wichita kansas blackboard

What is blackboard?

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Will students see classes in Blackboard Learn or blackboard ultra?

What is Blackboard? Welcome to Blackboard, Wichita State University's Learning Management System (LMS). An LMS is an online learning environment that supports face-to-face, hybrid, flipped, and online instruction. Unlike an unprotected website environment, an LMS like Blackboard provides a FERPA compliant space for student learning.

What happened to old blackboard?

Blackboard Ultra is the New Blackboard Wichita State is transitioning from the original Blackboard Learn learning management system to Blackboard Ultra from now through December 2022. Until this transition is complete, students will likely see classes in both interfaces. Come here for information about how to do tasks in Blackboard Ultra.

How do I login to blackboard as a faculty or student?

Navigating Blackboard In This Section Logging Into the System After you have registered with Wichita State as a faculty or student you will be given a myWSU ID number. You should login to the Blackboard homepage by logging in to mywsu.wichita.edu . Please note that the myWSU portal will "time out" after 30 minutes.

Logging Into the System

After you have registered with Wichita State as a faculty or student you will be given a myWSU ID number. You should login to the Blackboard homepage by logging in to mywsu.wichita.edu .

Inside Blackboard

You have a variety of features to explore inside Blackboard. A typical welcome screen looks like the one below and includes a variety of links. You will see a list of the classes you have registered for under the "Courses" tab, or the "My Courses" link.

Communicating Online

Good communication is an essential part of online courses. Your course may include discussion boards or forums, virtual classroom or chat, as well as email communication. (Refer to the "Ensuring Your Success" section of this orientation for guidelines about communicating online).

Homework Assignments and Activities

Assignments and activities in your online class, much like in a traditional classroom, vary from subject to subject. Possible classroom components include readings, research (library and Internet), streaming video, virtual labs, animation-based activities and charts.

Exams and Quizzes: Proctored or Non-proctored

Some of your online courses require you to take proctored exams. You should be informed of this in the course syllabus or a Blackboard announcement. A proctored exam is taken under the observation of an approved person (proctor), usually at a testing facility.

Grading

After completing an assignment, online quiz or exam, you can access your scores by looking in the Tools menu along the left-hand side of your screen, then on "My Grades." On the My Courses/Organizations page, you can click on the course you want to see your grades for. Consult your syllabus for course-specific grading policies.

Blackboard Ultra

Blackboard Ultra is Blackboard's upgraded Learning Management System, and Wichita State will be gradually shifting to it throughout 2021 and 2022. Don't worry, this is not something that will be changed suddenly, and you will have ample opportunities for help and training throughout the process.

Preliminary Ultra Rollout Schedule

Early Pilot of Ultra system, spring term 2021. An early "pilot pilot" is underway, and if you are interested in joining it, please email a request to [email protected].