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Master of Science in Nursing at JMU

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Guide to the Course Menu on Bb (not all of the following will be applicable to every course)

  • Announcements: Course instructors will add new announcements to guide you to any new items, assignments, or updates for the course.  Students are responsible for reading all new announcements.
  • Faculty Information: contact information for course faculty.
  • Syllabus
  • Course Documents: Module and Lecture materials.  Students will need to check this for any articles, readings, course documents, etc.
  • Assignments: Descriptions of assignments.  Links to upload assignments. Portfolio Guidelines.
  • Discussion Board: Where you will find any questions for discussion in an online course.  May find an “Ask Your Professor” forum in some courses where you may post a question for your professor to answer. 
  • Resources: Guides to APA formats, computer help.
  • External Links: JMU Help Desk.  Any web resources your professor may want you to review for the course.
  • Online Journal: Guidelines will be given for each individual course that requires a journal.