Blackboard is UND's Learning Management System connecting students, faculty and staff both inside and outside of the classroom. It is used for courses, organizations, committees, departments and groups.
Please contact the instructor to have them clear or ignore the attempt in Blackboard.
The content editor is a platform-independent WYSIWYG editor based on TinyMCE and licensed as Open Source under LGPL from Moxiecode Systems AB. The content editor has a large number of new and enhanced features and serves as a replacement for the old text editor.
To view grades for all of your courses, select the arrow next to your name in the upper-right corner. In the menu, select My Grades. You can sort your grades by All Courses or Last Graded. If your work hasn't been graded, grade status icons appear.
Steps to submit your Blackboard assignments.
Semester-based courses will be unavailable to students approximately one week after grades are due. For instructors, courses will continue to be visible in Blackboard for one year plus a term before the course is archived and removed.
You can add files, images, audio, and video when you create content in your course. For example, in discussions, you can browse for a media clip from your computer or your course's file repository: Course Files or the Content Collection.
Using old/unsupported browsers may cause problems with Blackboard's text editor. Use the included links to check your browser version and update/install, if needed.
Ally creates alternative files that are easier to use by all students. Ally works within your online course so it's available right where you need it.
You can access the calendar from your course, from the Tools panel on the My Institution tab, or from the My Blackboard menu
The main discussion board page displays a list of forums. A forum is where participants discuss a topic or a group of related topics. Within each forum, users can create multiple threads. A thread includes the initial post and all replies to it. You can create forums and threads to organize discussions into units or topics relevant to your course.
This error may also occur after Blackboard course copies. This is usually because the links are referencing the previous course, rather than updating to the new course. The recommended action is to contact UND Tech Support and allow them to investigate.
Best practices for taking exams in Blackboard.
My Blackboard and the user menu are available everywhere in Blackboard Learn and give you a personalized view of your learning environment.
This article for students explains how they can choose which course's notifications they get, as well as the format they receive them in.
Blackboard's iOS & Android App for STUDENTS: information, installation, setup, troubleshooting, and how to find help. The Blackboard App helps students manage their courses, submit assessments, and easily communicate with instructors.
It typically takes up to 2 business days for a student to be enrolled in Blackboard. If the student registered on a Friday or over the weekend, then he/she should be enrolled in Blackboard by the following Monday afternoon.
The timing of Blackboard access and course access may be different for Enroll Anytime (independent study) and non-credit courses as well as certain certificate programs that have flexible start dates.
Blackboard 9 has a file size limit of 250 MB.
The default email address used in Blackboard is your campus email address as listed in Campus Connection (students) or business email in HRMS (faculty/staff).
You can review the grades and feedback on your My Grades page. You can also access the assignment's Review Submission History page and review the grade and feedback in context. Assignments aren't graded automatically. Your instructor must grade each assignment.
Steps to check that your assignment has been submitted in Blackboard.
Steps to create a blog entry in Blackboard.
You and your students can create journal entries. You're the only one who can comment on students' private entries. You and group members can comment on group entries. On the Journals listing page, information is provided about each journal. Students can see if their entries are private—between the student and you—or public.
Each newly created course or group wiki requires a home page. When you access a new wiki topic for the first time, you're prompted to create a home page. The home page always appears first in the wiki page list and the content is displayed when a user navigates to the wiki. Because the home page is first, you may want to add instructions here.
You or any course or group member can create the home page. No one can delete the home page, but if the wiki is open to editing, any course or group me
You can access tasks from the Tools link on the course menu or in the tasks module on the course Home Page. Your instructor can also add a customized link to tasks on the course menu.
At the beginning of a new semester Blackboard auto-populates added courses in so students can get access as quickly as possible. Removal of dropped or old courses typically begins the week after the start of a semester. You will not be billed for these courses and they should just disappear from your Blackboard. You can remove these courses from your MyUND page for easier navigation.
Your instructor can add assignments to different areas of your course. You might access assignments from a link on the course menu called Assignments. Or, your instructor might incorporate assignments into each week's content. Ask your instructor if you have questions about how your course is organized.
From one of your courses, you can conveniently access all of the other courses you're enrolled in.
Please contact your instructor. UND Tech Support is not able to reopen exams or quizzes.
This article contains information for students on using the Respondus LockDown browser. Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom web browser that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard; test-takers are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications. When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit for grading. It is compatible with Mac and Windows.
Instructors can use the SafeAssign service to check submitted assignments for originality. SafeAssign compares your submitted assignments against a set of academic papers to identify areas of overlap between the submitted assignment and existing works.
When you send email from your course, the recipients receive it in their external email accounts, such as BobSmith@yahoo.com. Replies go to your email account, not to the course. You may want to set up a filter or message rule to easily group your course email into a single folder in your personal inbox.
Instructors can create groups of students within courses. Groups usually consist of a small number of students for study groups or projects. These groups have their own collaboration areas in the course so that they can communicate and share files.
Your instructor places you in a group or allows you to select the group you want to join. Your instructor chooses which communication and collaboration tools are available to your group.
You can only submit a SafeAssignment once. If you want to edit, delete, or resubmit a SafeAssignment, contact your instructor and request that they clear your first submission. Please note that there is a file size limit of 10MB. If your submission is larger than 10MB, SafeAssign won't be able to process it.
Sync your calendar with Google Calendar Integration
Get the most our of the calendar app by syncing it with your Google calendar. You can choose to sync from Google to your website calendar or both ways. This helps you, students, and parents be up-to-date with all activities scheduled!
If you find that your TurningPoint clicker is not syncing with your Blackboard course, you have probably set the account up using @NDUS.edu instead of @UND.edu.
Audience response systems (clickers) allow students in the classroom to instantly provide feedback, answer questions, and vote. TurningPoint is the standard adopted by the University of North Dakota.
The timing of Blackboard access may be different for enroll anytime (independent study) and non-credit courses and certain programs that have an alternate start date.
Steps to upload a Blackboard profile picture.
A Quick-Start Guide Instructors - covering how to set up Microsoft OneNote's integration with your Blackboard course site. Students (and instructors) can collaborate and submit written assignments using this virtual shared notebook. Adjust the settings to provide a private, independent workspace, if desired.
Use of in-person proctors and testing sites has been made available again for the fall semester to allow for additional flexibility for proctored exams for face-to-face and online courses. Instructors may chose from various exam security options and can determine whether or not this option will be available for the course. Before allowing this option, please consider the increased COVID-19 transmission risks for your students and check with your College office as some colleges will be using an
View your submissions and the SafeAssign reports associated with it by accessing the SafeAssignment after you submit your paper. This option is available only if allowed by your instructor.
We are currently experiencing problems with the MathType and Calculated Formula Question tools in Blackboard. Both of the math editors display incorrectly, which may prevent users from inputting equations in the fields. A temporary workaround is available.