1.1 Log In to Blackboard
1.2 Access Your Course
1.1 Log In to Blackboard
The University of Vermont Blackboard site is at http://bb.uvm.edu
To log into Blackboard, enter your Username (your UVM NetID) and Password, then click Login.
Logging in brings you to your MyUVM page (example below). This page contains tabs for navigating between the My UVM page, the Courses page, and the Community page.
1.2 Access Your Course
The My UVM page contains links to the UVM Home Page, to Blackboard Help, and to the Logout icon. It contains a menu of frequently used tools.
The majority of the page contains modules for such things as “What’s New,” “MyCourses,” and “UVM News.” This page is customizable: you can add or remove modules, and modify the layout.
The MyCourses module lists all the Blackboard courses with which you are associated as either an Instructor, a Builder, or a Student. You may also view this list at any time by clicking on the “Courses” tab at the top of the window.
To enter a course, click on its name.
Your view of the course and your student’s view of the course are exactly the same with one small exception: students do not have access to the Control Panel.
The first page you and your students land on is “Announcements.” New announcement postings are created within the Control Panel. The banner image is optional and can be changed via the Control Panel.
Just above the banner and announcements are the navigation links, or “breadcrumbs.” These appear throughout Blackboard to help you navigate. You can also use your browser’s “back” button.
Announcements: created by you in the Control Panel
Syllabus: can be a .doc, .pdf, or other file, or you can paste text into Bb’s built-in syllabus tool
Faculty Info: your office hours, phone, e-mail, etc.
Course Documents: where most of your course content resides
Assignments: your instructions to students and their responses. Automatically linked to gradebook
Communications: tools such as messages, e-mail, discussion board, and Pronto (chat)
External Links: to web pages outside the course
Course Wiki: web pages that can be edited by multiple people
Course Blog: chronological postings to which participants can add comments
My Grades: the student gradebook
Search: find any text within the course
UVM Libraries: links to the library web site
Control Panel