{"id":1811,"date":"2020-08-30T11:39:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T11:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/?page_id=1811"},"modified":"2026-09-08T19:24:52","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T19:24:52","slug":"key-information-about-blackboard-and-online-learning-for-returning-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/key-information-about-blackboard-and-online-learning-for-returning-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Information about Blackboard and Online Learning for RETURNING Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1811\" class=\"elementor elementor-1811\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f5c768e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f5c768e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f93ace6\" data-id=\"f93ace6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bac0fb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bac0fb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>What is new?<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Microsoft Teams: <\/strong>For online teaching, your instructor may have created a Teams meeting link on your Blackboard site. Please make sure you have installed the MS Teams application on your devices. Please check the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/microsoft-teams-students\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">MS Teams guide for students<\/span><\/a>.<\/p><p><b>GenAI: <\/b>The university has prepared new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westminster.ac.uk\/current-students\/studies\/study-skills-and-training\/guidance-for-students-on-using-generative-ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Guidance for students on the use of Generative AI.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0afb975 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0afb975\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-340ed00\" data-id=\"340ed00\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c80466 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0c80466\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>1. Why is Blackboard so important?<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-605282a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"605282a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1912bc8\" data-id=\"1912bc8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-17f17ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"17f17ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learning.westminster.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blackboard<\/a><\/strong> is the University\u2019s online teaching platform and has areas on it for each module that you will study on your course. You can expect to use Blackboard regularly to access course materials, activities such as online discussions as well as live online teaching sessions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b203da5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b203da5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6e8e628\" data-id=\"6e8e628\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-263c67f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"263c67f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>2. Find out more about Blackboard?<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-427d21f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"427d21f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f0ad62\" data-id=\"1f0ad62\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8e64d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8e64d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First, to get a quick overview of Blackboard, watch these short videos.<\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=fc46f107-1b12-44e3-acf6-b49f00b68c34&amp;start=93.477194\">Blackboard Navigation Menu<\/a><\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/westminster.cloud.panopto.eu\/Panopto\/Pages\/Viewer.aspx?id=4fc5c1e1-7a81-4de9-91d0-b49f00b68c37&amp;start=1.501304\">Blacboard Course Navigation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41952fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41952fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0dd27b6\" data-id=\"0dd27b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-403ccca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"403ccca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>To access Blackboard Ultra at Westminster<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; browse to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/learning.westminster.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>learning.westminster.ac.uk<\/u><span class=\"visually-hidden-always\">(opens in a new tab)<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or alternatively, access it from the Student Hub by clicking on the Blackboard icon.\u00a0<\/p><p>To log in, you will need your University Microsoft account \u00a0(e.g. w1234567@westminster.ac.uk) and your password.<\/p><p>On the login page, you will see that you can download the Student Blackboard Mobile App for your smartphone. You should download this as this will be useful in the receipt of push notifications to your phone.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2555676 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2555676\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-59e7224\" data-id=\"59e7224\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acf58e0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"acf58e0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/UltraLoginPage-1024x574.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-22685\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/UltraLoginPage-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/UltraLoginPage-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/UltraLoginPage-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/UltraLoginPage-1536x860.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2026\/09\/UltraLoginPage.jpg 1680w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Blackboard Ultra login page<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eee3f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eee3f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e54a5c\" data-id=\"0e54a5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94ccfd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"94ccfd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>3. Then, IMPORTANT things you should do<\/strong><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b30e9c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b30e9c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5da5ebf\" data-id=\"5da5ebf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6031d28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6031d28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><p><strong>Set your notifications<\/strong> in Blackboard \u2013 see how to <a href=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/Learn\/Student\/Ultra\/Stay_in_the_Loop\/Notifications\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">set up notifications<\/span><\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Download and install<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.westminster.ac.uk\/blackboardhelp\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Mobile Apps<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p><strong>Watch<\/strong> the Blackboard Mobile App <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=v8ICPtE-9ik\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">introduction video<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is new? 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