Login and Browser Check
Blackboard is the online learning management system used to deliver web-enhanced, blended, and fully-online classes at Broward College. Stated simply, Blackboard facilitates the organization of course material on the Web and provides a variety of educational tools and features that can be added to a course. Some of the available tools include: announcements, assessments, assignments, discussions, mail, and learning modules. To use Blackboard, one must know how to use an Internet browser and have basic word processing and computer file management skills. Blackboard users are NOT required to know HTML or computer programming. Blackboard is platform independent, accessible by a variety of hardware and software combinations, and utilizes Web browsers. Thus, students can access their e-learning courses from anywhere they have an Internet connection.
Prior to logging into your e-learning courses, it is essential to run a browser check to ensure that your browser is properly configured so the complete functionality of the learning management system application is available to you. The following illustrations will demonstrate how to login to your e-learning courses and run a browser check.
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Step 1: Launch your Web browser (e.g., Internet Explorer) and go to www.broward.edu/blackboard.
Step 2: Click the Login button (see figure below).
Step 3: The login screen will appear. Click the Check Browser button (see figure below).
Step 4: A new window appears (see figure below). If applicable, follow directions to implement any mandatory or recommended changes.
Step 5: Once your browser is properly configured (you've received 5 green check marks), you are ready to login to your e-learning courses.
Step 6: Close the Browser Check window to return to the login page. Enter your User name (your BC student e-mail user name in lowercase) and Password (your myBC PIN number). Note: You will not be able to login unless you have registered and paid for the course. Click here to obtain your BC student e-mail username.
Step 7: Click the OK button (see figure below).
Step 8: You will arrive at your My Blackboard page and find of your web-enhanced, blended, and fully online courses. Enter the desired course by clicking on the appropriate course title (see figure below).
