There are two instances of Blackboard at UMass Lowell. One is hosted by the Division of Graduate and Professional Studies (GPS, formerly OCE) for non-traditional, fully online courses, and summer courses. On-Campus Blackboard is hosted by Academic Technology in IT. Pedagogy and technology workshops will be available between semesters.
- COURSE SETUP - Course shells are automatically created. Faculty can go to the Blackboard Course Setup website to request content: a new course template or content from an existing course.
- BLACKBOARD ACCESS FORMS (TAs, LAs, Graders, & Secondary Instructors) - TAs have the same level of access as Instructors. Graders only have access to the Grade Center. They are added to the course in SIS by the Registrar. On-Campus Blackboard enrollments are fed from SIS every hour on the half hour.
- MY COURSES MANAGEMENT (pdf) - Every semester your list of courses on the My Courses module gets larger; this job aid shows how you can hide non-essential courses from your list.
- ATTENDANCE APP - There are several ways to electronically capture attendance in your class. This page has a description of the Attendance App created by Web Services and the attendance tool within Blackboard.
- LOGIN PROBLEMS - Set your password retrieval security questions at the UMass Lowell Mypassword website to reset your password anytime including after hours. If you ever forget the answers to your security questions, you will have to contact the IT Service Desk during normal business hours.