Log on to Blackboard: http://blackboard.ksbe.edu
Are you ready to use Blackboard? In order for us to support you and ensure success, please follow the step-by-step instructions to help you get started.
Step 1: Request a Blackboard account/course
- E-mail Dorothy Hirata,VSDL Manager, dohirata@ksbe.edu
Please provide the following information in your e-mail:- Name of course to be setup
- KS Campus (Kāpalama, Maui, Hawai'i)
Step 2: Review Blackboard Policies and Collaboration Tool settings
- Review the Blackboard Policies link in your course
Once your course is created, there will be a button titled "BB Policies" that links to the policies on the VSDL Web site (http://ksdl.ksbe.edu/bb_policies/). Course participants are required to abide by the Kamehameha Schools Distance Learning Policies. Please make sure you read through these documents carefully.
- Collaboration Tool - Chat and Virtual Classroom
Chat can be a valuable synchronous tool to enhance course communication. You are responsible for all communication that takes place within this tool. By default, the Collaboration tool will be turned off. If you choose to use this tool in your course, you will need to make this tool available and record all chat communication. Tutorials are available at: http://atomiclearning.com/blackboard_6- Enable the Collaboration Tool - Section F. Course Options #5
- Archive Chat - Section E. Course Tools #14
Step 3: Enroll students
- Download the enrollment template (Microsoft Excel Document)
The names currently in the template are for the support staff, please leave those names in the template.
Please complete:- The student's first name, last name, and e-mail columns
- The student's first name, last name, and e-mail columns
- Save the document as BB_Enroll_Template_"your last name".xls (e.g. BB_Enroll_Template_sato.xls)
- E-mail the completed template to Christy Sato, chsato@ksbe.edu
- After the students have been batch enrolled, you will receive a confirmation e-mail and the completed template for your records
Step 4: Support for Blackboard
- Blackboard Tutorials - VSDL software tutorials
- Blackboard 6 Instructor Tutorials - Atomic Learning
- If you need assistance with using Blackboard, please contact Educational Technology Services (ETS):
- Darrin Sato, dasato@ksbe.edu, 843-3395
- Alan Akaka, alakaka@ksbe.edu, 843-3426
- Cy Reyes, cyreyes@ksbe.edu, 842-8061
- Alan Tamayose, altamayose@ksbe.edu, 843-3599
- Mimi Wong, mmwong@ksbe.edu, 842-8719
- If you need assistance with accounts, please contact Christy Sato, chsato@ksbe.edu
- What if I forget my password?
- E-mail Christy Sato, chsato@ksbe.edu
- E-mail Christy Sato, chsato@ksbe.edu
- What if a student forgets his/her password?
- We are unable to retrieve passwords due to security. You must reset a student's password in order for him/her to login:
- Reset Password (Flash Animated Tutorial)
*Note: Macromedia Flash Player is required to view animated tutorial
- Who do I contact for training on Blackboard?
- ETS, see support information above
