Southeastern Louisiana University

Blackboard Information

Welcome to Blackboard at Southeastern!

Blackboard is a program that allows instructors to create, deliver, and manage web-based components for courses. It can be used to add online elements to a traditional course, or to develop completely online courses with few or no face-to-face meetings.

Verify you have the necessary combination of Operating System and Browser versions to work in the Blackboard V7.3 environment.  

Blackboard is located from the Bb logo on http://www.selu.edu

or the following direct URL
http://blackboard.selu.edu

Logging In:

 
Students and Faculty should log in to Blackboard using their wnumber and password. The password is authenticated with the email and LEO password. Changes to passwords should be made through the Account Information and Password Change for Email and LEONet (PeopleSoft). The Operations Department in McClimans Hall should be contacted if there is difficulty with your password.

Blackboard courses will be generated automatically using the Registrar's data. The Blackboard ids for Summer 2008, start with the prefix  "2085" and Fall 2008, start with the prefix "2088". 

If you do not see your course listed in your Blackboard account, it means that the Registrar's data is incomplete in LEO and that you are not listed as the instructor of the course yet. Your department office adds this data into LEO. The Blackboard Administrator will run batch updates to Blackboard in the evenings, Monday - Friday beginning a few weeks before semester begins.

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NOTICE: 

Summer 2008 & Fall 2008

With the recent elimination of late registration, students must be more careful in making course selection decisions.  To aid in these decisions, faculty are asked to utilize Blackboard to make basic course information available as early as possible—preferably prior to the beginning of the semester.  This request will allow students, whether enrolled in your class or not, the ability to view your course syllabus.

In addition, a syllabus validation tool has been placed in the Course Information area of each Blackboard course.  Faculty should ask students to review the syllabus first and ask questions before attempting to complete the syllabus validation.  The tool contains one statement, “Please validate that you have read and understood the course policies and procedures as outlined in the course syllabus.”   

Training materials have been created to assist faculty with these processes.  Faculty may also call or visit the center for assistance.  Center staff would be happy to give one-on-one consultations.
 

How to add a syllabus to the Course Information area of Blackboard

1. A step-by-step Tip Sheet (WORD format)
2. Animated tutorials (require flash plugin)
   • Add a syllabus to a Blackboard course site
   • Turn the course availability ON for guests and students
   • Turn guest access off to other content areas (copyrighted materials)

How to remove the syllabus and course policies validation tool  in Blackboard 

1. A step-by-step Tip Sheet ( WORD format )
2. Animated tutorials (require flash plugin)
   • Remove the syllabus and course policies validation tool

 Additional Information