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Southeastern Blackboard FAQs and HOW-TOs
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Logging In...

  • FAQ1: What is my username/password?
  • FAQ2: I have forgotten my username/password.  How can I be reminded?

Verifying Your Email Address...

  • FAQ3: How do I check to see what email address has been loaded in Southeastern Blackboard?
  • FAQ4: My email address is incorrect... How do I update my email address?

Course Availability...

  • FAQ5: When will my course for the upcoming semester be available?
  • FAQ6: My courses from this past semester have disappeared!  What happened?
  • FAQ7: Past semester courses (or courses I have dropped) are still showing up in my course listing.  How do I remove past courses?
  • FAQ8: My instructor says to check Southeastern Blackboard, but their course is not listed as one I am currently enrolled in.  How do I access this instructor's course?
  • FAQ9: Tinker and OCCC Students - My course is not listed in Blackboard.
  • FAQ10: IETV Students - My course is not showing up.

Error Messages...

  • FAQ11: I can access Bb from home and from the Southeastern campus, but not from my work. Why is that?
  • FAQ12: When I tried to log in, I received the error "could not validate login credentials".
  • FAQ13: When logging into Southeastern Blackboard, I receive an error to contact the system administrator.  The second time I enter my user information, I can usually get in. 
  • FAQ14: When trying to access Southeastern Blackboard, I receive the following error:  "An error occurred in the authentication module.: Error occurred while trying to lookup the current session in the database."
  • FAQ15: I received the following error: "An error occurred while the system was processing this login request." when trying to log in to Southeastern Blackboard.

Getting Help & Other Miscellaneous Questions...

  • FAQ16: I would like to save Southeastern Blackboard as a favorite.
  • FAQ17: What are the minimum hardware/software requirements for Southeastern Blackboard?
  • FAQ18: What are some of the plug-ins I might need for a course in Blackboard?
  • FAQ19: How do I request technical support when using Southeastern Blackboard?
  • FAQ20: The text on my computer screen is very small.
  • FAQ21: Once inside Southeastern Blackboard, is there a place to get additional help? 

Inside My Course...

  • FAQ22: There is a padlock listed for a quiz/exam in my gradebook.  What does it mean and how can I see my grade?
  • FAQ23: My instructor mentioned that a syllabus, PowerPoint presentation or other course file has been posted into Blackboard.  However, I can't seem to find it.  Where is it?
  • FAQ24: I am supposed to use the "Assignment tool" to upload a document.  How do I do this?
  • FAQ25: What if I did not find the answer to my question - where can I go for additional help?
 
 

Document created by The Center for Instructional Development and Technology.
If you have any questions, please email blackboard@se.edu.

Last Updated: 05/20/2008