Welcome to the Blackboard student support page!
We are actively phasing out Blackboard Original and transitioning to Blackboard Ultra. The Ultra course experience offers enhanced accessibility, improved mobile responsiveness, and a cleaner, more-efficient workflow for both instructors and students.
This page contains resources to support students using both versions of Blackboard.
Click on a resource to open it. If you are unable to open a PDF file, check that you have a PDF viewer, such as Adobe Reader, installed on your device. If you have trouble viewing a video, please let us know. As always, if you have any questions, please contact the Academic Instructional Technology Center at asaitc@adams.edu or 719-587-7371.
For Institutional policies on items such as The Americans with Disabilities Act, Academic Integrity, Student Rights and Responsibilities and The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA); please see our:
If you have a disability and require accommodations as identified by the American Disabilities Act of 1990 or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1974, please contact ASU’s:
The Office of Accessibility Services coordinates services, provides reasonable accommodations, and serves as a resource for students, faculty, and staff. If you have questions or concerns regarding disability support services, we encourage you to contact them.
Blackboard Ultra
Resources for Ultra are being expanded and updated. Please reach out to our trainer, Dr. Chelsea Oden, at cnoden@adams.edu to request additional training or resources.
Getting Started
Core Course Activities
Communication and Support
Communication and Support
Honorlock Proctoring
Honorlock Proctoring
Blackboard Original
Working in your Blackboard Original Course
Working in your Blackboard Original Course
- Navigating Your Blackboard Course
- Taking a Test Online
- Best Practices for Taking an Exam (PDF)
- Working in Groups
- Creating a Blog Entry
- Commenting on a Blog Entry
- Creating a Discussion Board Thread
- Replying to a Discussion Board Thread
- Subscribe to a Discussion Forum
- Interacting with the Discussion Board
- Organizing Discussion Board Posts
- Viewing Discussion Board Grades
- Creating and Editing a Wiki Page
- Viewing My Contribution to a Wiki
- Submitting an Assignment
- Saving a Submitted Assignment as an Artifact
- Viewing Grades and Feedback
Staying Organized and Communicating
Staying Organized and Communicating
- Stay Organized by Managing Your Course and Personal Tasks
- Using the Calendar Tool
- Sending an Email From Your Course
- Sending a Message
Online Tutoring
Using Class Collaborate (formerly Collaborate Ultra)
Using Collaborate Ultra
- Blackboard Collaborate Ultra – Join and Feeds (PDF)
- How To load a PowerPoint presentation Using File Sharing on Collaborate Ultra (PDF)
- How To load a PowerPoint presentation Using Application Sharing on Collaborate Ultra in Chrome (PDF)
- How To load a PowerPoint presentation Using Application Sharing on Collaborate Ultra in Firefox (PDF)
- How to record a Collaborate Ultra room (PDF)