Blackboard

»What is Blackboard?

Blackboard is an on-line virtual classroom. It is a teaching and learning environment, as well as a configurable portal for the OSU community. It allows instructors to administer tests and quizzes, post grades and lecture notes, and host discussion boards. Through Blackboard, students are able to contact their instructors and classmates, keep a calendar, and maintain an address book.

Note: Not all instructors use Blackboard. Contact your instructor if you are unsure of the availability of a course.

»Who has access?

Blackboard is available to anyone with an ONID (OSU Network ID) account (to set up an ONID account, see http://onid.orst.edu/). Accounts are activated immediately following the activation of your ONID account. Access to individual courses taught using Blackboard also requires registration in the course. Course access for students is available ten days before the term begins. Some course material is available for preview if the instructor has allowed preview access. Guests may preview portal material by clicking in the Preview button on the login page.

»Using Blackboard:

To use Blackboard, you must first sign up for an ONID account at http://onid.orst.edu/. Once you have created an ONID account, you can log into Blackboard at http://my.oregonstate.edu/ using your ONID username and password.

Once you have successfully logged in, you will see a listing of courses available to you on the right hand side under "My Courses." Click on any of these courses to enter the course. Inside the course, you will see options on the left hand side of the screen. These options will allow you to navigate through the course.

»Blackboard Help Resources:

Student Resources

Faculty Resources