Blackboard Help & Support
This is the Blackboard section of the resources hub. Blackboard (Bb) is the University’s Virtual Learning Environment, providing an online space for staff and students to interact. It is designed to provide a dedicated site for every module taught at the University. Make sure you check Blackboard regularly for announcements from your tutor, key dates, module information and reference guides.
Blackboard provides a one-stop-shop for all your course materials. Depending on your module, it may also be used for the following:
- Discussion Forums
- Hosting and management of online assessments
- Collaborative areas for group work with communication and file sharing facilities
- Online submission of student work
- Embedding multimedia content
- Links to external resources
Resources & Guides
- Assessment Troubleshooting Guide
- Blackboard Ally: Accessibility for Students
- Blackboard: Accessing grades and feedback
- Blackboard: PDF Hacks
- Blackboard: Troubleshooting login issues
- Blogs, wikis and journals on Blackboard
- Discussion board: Creating a post in a discussion board
- Discussion boards: Threads and posts
- Downloading an Adobe Express Web Page for submitting to Blackboard/Turnitin
- Getting Started with Blackboard: Logging in and Navigating
- Getting Started with Blackboard: What is Blackboard?
- Getting Started with your Module Sites: Common Issues
- Guidance for Technical Issues during Assignment Submission
- How to adjust your Blackboard notifications
- How to download Google Chrome for accessing Blackboard
- Large file submission using OneDrive (students)
- Navigating a Blackboard Module Site
- Pronunciation of names in Blackboard and Blackboard Ultra
- Submitting an Assessment via a Blackboard Assignment
- Turnitin: Accessing grades and feedback