How to Log Onto an Online Course (BlackBoard)

▫   The online component of courses at the College are administered through a program called BlackBoard.

▫    To access your course through BlackBoard:

°        Go to http://www.abtech.edu/ah/ss/default.asp and click on the "BlackBoard Login" link from there,  or click on the "Human Services Technology Home" link below and click on the "BlackBoard Login" link from there, or go to www.abtech.edu and click on the "Distance Learning" link from there.

°         Once there, click on the link that allows you to access BlackBoard.

°         Once you arrive at the BlackBoard website, you must login.

§  Your username or userid should be your first name, middle initial, last name all in lowercase letters and run together with no commas.

·         E.g., “johnfkennedy”

§  Your password should be your student identification number.

▫   Once you are allowed entry into BlackBoard, you will arrive at your homepage for BlackBoard which should have all of the courses that you are currently registered for listed to the right.

▫   You should click on the course that you wish to access.

▫   Under each course’s site, you will find links related to announcements, course information, staff information, assignments, communication, discussion boards, external links, tools, and the Holly Library.

°         You should familiarize yourself with all of these links to learn how they relate to each particular course that you are taking; they should possess information that you need to succeed in the course.

▫   You should check the homepage of each of your courses, especially courses that are 100% online, regularly in order to stay on top of what is occurring in the course (i.e., 2-3 times or more per week).

▫   If you run into problems using BlackBoard, you should do the following:

°         If you can login okay and access your course(s) okay, but the course materials that you need are not there as they should be, promptly contact your instructor.

°         For all technical issues, please click on the “Distance Learning” link found at www.abtech.edu and use the contact information found there to try to resolve your problem.