New to Blackboard

There are only a few criteria to have a course created at BCM:

1. All students must have a BCM username and password (per our license agreement with Blackboard)
2. The Blackboard Admin must be aware of the number of users enrolled in the course (there is a student limit with our current license)
3. A consultation with the Instructional Designers can be set up prior to course creation. Visit their website. Questions for eLearning can be send by email.
4. Submit a New Course/Organization Shell Request Form
5. Submit a Batch Enroll Request Form. (see the entry below for reference: Getting accounts created in Blackboard (Batch Enroll Info).)

For more information, visit BCM Blackboard Guidelines.

Most official courses offered by Baylor College of Medicine will have a Course Shell created from a template for that term in the Blackboard System. Each Course Shell is created and assigned a course ID according to the terms in the Blackboard Use above and follows the operations calendar below:

Note: Some course shells for cross-listed courses (courses that are listed under two or more schools) are created by the school/system Blackboard Admin following the request of the program director or course director from the primary school listed in CAMS.

1. Go to https://bcm.blackboard.com/
2. Click on the BCM Users button.
3. At the Federated BCM Login page, enter your BCM username and password.
4. In the left navigation, click on Courses, then click on the desired course. 
5. Scroll down to the lower left Control Panel menu to access Course Tools.
6. To return to your list of Blackboard courses click the purple "X" near the top left corner of the screen to close the current course.
7. To log out, click the Signout button in the left navigation. Click End Session and log out to completely log out of SSO or Continue SSO session.

An Introduction to Blackboard (vBrick video)

• This Introduction to Blackboard is being presented by Edgar Gonzalez, a Client Success Manager with Blackboard. This session will focus on the fundamental skills necessary to successfully host a class on Blackboard. This session is perfect for anyone new to Blackboard. 

An Intermediate Blackboard video (vbrick video)

• This Intermediate video is also being presented by Edgar Gonzalez, a Client Success Manager with Blackboard. This session will focus on more advanced skills necessary to be successfully and host a class on Blackboard. This session is perfect for anyone new to Blackboard. 

NOTE: If users have issues accessing the video, they need to contact AV at av@bcm.edu.  The most common issue is that the users name needs to be added to the faculty list to view the video.