Access from Home

When accessing Blackboard from home there are a few things to keep in mind:

• Home Internet connection speed is slower than connection from on campus. Please allow more time to access/download a document, especially one that requires opening Word, PowerPoint or another such program;
• Web browsers supported in Blackboard - Netscape 4.05 or later and Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later;

  AOL is not a supported browser in Blackboard - therefore, if you are using AOL to access Blackboard, follow these steps:
  1. Connect to the Internet via AOL;
  2. Minimize the AOL browser;
  3. Open either Netscape 4.05 or later or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later;
  4. Navigate to your course in one of the two browsers mentioned in step three;
  

• If a chat is scheduled, please connect 5-15 minutes prior to that time - this way you will avoid having to wait to get in;
• If you do not have Word, PowerPoint, or other applications installed on your home computer and you need to open a course document with one of these programs, check the Plug-in Area.

If you encounter problems accessing Blackboard, please call the Help Desk at (941-4357) or email helpdesk.