For Instructors

Get Started

Blackboard Learn is accessed with your BU Kerberos login at learn.bu.edu.

Blackboard Learn courses can be created in either Original View or Ultra View. You can learn about the differences between the two versions here.

Get Help

Browse Blackboard’s Help Center and use the search function to find specific help documents on their site.

If you have any questions about Blackboard, submit a support ticket by clicking the “Get Help” button at the top right of any page here on TechWeb.

Learn More on TechWeb

• Access Your Courses & Edit User Profile
  • Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation and other features – What you see when you log in
  • Blackboard Profile and User Settings
• Common Questions
  • Courses: Ultra vs. Original
  • Migrating from Original to Ultra
  • Blackboard from Start to Finish – Walkthrough for setting up a Blackboard site for your course and applying an optional layout
  • Select Blackboard Courses in MyBU
  • Blackboard Course Copy Tool (For Learn Original Courses)
  • Copying Content in Ultra Courses
  • Benefits of Blackboard Ultra
  • Blackboard Mobile App
• Course Content
  • Develop Course Content
  • AI Design Assistant in Blackboard Ultra
• Course Management
  
  • Before You Launch (Pre-Launch Tasks)
  • Download Assignments
  • Collaboration Tools (Original)
  • Collaboration Tools (Ultra)
  • Interacting With Students (Announcements and Messages)
• Grading
  • Grade Center (Original)
  • Gradebook (Ultra)
  • Blackboard Annotate
• Course Enrollment and Student Groups
  • Users in your Course Site (Enrollment and Creating Groups)
• Accessibility and Technology Integrations
  • Blackboard Ally for Instructors
  • Blackboard Ally For Students
  • Blackboard Tech Integrations (LTIs)

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