Using your powerpoint file from Blackboard during a lecture

Following feedback from staff around the University this brief guide takes you step by step through using a PowerPoint file you have uploaded to Blackboard during a lecture.  Feedback we have received is that it is best to download the PowerPoint file from Blackboard to the computer desktop and to then open it from there.

    1. Access your Blackboard course and find your PowerPoint.
    2. If the content has been uploaded as an ‘item’ right click on the link to the file and choose Save link as… (this may vary across different browsers) Saving a file that has been attached to an item
    3. If the content was uploaded as a ‘file” right click on the name of the file and choose Save link as… (this may vary across different browsers)
    4. To make it easy to find the file, save it to the computer desktop. Then open the file from the desktop.

    saving to the desktop

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