Getting Started

Log into Blackboard LMS, confirm your browser works, and configure the personal settings that shape your day-to-day experience.

• Quick Start Course Checklist — A checklist for setting up your account and building your course.

• Browser Support — Lists the browsers Blackboard LMS supports and includes a checker to confirm yours is compatible.

• Your Account — Add your profile, manage notifications, and set up your display language.

• Log into Blackboard and Login Troubleshooting — Covers logging in and common solutions for common login issues.

• Find institutional support — Many common Blackboard LMS issues can't be handled by Blackboard. See this list and find a link to your institutional support page.

• Blackboard App (mobile app) — Blackboard LMS App offers a streamlined, mobile-friendly way to manage your courses for students and instructors.

• Accessibility Overview — Learn about accessibility tips your courses and how Blackboard covers them.

Learn where your courses live and how to move between the global Blackboard LMS environment and the inside of an individual course.

• Navigate Inside a Course — Introduces the course layout, including the Content, Calendar, Discussions, Gradebook, and Messages tabs.

Use the pages and tools that pull information from all your courses into one place so you can plan your day and stay on top of deadlines.

• Navigate Outside a Course — Shows how to use the global menu and base navigation to reach tools, messages, and pages that live outside any single course.

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