Restoring a Hidden Course Navigation Menu

Generally, when someone accidentally hides the Course Navigation Menu, s/he will call, email, or visit the Help Desk and say, "I used to be able to get to all areas of my Blackboard course, but now I can see only the Announcements page. What happened to my course?" The reason for this problem is almost always the same - the person has accidentally hidden the Course Navigation menu, and s/he doesn't know how to unhide that menu, to get to other areas of the course. If you have accidentally hidden the Course Navigation menu, here's how you "unhide" it:

1. When your course navigation menu is hidden, your Blackboard course screen will look something like this (assuming that there are announcements already posted in your course):

   

   In other words, you'll see only the Announcements page, and you won't see any way to get to other parts of the course. The view above is how a course displays when the navigation menu is hidden.

2. To display the navigation menu again, you'll need to click on the icon, as depicted in the figure below:

   

3. Your navigation menu will now be visible again, and you'll be able to click on those buttons to get to other areas in the course:

   

Last revised October 14, 2010.   Please send questions or comments to itec@bucknell.edu.