Getting Started in Blackboard

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• I'm a Student → Blackboard for Students

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Getting Started

• How do I log into Blackboard and access my courses?

• Where is my course on the Courses page?

  • Why can't I see my Blackboard course as an instructor?

  • Why can't I see my Blackboard course as a student?

• Making a course available or unavailable to students

• Removing an old Blackboard course from your list of courses 

Blackboard Procedures

• When are course shells created in Blackboard?

• How do I request a Blackboard shell or organization?

• How do I split or merge my Blackboard course?

• When are Blackboard course shells retired?

Blackboard Resources

The following links redirect to Blackboard resources.

• Getting Started (Instructors)

• Getting Started (Students)

• Find Your Courses

• Supported Browsers — includes a Browser Checker tool

• Navigate Outside a Course

• Navigate Inside a Course

• Making a course available or closed to students

The Blackboard navigation menu items include:

• Profile: Select your name in the list and make changes to your profile and settings.

• Institution Page: Find information about your institution.

• Activity: Access up-to-the-minute action for all of your courses.

• Courses: Navigate to past, present, and future courses and filter to access the courses you want on the page.

• Organizations: Access the organizations that you lead or are a member of.

• Calendar: Access course events and due dates for all your courses.

• Messages: Access and send messages in all of your Ultra courses.

• Grades: Access what needs grading across all your courses.

• Tools: Access global functions that are outside of your courses, such as portfolios or the Content Collection.