now (just in case).  Your instructor will attempt to reset your test or exam.

Don't exceed the Test or Exam time limit...  When you have 1 minute of time remaining, an Alert Box will pop up to warn you.  Within 1 minute, you should move to the last question by clicking the blue >>  Be sure to click the Submit button at the end of the Test or Exam (the last question).  You may be penalized points if you exceed the Test or Exam time limit.

Should we be signing into the website a minimum number of times each week?  No.  Feel free to sign into the website anytime that you need to.

May I test out of this course?  Sorry, no test out is available. IM-120: Frequently Asked Questions

When I click the Assignments button, the page will not display properly.  To fix this problem, you will need to adjust your Internet Explorer Security Settings.  See the recommended setting below...

Recommended Internet Explorer - Internet Options: Security Settings  On the Internet Explorer Menu, Click Tools...  Click Internet Options...  Click the Custom Level... button.  Enable - Allow status bar updates via script (to see the Quiz and Exam Timer in Status Bar).  Enable - Display mixed content (to view the Assignments Page without error).