How to Download Audio from Your Blackboard Course

How to Download Audio from Your Blackboard Course
Students can download podcast episodes from their courses using this process:
1) Navigate to your Blackboard course.
2) In your course, navigate to the location where your instructor has posted a podcast episode.
In this example, I have
navigated to my course’s
Course Documents page, where
the instructor has posted two
podcast episodes.
3) For the podcast episode you want, click your mouse’s RIGHT BUTTON on the word PLAY.
RIGHT
CLICK
4) From the context menu that appears, click SAVE TARGET AS.
CLICK

5) A SAVE AS dialogue box will appear.
Select the location on your computer or
storage media where you want to save
this audio file.
When done, click SAVE.
6) The file will begin to download to the location you chose.
When the download is complete, you can listen to the file on your computer, or
add it to an audio playing device, such as an MP3 player or iPod.
How to Download a Blackboard Podcast Episode to Your iPod
Once you have downloaded a Blackboard podcast episode to your computer or storage media, you can move
it to your iPod through this process.
1) If you do not already have iTunes installed on your computer, please download the program here:
http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/?ipod
2) Connect your iPod to your computer with its USB cable.
3) When iTunes opens, click the FILE menu button and select
ADD FILE TO LIBRARY from the pop-up menu that appears.
CLICK

4) An ADD TO LIBRARY dialogue box will appear. BROWSE
your computer to locate and select your audio file. When
done, click OPEN.
The file will be added to the iTunes Library on your
computer.
5) Next, SYNC your iTunes Library to your iPod by clicking FILE
and selecting SYNC.
CLICK
The audio will be copied to your iPod, where you can play it.