Please use the following link for logging into Blackboard (Bb7.3): Students and faculty

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Maintenance Times when Bb is not accessible:

• Daily from 3 - 4 am for nightly maintenance.
• 12:01am - 6:00am EST  on Saturdays.

CRITICAL NOTE FOR FACULTY: You must make your course available to students before they can see it.

Here are the instructions:

1. Enter the Course
2. Enter the Control Panel
3. In the lower left corner, locate the heading “Course Options.”
4. Inside the box for Course Options you will see a link for “Settings”
5. Click on the Settings link.
6. The second item in the settings list is “Course Availability”, click on that link
7. Select the option "Yes"

I have also created a silent movie on 'Making a Course "Available"' 

This must be done by the faculty member before the students can use the course.

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Maintenance Times when Bb is not accessible:

• Daily from 3 - 4 am for nightly maintenance.
• 12:01am - 6:00am EST  on Saturdays.

Quick Links:

• How do I login to Blackboard?
• What if I Forgot / Do not know my password? (opens new window)
• Are you using a Blackboard supported web browser? (pdf)
  

• Bb Support Line (available 24/7 at 1-866-334-9174)
• Wimba Live Classroom Support 24/7  (1-866-350-4978)

Logging into Bb

Info for Students & Faculty

• PLEASE NOTE: It is critical that you access your millersville email address ( @millersville.edu or for students, @marauder.millersville.edu ) BEFORE trying to access Blackboard.  All password information will be sent to this email address.
• What if I forgot my password?
• How do I... Change my password?

Bb Support For Students

There is a virus going around, primarily on off campus student pc's, called the Blackworm virus. As with all virus problems, SafetyNet will be happy to clean their pc. Some students are reporting the virus as a "Blackboard Virus". There is nothing wrong with Blackboard and there is no virus on the system.

• Student Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Blackboard's Student User Manual

For Faculty

Course requests still need to be completed through the online forms below.

How do I....

• Request a new Bb course?
• Reuse a Bb course I have already created?
• Drop Student(s) from Course

Frequently Asked Questions:

• Blackboard Instructors Manual
• Online Tutorials and Step-by-Steps
  (Start here before FAQ)
• Faculty FAQ (FAQ)
• Blackboard's Faculty User Manual
• Access MU Online

Learning Opportunities

• Workshops(for Faculty)
• Curriculum Redesign Workbook
  (This product is for MU faculty only and requires a special Login)

• Blackboard Resource Center
• Bb REUSE Course Request
• Drop Student Form
• Bb NEW Course Request
• Password Issues
• Student F.A.Q.'s
• Step-by-Steps
• Faculty F.A.Q.'s

ATTENTION: Do you have a 2nd web broswer on your computer?

Blackboard now supports Internet Explorer (IE) 7 and new versions of  IE better than it did in the past.  We are no longer only recommending Firefox as the browser of choice.  We are recommending IE as the primary browser with at least one or two "backup" web browsers.  The two browsers we are recommending as backup browsers are: Mozilla/Firefox and Safari.  Both are available for Apple and Windows computers.

Attention Office 2007 users:

Please note that files saved using the new Windows Office 2007 have a special file extension that ends with an "x". (example word.docx) Files saved with the new extensions can not be opened by anyone who does not have the current version of Office. All files should be saved using the "Save As" menu and selecting the option for "Word 97-2003 document" or "Excel 97-2003 document" or "Powerpoint 97-2003 document" depending on the application you are using.