All students with English proficiency tests on record at BU must take the Multilingual Writer Placement. Please review our Placement FAQ if you have questions about taking the placement, or schedule a Zoom placement conference if you have already taken the placement and would like to discuss the level WR you should register for.
You should submit this form for the help with any of the following issues:
- You are having trouble accessing the placement on Blackboard.
- You experienced a technical problem while taking the placement.
- You are not able to take the placement during the open placement dates.
If you are having technical difficulties with Blackboard, or receiving an error message, please try the following strategies before filling out this form.
Technical Help Tips (expand to read):
- Try accessing Blackboard via a different browser; Chrome or Firefox may work better than Safari.
- Try disabling any VPN software and/or accessing the site on a different computer or from a different location.
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Try accessing the site through a Private or Incognito browser window.
- Enable cookies within your browser.
- Make sure to always manually input your Boston University login name (without the @bu.edu) and password into the login fields rather than relying on auto-complete.
- Enable mixed content in your browser.
- Check your network speeds at speedtest.net to make sure you are getting good speeds.
- Try closing apps other than your browser.
- Synchronize your password at http://www.bu.edu/kpw.
- Disable extensions in your browser.