EKU Blackboard Users Students, Faculty, and Staff Use full EKU email address & password to log in Log In. Other Blackboard Users Prospective Students, State Government Employees, Non-EKU Email Addresses, EKU Faculty Pretend Student Accounts (Your username with a leading 0) Log In.
Blackboard is the online environment designed to facilitate teaching and learning at EKU. Using Blackboard, you can: Publish your syllabi. Carry on discussions. Provide web links to other resources. Distribute files (PowerPoint, Word docs, PDF, etc.) Create online quizzes. Enable students to submit assignments electronically (via Box or Google)
Using Respondus LockDown Browser - For Instructors. Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) is a tool that you can enable in your Blackboard course to perform a somewhat automated form of test proctoring. LDB is a web browser that will prevent students from opening other programs or going to other websites besides EKU's Blackboard.
Blackboard is EKU's learning management system (LMS):. It provides a Web site for every EKU class and allows students and instructors to participate in class activities online. It offers online storage for course materials, discussion boards, virtual chat, online quizzes, grades, and more.
Blackboard learning management system at Eastern Kentucky University is a resource provided for all students and instructors as a tool to enhance learning. A Blackboard site is made for every class at EKU with instructors and students automatically enrolled.
Once a decision is made, implementation and migration will take place throughout the 2017 and 2018 calendar years. Currently, vendors under consideration include Blackboard SaaS, Instructure Canvas, and Desire2Learn Brightspace.
EKU is known academically for it's nursing, business, and forensic science programs. It is also known for being a good way for those who are from the poorer areas of Kentucky to gain the education they need to be successful in life. Socially, we are known as the biggest party school in Kentucky.
EKU's intercollegiate sports teams compete in the NCAA division 1 level (1-AA in football) in the Ohio Valley Conference. As a student, you'll enjoy free admission to all athletic events.
Eastern Kentucky University is ranked #52 in Regional Universities South. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.
Overall, EKU ranked 3,136 out of 3,790 schools in its overall diversity rating, as reported by the National Center for Education Statistics. Even worse, EKU's racial-ethnic score is 17.26 out of 100.Oct 29, 2021
Public universityEastern Kentucky University (Eastern or EKU) is a public university in Richmond, Kentucky. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools....Eastern Kentucky University.MottoWhere Students and Learning Come FirstTypePublic universityEstablished1874 1906Academic affiliationsSpace-grantEndowment$92.2 million (2021)13 more rows
The school has traditionally had much success on the football field, having won 21 OVC conference titles and two Division I FCS National Championships (then called Division I-AA) in 1979 and 1982, and reaching the finals in 1980 and 1981....Eastern Kentucky Colonels footballOutfitterAdidasWebsiteEKUSports23 more rows
NCAA Division I Football Championship SubdivisionEastern Kentucky Colonels football / Division
New data from the Census Bureau show eastern Kentucky is still struggling with poverty and lagging far behind national and state averages in terms of income. The Bureau's latest American Community Survey shows Bell, Harlan and McCreary counties have some of the lowest median household incomes in the United States.Dec 14, 2018