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The Blackboard portal can be accessed from the main www.umb.edu page, at the top of the page header, next to the WISER link. You will use your student email and password to access it from there.
- Always check WISER to verify your course enrollment.
- Blackboard will not ‘go live’ or be accessible until sometime next week.
- WISER is the official record keeping system for the university that tracks your enrollment. If WISER states that you are enrolled in a class, then you are officially enrolled in that class.
- DO NOT use Blackboard to verify your class enrollment. Blackboard is a supplemental tool for on-ground classes.
- If you are enrolled in an online class, you will use Blackboard exclusively starting the week of Feb 1. WISER will still be the official record keeper of your enrollment. Check WISER to verify your enrollment and class start dates.
- If you are enrolled in an on-ground class, your professor may or may not use Blackboard. Check with the professor directly to determine if Blackboard will be used for a specific class.
Blackboard functions as a separate portal for any online aspects for the on-ground classes. All fully online classes will use Blackboard as the primary mode of communication, content and access, so be sure to check it regularly once online classes begin if you are enrolled in an online class. Online classes begin one week after on-ground classes begin.
Any other on-ground class may or may not use Blackboard to varying extents. Some professors will use it sparingly, maybe putting up the syllabus and a reading or two. Others will use it extensively to facilitate threaded chats, assignments, and regular communication.
Be sure to make use of the Getting Technical Help section if you are running into issues trying to log in or other tech-type glitches.
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