Blackboard @ UVa-Wise

Visit Blackboard @UVa-Wise

Blackboard for Students

For assistance with creating a Blackboard account and enrolling in a course, view this handout (PDF file), or contact the Helpdesk.

For assistance in using Blackboard, view the documents Getting Started in Your Blackboard 6 Course and Student Manual (PDF), or contact your instructor.

If you cannot remember your password, please use the Lost Password Utility.  If you cannot recover your password using this method, contact the Helpdesk .

For any other type of request, contact blackboard@uvawise.edu.

Blackboard for Faculty

For assistance with creating or recycling courses or Blackboard tools contact:

Joseph Meade, Web Systems Specialist, (276) 376-1075, jwm6a@uvawise.edu

Manuals and Tutorials:

• Blackboard Instructor's Manual (rather large, HTML)
• Virginia Tech Instructor's Manual (shortened version, HTML)
• Behind the Blackboard Tutorials (PDF file)
• Behind the Blackboard Tip-Sheets (PDF files)
  • Blackboard 6: What's New and Different
  • Getting Started in Your Blackboard 6 Course (also a good document for student use)
  • Using Assignments
  • Digital Drop Box vs. Assignments
  • Using the Digital Drop Box
  • Gradebook Icons and Definitions
  • Weighting Grades by Category or Item