Blackboard Learn™

Welcome to the Blackboard e-Education platform—designed to enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology.

System Announcements

• Internet Browser Problems
  Blackboard only supports Internet Explorer 7.0 or higher.  If you have an older version you must upgrade immediately or you will experience problems.  Among many other problems, if you are having trouble locating the "reply" button in your discussion boards this is why. 
  
  To check which version you have:  Click on 'Help' then 'About Internet Explorer'
  
  Here is the link to upgrade to IE 8.0 http://www.microsoft.com/windows/internet-explorer/
  
  Mozilla Firefox is another browser option (free to download) and tends to have little compatibility problems with Blackboard.  I use version 3.0.6 with no trouble.
  
  Here is a link to download Firefox version 3.5 http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/upgrade.html
  
  If you need further assistance or have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
  
  Melissa Benson
  mbenson@fisher.edu
  866-309-6539
• Important Information Regarding Test/Quizzes
  Students, please clear the cache on your internet browser before you begin a test or quiz.  Students have been reporting they are being "kicked out" of their tests/quizzes and the answers are lost which means the test has to be re-taken.  By clearing the cache on your browser this should eliminate the problem.  For detailed instructions please refer to this website: http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser%27s-Cache
  
  Please contact me if you have any questions,
  Melissa Benson
  mbenson@fisher.edu
  866-309-6539
• Online Course Evaluations (Friday, March 12, 2010)
  The link to complete the evaluations for online courses was not working in some classes.  I fixed the problem in those classes so please go ahead and complete the evaluations for the course(s) in which you are enrolled.  If you come across a broken link please email me and I will fix it immediately.
  
  Thanks,
  Melissa
  mbenson@fisher.edu
• Blackboard Availability - 3/13 & 3/15 (Friday, March 12, 2010)
  Our previously scheduled maintenance on Saturday, 3/13 has been rescheduled to a later date still to be determined. Blackboard will remain available for the entire day on Saturday, March 13th. 
  
  On Monday, 3/15 at 1:00 a.m., Blackboard will be unavailable for approximately 20 minutes. 
  
  
• Helpful Information for Final Exams (Thursday, March 11, 2010)
  As a preemptive measure, please follow the directions below before completing your final exam.
  
  Clear your browser's cache - for directions go to: http://www.wikihow.com/Clear-Your-Browser's-Cache
  
  If you're using Internet Explorer 8 - Turn Compatibility View on by clicking on Tools then Compatibility View