Blackboard is the College’s Learning Management System (LMS) that provides tools for teaching online as well as for in-person, in-person-blended, and remote-blended courses. All QCC courses have a Blackboard shell that may be used for handouts, online discussion, testing, group work, assignment submission, and grading. If you’re not sure if your class is using Blackboard, ask your instructor.

To succeed in an online course, you should: Know how to use Blackboard to contact your instructor and for discussions, assignments and tests. Be able to create, send and download emails, with and without attachments. Create, edit and submit word processing, spreadsheet and presentation files. Copy and paste Download, locate and install software applications and plug-ins. Some courses might also require the use of headsets and microphones or other course-specific software or peripherals.

At this time, QCC recommends using Chrome or Mozilla Firefox. For more information, please see this Blackboard Help page.

You may notice that there is a change in the way the Course Page is displayed in Blackboard. It now groups courses by term. All the courses are still there, you just have to scroll down to find the correct term. There may be a way to change the order in which terms are displayed, but so far we have not found it. Faculty can choose the term from the center box and have it show only the term they are looking for. Alternatively, scrolling to the course and making it a favorite will bring it to the top of the page.

This video contains step-by-step instructions on how to change your display name and add your pronouns in Blackboard: How to edit your Blackboard Profile.

How to Create a Video From the “Institution” page in Blackboard, click on “Tools" on the left-side menu. Then click on the "Kaltura My Media" link. Click on the "Add New" button and then on "Express capture" to create a video of yourself. How to Submit Your Video Log in to your Blackboard class. Click on the assignment for which you need to submit a video. Click on the “Start Attempt” button. Click inside the submission textbox.   Click on the button with a + sign within a circle to add your video. Click on “Content Market.” Click on “Kaltura Embed Media.” You will be on the video page and should see the video you created in Kaltura.   Click on the “Embed” button for this video. Click on “Insert.” As long as you see your video on this page, scroll down and click on the “Submit” button in the bottom right corner of the page.  

To learn how to log in to Blackboard, follow the steps below or watch this video. Vea por favor el documento adjuntado "Cómo iniciar sesión en Blackboard" para instrucciones detalladas. Log in to “The Q” (the student portal). Click on the Blackboard “Click to Log in” button. NOTE: The Blackboard log in button appears after you log in to the Q, under the “Welcome” tab. Click on the drop-down menu where it says, “Sign in with third-party account.” Select “Sign in with your Microsoft Account.” If you are already signed into your Microsoft account, you will be automatically logged in to Blackboard. If you are not already signed into your Microsoft account, you will be prompted to enter your Microsoft Username and Password and click on the “Sign In” button. On the Blackboard Institution Page (homepage), click on “Courses” on the left side navigation menu. Your list of courses will show up in the middle of the web page. Click on the name of the specific course you want to access. Once you have logged in to Blackboard, watch this video to learn how to access and navigate inside your Blackboard course(s).

The link to “Discussions” is a tab at the top of your Blackboard class. Click on this link to access all discussion boards for a course. (Note: your instructor may call these “discussion forums” or “discussion boards.” Your instructor may also include links to these discussion boards within the “Course Content” area.) Click on the name of the discussion you wish to post to. Below the discussion instructions, you will see a textbox with the phrase “Type a response” in it. Click in that textbox to type your response. Click on the “Respond” button when you are done. How to Reply to a Discussion Board To reply to someone else’s post, click on the “Reply” link under their response. Type your response in the textbox with the phrase “Type a reply” in it. Click on the “Reply” button when you are done. For detailed instructions with screenshots, see How to Post and Reply to Discussion Boards. Click here to view a video showing how to participate in discussions. Para ver más detalles de las instrucciones con capturas de pantalla, por favor vea el archivo adjunto “Cómo Postiar y Responder a la Discusión.”

In your Blackboard course, click on the name of the assignment. A panel will open on the right side of the course after you click on the assignment name. Click on the “View assessment” button in that panel.  You’ll now see a page with a textbox where you can submit your assignment. Some instructors may also allow you to write a submission directly in the textbox, but the preferred method is to upload a file as your instructor can more readily provide feedback to you. To submit a file, click within the textbox. Click on the paper clip (the “Attachment” button).  Browse your computer or USB/flash drive to find the file you want to submit and click on it.  Click on the “Open” button.  A pop-up window will appear. Click on the “Save” button in that window.  Click on the “Submit” button in the bottom right corner of the page.  A pop-up window will appear reminding you that you will not be able to edit your submission. Click on the “Submit” button.  A pop-up window will appear letting you know you successfully submitted your assignment. You can close this window or download the confirmation.  For detailed instructions with screenshots, please see the attached How to Submit Assignments.pdf below.  To view a video showing how to submit an assignment, go to this Video.

Watch this video to learn how to take and submit a test in Blackboard.