To set up a Blackboard Course Site, contact the system administrator - Diana Breen -- by email, with your request. Procedures can be found on the PDF document Procedures for Utilizing Blackboard Learning System.
For general information about enrolling students into a Blackboard course, or information on Usernames and Passwords, scroll below to Important Information for all Iona Blackboard Release 6.0 Instructors.
For Blackboard Release 6 online Tutorials, Tip Sheets and Manuals, go to http://behind.blackboard.com.
Important Information for all Iona Blackboard Release 6.0 Instructors:
Access to Blackboard at http://online.iona.edu. When you log onto Blackboard, you will see the "My Institution" welcome screen. An additional tab for this page is available along with the "Courses" tab. You can access your current course sites on the "My Institution" welcome page, or by selecting the "Courses" tab.
Usernames and Passwords
Blackboard Usernames and Passwords have been created by the IT Department in the Blackboard user database for all current Iona Students. Iona Students' email addresses are also entered into the Blackboard user database. Instructors no longer have to input this data when enrolling students into their course sites, as explained in the following simplified enrollment procedure.
Enrolling Students into your Course Site
When you are ready to enroll students into your course site:
- Click on Control Panel
- Under User Management, Click on "Add Users"
- Click on "Enroll Existing User"
- In the Search box, type all or part of the student's last name
- Click on the Search Button
- Check the box next to the name of the student whom you wish to enroll
- Click on the Submit Button
- Click on the OK Button
Repeat for each student you would like to enroll in your course site. |
Blackboard Usernames and Passwords:
Student Usernames in Blackboard are the same as as a Student's Network ID. However, Passwords in Blackboard have evolved over time. Privacy issues no longer allow Iona College to use the social security number as the unique student identifier. Newly generated accounts use the last four digits of the PeopleSoft EMPLID.
Blackboard Passwords After June 24, 2004:
Newly registered Iona students, or current Iona students who are enrolled in Blackboard for the first time would use the first two letters of their first name, first two letters of their last name and the last four digits of the EMPLID.
Blackboard Username |
Password |
jdoe1 |
jodo4567
(from EMPLID) |
Blackboard Passwords After June 25, 2003:
Newly registered Iona students, or current Iona students who are enrolled in Blackboard for the first time would use the first two letters of their first name, first two letters of their last name and the last four digits of the EMPLID.
Blackboard Username |
Password |
ab12 |
dibr4567
(from EMPLID) |
Blackboard Passwords Prior to June 25, 2003, but after August 30, 2002:
Newly registered Iona students, or current Iona students who were enrolled in Blackboard for the first time during this time period, would use the last four digits of their PeopleSoft EMPLID.
Blackboard Username |
Password |
ab12 |
4567
(from EMPLID) |
Blackboard Passwords Prior to August 30, 2002:
Student enrolled into a course in Blackboard by an Instructor would retain the last four digits of their Social Security Number.
Blackboard Username |
Password |
ab12 |
6789
(from SSN) |
In addition, students can change their BlackBoard passwords once they have been enrolled in any Blackboard course.
Forgotten Student Passwords:
The Ryan Help Desk located at the main desk of Ryan Library assists students who have forgotten their passwords. Students must show valid Iona ID.
Blackboard Support and Training
For Blackboard online Tutorials, Tip Sheets and Manuals, go to http://behind.blackboard.com. Once you have created an account, you can access the training center for ideas, help and support using Release 6.0
Archive and Delete
All Blackboard Instructors are encouraged to take a look at their outdated course sites, and consider archiving, and/or removing them from the system. Instructors can archive their courses from the Control Panel by selecting Course Utilities. Instructors wishing to delete courses from the server should contact a system administrator - Diana Breen.
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