Overview

Blackboard Course Management system is designed to extend learning beyond the traditional school day and beyond school facilities. By accessing the secure online spaces, instructors can distribute course materials, communicate with students, manage grades, while students can access lecture notes, submit assignments from anywhere, and much more. Blackboard at Smith School of Business runs on University of Maryland ELMS system.  Only the branding is different.

Please always check the Smith IT News channel when you login to Blackboard. We post IT news and other common issues or BB related topics that you want to be informed of.

Instructors: Request Your Blackboard Course Sites!
Course instructors are required to request Term-based Blackboard Courses every semester. Just login to Blackboard, switch to Faculty Resources tab, then follow the links. View details here.

 

BLACKBOARD SUPPORT DOCUMENTS
(Mostly for Faculty. Items with * in front are for students as well.)
 This Intro to Blackboard handout is a good place to begin.
BLACKBOARD BASICS ASSIGNMENTS & GRADING COMMUNICATION TOOLS
*Login Help Using Assignment Tool Basic Communications
Request BB Courses or other Non-term based spaces Student Guide about Submitting Assignments Setup Groups
*Course Availability and Backup Create Tests and Surveys Signup List
Adding Users to Your Course
- TAs, Course Builders 		Using Gradebook Wimba Live Classroom and other Tools
Adding Content Gradebook Smart Views Wiki Page Setup
Set Your Elms-Faculty Account Password to Access Your Course as a Student Upload Grades to UMEG Embed a Google Calendar in BB Course
Troubleshooting - Browser Requirements & Known Issues File naming Issues (for both Instructors and Students) Info for Students

 

MORE INFO
Clickers @ umd Turning Point Clickers are standard classroom response system in UMCP. The Office of Smith IT can help Business School faculty get started and demo the technology. Find the information you need.
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Academic Schedules -- Schedule of Classes on Testudo
- UM Academic Calendar by Semester, or by Academic Year
Request Quota Increases Instructors can request a quota increase in Blackboard Courses or Content Collection spaces using this ELMS Tool.
More Training Info - You'll see a How To Blackboard Demo site when you log into Blackboard. Check it out! Examples, links and demos of basics and more advanced ideas. See the way other Faculty use it.
- Switch to Training tab in Blackboard system to see more training documents provided by OIT.
Alert for BB System Outages Want to be notified in the event of an emergency? Campus OIT provides an Alert System that you can get email or voice mail when Blackboard or other selected system is down. Click here to sign up.

 

 

Users in Smith School of Business can access Blackboard course sites at http://bb.rhsmith.umd.edu. This BB support website can be accessed when you click on the "Help" button on the top of your Blackboard page.

In this Blackboard support website maintained by Smith IT, we provide links to some of the many ways to gather information about using this tool. The campus OIT also provide many other manuals and training materials that you can reach from the "Support" tab when login to Blackboard system.

To ensure your request has a guaranteed reply, help us provide you with the best quality support, and help us better track trends in support requests, please send all Blackboard related questions to bbhelp@rhsmith.umd.edu rather than any individual.

You can also stop by the Smith IT helpdesk at Room 3520 Van Munching Hall, or call us at 301-405-2269 and they will direct you to the Instructional Technology staff on duty.