Blackboard

If you are enrolled in one of my courses you have an ID and a PASSWORD that you can use to get the course material.

• Your ID consists of the first six letters of your last name followed by the last two digits of your social security number.
  • If your last name is "Smith" and your social security number ends with "99" then your ID is "smith99".
  • If your last name is "Zuckerman" and your social security number ends with "99" then your ID is "zucker99".
• Your PASSWORD consists of the letter "s" followed by the last six digits of your social security number.
  • If your social security number is "123-45-6789" your PASSWORD is "s456789".
• All the letters in your ID and PASSWORD are lower case.
• You can change your PASSWORD after you log onto Blackboard.
• If your are already using Blackboard in another course then you should see the label for this course when you log onto Blackboard.
• If you already have an ID and PASSWORD on matrix you will notice that your Blackboard ID and PASSWORD are constructed according to the same rules rules we used to construct your matirx ID and your initial PASSWORD. However, your Blackboard and matrix PASSWORDS are independent of each other. If you change either one of them that will not change the other. These two passwords are not synchronized.