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QUICKSTEPS: Find step-by-step instructions for some of the most common Blackboard tasks. Just click on the HOW TO drop-down box below and find the entry for what you need to do. Entries are organized into three sections: For All Users, For Students, and For Instructors.

Bb NEWS

AS OF DECEMBER 18, BLACKBOARD HAS SEVERAL GREAT NEW FEATURES! Blackboard users should read the release notes to find out about the added assessment and gradebook functions, course menu views, and other new abilities as well as resolved and unresolved issues in our latest Blackboard update (6.3.1.505). Instructor version and student version of release notes now available!
IRB (HUMAN SUBJECT PROTECTIONS) TRAINING AND TEST HAVE MOVED TO A NEW SYSTEM! Click here for information about the new CITI program and how to access it.
CHANGING YOUR NETID PASSWORD DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE YOUR BLACKBOARD PASSWORD! Click here for instructions on changing your Blackboard password.

TIRED OF HAVING TO ADD YOUR GUEST INSTRUCTORS AS STUDENTS TO RESTRICT THEIR PRIVILEGES? Click here to learn how (and why) to use the Guest role.

• ADDING POWERPOINT: Instructors can now add PPT to their courses without first converting them to PDF.
INSTRUCTOR TRAINING FOR FACULTY AND STAFF: See available sessions here.
• REVISED MARCH 18, 2005: END-OF-COURSE CHECKLIST. Follow these steps for saving your assessments, documents, and grades. Microsoft Word version.
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GRADEBOOK WARNING: Total grades will be calculated incorrectly if assessments have differing total point values and grade weighting is not used. Download this document for instructions on how to correct the calculations.

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MAINTENANCE WINDOW is Sundays 8-10 a.m.: Blackboard may be down at this time.

Frequently Asked Questions

General FAQs Instructor FAQs Student FAQs

Blackboard
Login

Click the Login button and enter your username and password to access your Blackboard courses.

NEED A BLACKBOARD ACCOUNT? Users can no longer create their own Blackboard accounts. If you do not have a
username and password,
you may request an account. (TO INCOMING STUDENTS: DO NOT request an account before going to your orientation sessions. It is very likely that this process may already be taken care of for you and that you will receive login information at that time.)

 

Contact the
UTHSC Blackboard Support Specialist

Keisha Z. Houston  
UT Health Science Center
877 Madison Avenue
Lamar Alexander Building
Room 641
Memphis, TN 38163 
(901) 448-1927 (phone)
(901) 448-4121 (fax)
bb@utmem.edu