Please continue to use the regular "Blackboard Login" button, unless you have been informed by the instructor that your course is part of Blackboard 9 pilot. Please check with your instructor to confirm.

Clicking "Blackboard 9 Pilot Login" will take you into a different Blackboard system.

Attention Blackboard 9 Pilot Users

Tomorrow morning, November 18 between 7:30 a.m. to 7:35 a.m., our Blackboard Team will be applying a set of patches that will address a few issues in Blackboard 9. There is no downtime required, except a few minutes of restart time and the effect should be minimal..

New Features in Blackboard 9

Blackboard has released Version 9 with many new and improved features.  And Cal Poly Pomona will be upgrading our Blackboard environment to this new version, Bb9, starting in Fall in a limited, pilot test mode.  During the Fall 2009 and Winter 2010 Quarters pilot testing of Blackboard 9 will continue while most of the courses are taught in the current version. If all goes well with the testing, all courses will be migrated to the new version in time for the Fall 2010 Quarter. Please review “What’s New in Bb9” for a brief summary of the new features.

Change Your Password For Security

Students need to use secure passwords to access Blackboard. Students who do not have secure passwords will be sent emails advising them to change. To set your password, go to http://www.csupomona.edu, and click on "Change Your BroncoPassword."

Getting Ready for Winter 2010 Quarter

Double-check your Winter 2010 courses in Blackboard 9
After November 3rd, 2009, please check to make sure your Winter 2010 courses have been auto-created in Blackboard 9. Your Winter 2010 courses should be listed under My Courses on the My Blackboard page. My Blackboard page is the first page you will see after you log in successfully.
If you cannot find your Winter 2010 courses in Blackboard 9, please contact the Help Desk at (909)869-6776.

Make sure your Winter 2010 courses are available
All the Winter 2010 courses that have been auto-created will be “unavailable”. This is to prevent any confusion if you decide not to use the course site. If you would like to use the course, please make the course available to your students.

No Need to Use the Course Request Form
Please note that after the quarterly maintenance, you do NOT need to fill out Blackboard course request form to request a new course site for Winter since all Winter 2010 courses will have been auto-created.

Export Course Materials from Bb 7 Course to a Bb 9 Course
You can export course materials from a Bb 7 course to a Bb 9 course yourself. If the Bb 7 course contains Content Collection fiels, you can request us to export the course materials, including the Content Collection files, to Bb 9 for you by using the LMS request form.

Further Assistance
If you need assistance, please free to contact the Help Desk at (909)869-6776 fill out the eHelp request form. You can also review our Blackboard eHelp to find useful tutorials.

Blackboard workshops
For more information regarding the registration, please visit http://www.csupomona.edu/~elearning/workshops.shtml

Important Note Regarding College of Extended University (CEU) Students

In order to ensure CEU students have access to Blackboard courses in a timely manner, please follow these instructions:

Registration
After signing the Open University Petition and Prerequisite Form brought to you by the student on the first day of class, please encourage the student to submit the forms to the CEU office (Building 220-C) and pay their fees as soon as possible. Once the CEU receives the forms and payment, the student will be entered into the system for account creation.

Bronco Account Activation
After the student’s account has been created, the student must activate their Bronco account.  For instructions, please visit the tutorial on how to claim or activate a Bronco account.

Blackboard Enrollment
Once the student’s Bronco account is activated, the instructor will need to manually enroll the students into their Blackboard courses.

Other Campus Maintenance Schedule

Campus networks and services may experience maintenance outages between 5:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. daily and between 9:30 p.m. and midnight on Thursdays. These outages may affect Blackboard. For more information, see the Alerts, Status, and Maintenance page.