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Below is information regarding Blackboard at BGSU. There are links to documents and websites to assist you with your Blackboard problem.

Blackboard Web Portal --> https://my.bgsu.edu (login through the enterprise portal)

--> https://elearning.bgsu.edu (login directly to Blackboard portal)
Personalized Access to the Blackboard Portal --> Automatically requested as part of the BGNet Account Creation process and is available to all current and admitted BGSU students, faculty, and staff.the day after your BGNet account is created.

Information for Current and Admitted Students

Information for Pre-Students and Guests

Blackboard FAQs for Pre-Students

Information for Instructors

Blackboard FAQs for Faculty & Staff
End of the Semester Tasks
IDEAL (Interactive Distance Education for All Learners)
Blackboard Quick Tutorials
Atomic Learning Videos on Blackboard 7 (If you wish to access this site from off campus you must contact the Student Technology Center either by phone at 419-372-9277 or e-mail.)
Behind the Blackboard for Faculty
Other Blackboard Resources
BGSU's Blackboard Course Maintenance Schedule
Visual Text Box Editor (VTBE) Help
Blackboard Quick Start Guides
ITS Quick Reference Guides:
- How do I make my Blackboard course "Available"?
- How do I add somebody to my Blackboard course?
- How do I remove someone from my Blackboard course?
- How can I give my T.A. access to my course's control panel?
- How do I add content to my course?
- How can I control which areas of the course my students can see?
- Where is the "Control Panel"?
- Where is the "Blackboard Instructor's Manual" located online?
- How do I export my gradebook? Macintosh - Windows (PC)
- How do I copy course content from a previous semester's course to another course or development shell?
- How do I save a discussion from a Blackboard course as a PDF file? Macintosh - Windows (PC)
- How do I save a back-up of my course to share with a colleague or take offsite? Macintosh - Windows (PC)
- How do I remove a Blackboard course from my view?
- How do I disable the Visual Text Box Editor (VTBE)?
- Firefox requires some configuration to allow Copy/Paste interoperability with the Visual Text Box Editor (VTBE). Use these instructions.

User Guides

Instructors and Organization Managers can find the Blackboard Instructor Manual on their course or organization control panel at the "Manual" link under Support.(HTML)
Students can find the Blackboard User Manual on their course or organization site on the Tools page if the instructor or organization manager has enabled it. Look for the link "Student Manual".(HTML)
Blackboard Academic Suite Instructor Manual: Release 7.1
Blackboard Academic Suite User Manual: Release 7.1