Blackboard

To sign into your Blackboard account, your username is your last name dot your first initial and the last six digits of your college issued G number followed by @stu.sanjac.edu.

Log into Blackboard Submit a Blackboard Support Ticket

Getting Started With Blackboard

Blackboard is a web-based platform that acts as a central location for you to access course materials, turn in assignments, receive feedback from instructors, and more. Here is a helpful video tutorial playlist on how to navigate the basic features on Blackboard.

Visit the Blackboard Learn Playlist

Blackboard offers a range of collaborative tools that allow students and instructors to work together and stay connected.

Discussion Forum

The discussion forum on Blackboard is an interactive platform that enables students and instructors to engage in thoughtful conversations and share insights on course-related topics.

Content Editor

The discussion forum on Blackboard is an interactive platform that enables students and instructors to engage in thoughtful conversations and share insights on course-related topics.

Student Groups

Collaborate with your peers on class projects with Blackboard’s student groups.

Submitting Group Assignment

Submitting student group assignments on Blackboard ensures that all members can contribute to the project and makes it easier for the instructor to grade the assignment.

Wiki Tool

The wiki tool allows you to create, edit, and organize content. This comes in handy for research assignments and group projects.

Create and Edit Wiki Pages

Work with other students in real-time and build upon each other’s ideas with Blackboard’s wiki pages.

Blackboard Ally

The Blackboard Ally tool helps you download content in the format that works best for you. Check out these tutorials to get started:

Blackboard Blog and Journals

Share critical analyses, written reflections, and other forms of writing in a digital format with Blackboard’s blog and journals. Check out these tutorials to learn more:

Blackboard Tests

Find out how to take tests, quizzes, exams, and other types of online tests on the Blackboard platform.

Respondus

Respondus is a software that locks down the testing environment within Blackboard. Take a look at these sources before taking a test with Respondus.

Download LockDown on your computer:

LockDown Browser for Windows
LockDown Browser for MAC

Turnitin

Turnitin is an online plagiarism detection tool that checks your papers for originality and provides instructors with a suite of tools to help assess a student’s writing.

Submitting

Similarity Report

Graded Assignment

SafeAssign

SafeAssign is a plagiarism prevention tool integrated into Blackboard that compares student’s papers against a database of academic papers, internet sources, and other student submissions.

YuJa Media Platform

YuJa is a cloud-based video management solution that allows students and instructors to create, share, and manage content online.

Windows PC System

MAC System

Browser Based Capture

Using YuJa in Blackboard