Internet Browsers:
Blackboard Version 7 is compatible with the following Internet Browsers:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 6 or 7 for Windows
- Firefox Version 2 (+) for Windows or MAC
- Safari Version 2 (+) for MAC

Tufts University Students - Usernames and Passwords:
Click on the "User Login" button on the left to access the login dialogue box.
Your Blackboard login (username) is your last name plus the last 4 digits of your Student ID# with NO SPACES OR DASHES. (Example: soprano3217)
If you have two last names or a hyphenated last name your username is BOTH last names plus the last 4 digits of your Student ID# with NO DASHES OR SPACES. (Example: garciavasquez3177)
Your password is your Student ID# with NO SPACES OR DASHES. (Example: 991363217)
Blackboard DOES NOT use any part of your Social Security Number for either your username or password.
After login your Blackboard Home page will be displayed on your screen. Links to all of your Blackboard course sites are located under "My Courses".
Note: Not all instructors use Blackboard course sites.

Guest Access:
Many instructors have made their Blackboard course sites available to guests.
Click on the "Course Catalog" button on the left. This will display the Blackboard Course Catalog. Click on any of the Course Catalog Area buttons, then locate the Department and Instructor for the course. If the site is guest accessible, the course ID will be an underlined link to the course site. As an alternative, you can use the search function to locate a particular course.
Guests are not able to view the Communications, Discussion Board or Tools areas of any course site

E-Mail Address / Password Change:
Check your e-mail address by clicking on the "Personal Information" link located in the "Tools" box on the left side of your Blackboard Homepage. You can check and change your e-mail address under "Edit Personal Information". You may also change your password under "Change Password". Changing your password or e-mail address on one site will change it for all of your sites.

New in Blackboard Version 7:
- Announcements can now be automatically sent as e-mails to course site members. (See control panel / announcements / add announcement / email announcement)
- Discussion Boards now allow user subscriptions. Subscribing to a forum will result in an e-mail sent to you when a new item is added to the forum.
- Discussion Board now allows replies to include a quote from another post.

Blackboard Support:
Blackboard Step-By-Step User Guide
Information Technology Services
Information Technology Training
If you are having problems accessing your Blackboard course site click here to contact the Tufts University Blackboard Administrator. Please provide your name and Student ID# and e-mail address.

Instructor and TA - FAQ:
To manually add a student account to your course site:
Go to the control panel – click on “enroll user”.
Type in the last name of the student you wish to add then click on “Search”. This will display all of the users in the Blackboard database with that last name.
Checkmark the box to the left of the student’s account you wish to add.
Click on the “submit” button on the bottom of the page.
Note: You cannot add an account already listed on the course site. The name will not appear. Make sure you check the accounts on the course site following the directions below.

To add a TA or Instructor to your course site:
First follow the procedure outlined above for adding a student account to your course site. Once the student account is added to the site go to Control Panel /List/Modify Users, type in the student’s last name and click on the “Search” button. Click on the “Properties” button next to the student account you want to have TA or instructor access to the site. Under “Role and Availability” change the role status from Student to Teaching Assistant or Instructor then click on “Submit”.

To see the accounts listed on your course site:
Go to Control Panel /List/Modify Users. Click on the “search” button (without typing in any name in the box). This will display all of the accounts listed on your course site. If your course site has more than 25 accounts there will be links to successive pages in the bottom left of the display.

To remove a single account from your course site:
Go to Control Panel / Remove Users from the Course. Type in the person’s last name, then click on “search”. Checkmark the box next to the account you wish to remove, type “Yes” in the dialogue box and then click on “submit”. The account will be removed from the course site.
To remove multiple accounts from your course site:
Go to Control Panel / Remove Users from the Course. Click on the “search” button (without typing in any name in the box). This will display all of the accounts listed on your course site. Checkmark the box next to the accounts you wish to remove, type “Yes” in the dialogue box and then click on “submit”. The accounts will be removed from the course site.
To remove all of the student accounts from your course site:
Go to Control Panel / Recycle Course. Checkmark the “Users” box, type “Remove” in the dialogue box and then click on “submit”. This will remove all of the student accounts (but not the Instructor or TA accounts) from the course site.
Note: Removing an account from the course site will delete any gradebook, quiz, survey or assignment information connected with that account.