Orientation for New Online Students

Welcome to the Ball State family

Congratulations! You are getting ready to start a challenging but transformative journey.

To help you learn what you need to be successful in your online program, we have gathered several resources for you:

• Step-by-Step Guide to Getting Started—A pdf that you can use as a checklist.
• Live Webinar for New Students—Our next live session for newly admitted students for the fall term will be in early August. If you are starting online classes for the first time in summer 2013 and were unable to attend our live session, you can view segments from our orientation session for summer 2013.
• How-to Videos for Blackboard—Blackboard is our course management system; in other words, the web-based system you will use to access all of your online courses.

You may live far away from our main campus in Muncie, Indiana, but we don’t ever want you to feel like you are at a distance. If you have questions, contact us at 1-800-872-0369 or distance@bsu.edu.