X	Recommendations
	Consult one-on-one with an instructional technologist by visiting the FITS Center (opens in new window) or emailing blackboard@depauw.edu to setup an appointment
	Build or collect the content you will be using in your course
	Organize your materials and the structure of your course
	Install the Necessary Plug-ins on your computer
	Verify your course has been created and you are enrolled as the instructor by logging into blackboard.depauw.edu (opens in new window)
	Complete a Copy Course Site Materials Request if you want to reuse content from another course or a previous semester
	Contact the Library in regards to setting up Electronic Reserves (opens in new window)
	Customize the button style of your course
	Create a course banner for your course
	Contact START (opens in new window) for a student overview/orientation to Blackboard
	Decide what button areas you want to use and remove buttons that do not have any content in them
	Enable areas you want to use; Disable areas you do not want to use
	***Set Course Availability to "Yes"***
	Remove students from your course who drop the course
	Remove unused buttons from the course site navigation menu