About Blackboard Learn

Students and faculty can participate in classes delivered online or access online materials and activities to complement face-to-face classroom experiences using Blackboard Learn, the University of Arkansas learning management system.

You can log onto Blackboard Learn at learn.uark.edu with your UARK username and password.

• Email, discussion boards, and chat communication tools
• Gradebook and assessment tools
• Assignment submission and plagiarism detection
• Tools for incorporating and linking content, exchanging files, and managing a calendar
• Blogs and journals

Support

The Help Desk staff supports Blackboard Learn and provides training for faculty to digitize, update or create course content in formats suitable for use in Blackboard Learn.

Blackboard Learn support documentation is available at TIPS. Online help is available at help.uark.edu  or by calling 479-575-2905.

Blackboard Help Desk Hours:

• Help Desk Hours
  Monday – Friday, 7 a.m. to midnight
  Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.Blackboard specialists are available until midnight on Sundays by calling 479-575-HELP (4357) and selecting the option for Blackboard support or emailing bbhelp@uark.edu.

Outages

If you experience a problem with Blackboard Learn, check your computer and connection, and confirm that Blackboard Learn is currently available by visiting help.uark.edu and checking for alerts. Call 479-575-2905 during Help Desk hours or 479-575-2904 after hours to alert technical staff if Blackboard Learn is not responding.

Copy or Combine Courses

A Blackboard Learn course will be automatically created for each class managed through UAConnect. Faculty can copy previous course content.

UAConnect combined course sections are automatically created in Blackboard Learn with a single merged course.

Integrated Classroom Tools

Third-party applications supported within Blackboard Learn include:

• Respondus online test creation and secure testing environment
• Collaborate Ultra web conferencing
• SafeAssign plagiarism prevention service
• Echo360 personal recording and lecture capture, making class sessions available to students on demand through Blackboard
• Kaltura video streaming
• Clicker integration with Grade Center