Recent Information: Archive
  • Student Access to Blackboard begins Sept. 28: Although student enrollment can be currently seen in the grade book of all Blackboard classes, students will not have access to the classes until the first day of the Fall term. Instructors may allow early access by overriding the Term Visibility settings. For instructions see: http://www.psuonline.pdx.edu/bbFAQ/?p=174 (9-22-09)

  • Getting Started with Blackboard - Fall 09: There will be Blackboard group training sessions on Sept 30, 10:00 am - noon, and Oct 1, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm. Both sessions will be held in Neuberger Hall Rm 437. To sign up or learn about other training options, please contact: caestaff@pdx.edu or 503-725-5642. (9-16-09)

  • ATTENTION: All Office of Information Technologies (OIT) online services will be down on Fri, Sept 18, from 6 PM until midnight for maintenance. This will include Blackboard and the PSU website. Please plan your schedule accordingly. (9-14-09)

  • Is PSU leaving Blackboard? Read more.....

  • Summer Course Access Students will have access to summer term courses beginning June 22nd and ending on the first day of fall terms (September 28th). The June 22nd start date applies to ALL summer term courses despite later start dates for some courses.
    If you're an instructor and don't want your students to have early access, read more.....

  • !! Blackboard incorrectly blocking students !! On Mon evening (6/22) there was a sync problem between Banner and Blackboard that resulted in the temporary blocking of some students and instructors from their classes. Some instructors also might have been missing the Build tab in their classes. These issues have now been fixed and everyone should have access to their classes as usual. A check for Banner connectivity is being put in place to prevent this problem from happening again.(6-23-09)

  • After a term has ended, students are blocked from their Blackboard classes three days before the beginning of the next term. However, if needed, instructors can allow students back in on an individual basis. For example, this might be necessary for a student to make up an incomplete. For more information, contact blackboard@pdx.edu. (2-10-09)

  • !! IMPORTANT !! BLACKBOARD IS EXPERIENCING SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES and will have to reboot. The system will go down at 5:20pm today (Tuesday, 6-9-09) and hopefully available again by 5:30pm today. (6-9-09)

  • Blackboard Training sessions for faculty will begin on March 30. There will be four workshops. To see the schedule, click on the "Blackboard workshop calendar" button on the right of the screen. To register for one of the workshops, please email caestaff@pdx.edu or call 503-725-5642. Please indicate your name, ODIN email address, phone extension, academic unit and the workshop for which you would like to register. (3-9-09)

  • Learn Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Excel and other applications (2-3-09)
    OIT is offering a range of technology workshops this term that may be of interest to faculty and students. (See below: Faculty and Students/OIT Training Schedule: Winter 2009)

  • Interested in webconferencing? CAE is offering demonstration workshops using Adobe Connect throughout February. Connect is a browser-based video and audio enabled conferencing tool that can be used for many types of events, including online class sessions, meetings, office hours, demonstrations, or workshops in real time. Events can even be recorded and published as archives for on-demand access. (See below: Faculty/PSU Online Event Calendar) (2-3-09)

  • If you ever have problems accessing your class, you can now check the status of the Blackboard server. This link will list immediate and past problems and the system-wide affects. (See below: Faculty or Student/Blackboard Outages)

  • Important Blackboard Announcements (11-18-08)
    Your Winter 2009 Blackboard course shells are now available. You can begin uploading your materials and performing other course development work. If you do not see a Winter 09 course listed on your MyBlackboard page, contact your department scheduler and ask them to flag the course in Banner as a course that will be using Blackboard. (See below: Faculty/A list of all PSU department schedulers)

    Your Winter 2009 students have been loaded into your courses. The course will not be visible to them, however, until 3days before the beginning of the term

  • Is your Blackboard course shell ready for Winter term? All PSU courses requiring online support are now being taught using Blackboard CE6. Here are some answers to frequently asked questions:

    • Q: When I log into Blackboard, why don't I see my Winter course listed?
      A: Your department scheduler needs to flag the course in Banner as needing Blackboard. Contact your scheduler and make sure that this has been done. (See below: Faculty/Get a Blackboard shell)

    • Q: I have taught this course before in Blackboard. How do I reuse the previous course?
      A: Log in, access your Winter course shell and choose "Reuse and existing course" (See below: Faculty/Place your course content into your shell)

    • Q: I have taught this course before in WebCT at PSU but not in Blackboared. How do I get my WebCT materials migrated to Blackboard?
      A: See below: Faculty/Move WebCT content to Bb

Login to Blackboard
Seach Blackboard FAQ

Move WebCT Content to Blackboard
Setup Blackboard Class
Login to WebCT
 

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