To access Blackboard, you must have a CUNY PORTAL ID.

• Bb8 continues to work  normally -- and has been working normally for quite a while  now. Things are looking much better these days.
  However, there have been a few reports this week that Bb login does not function properly , but these problems appear to be intermittent and fleeting (though clearly annoying when they occur). In this case, try using another browser and/or reboot your computer and try again. However, we have alerted CUNY/CIS  and we will keep you posted on new developments all through the holiday weekend via this page. We are aware that finals for summer  courses are coming up next week ....
  (Problems and solutions in the recent past, updated 7/1)
  
  However, just in case something goes wrong (again), we urge all faculty to consider alternate ways to make essential course materials available to their students. We first posted suggestions how to deal with a Bb outage in March and we are continuously updating this page. Contact Bb support for assistance with implementing any of these suggestions.
  
  
• If  you  experience problems with access to Bb8 at all or extreme slow response at a time when we report normal operation, please contact us and  provide detailed information. 
• As a precaution, keep periods of entering text into Bb8 short and save your work frequently, e.g., by using "copy-and-paste" and (for faculty) attaching files to "items" rather than entering longer text directly via the Bb text editor, to avoid any loss of work (this is the recommended practice anyway).
  
  
• How to deal with a Bb outage (for faculty) -- just in case (updated 6/16)
• What to do if you can't log in or the Bb pages display slowly (updated 4/24)
• Notes on some recent problems -- and solutions -- with Bb features and components (updated 6/24)
  

We appreciate your patience and understanding during the past months, it was a difficult spring semester.

Portal Password Reset 

If you have forgotten your CUNY Portal / Blackboard Username or password, click here. As of Jan 14, 2009, you can reset your user name and/or password using your confidential information -- or you can have a new preliminary password mailed to your e-mail address on record as before.

Information for Students

Information for Faculty

You will need a CUNY Portal account to access Blackboard.  See our instructions for creating a portal account. Once you have a CUNY Portal account, access Blackboard by logging in to the CUNY Portal. When you log into Blackboard, you may not see links for all Hunter courses for which you are registered because course sites are created in 'unavailable' state. Please ask your instructor if he/she will be using Blackboard. Blackboard Help Documents For further assistance contact the Student Help Desk at (212) 650-3624 or studenthelpdesk@hunter.cuny.edu ICIT's Technology Resource Center offers workshops for students (mostly on basic applications like Word, Excel, or Powerpoint). No registration needed.

You will need a CUNY Portal account to access Blackboard.  See our instructions for creating a portal account. Once you have a CUNY Portal account, access Blackboard by logging in to the CUNY Portal. Courses from Spring and Fall 2008 have been migrated to the Bb8 server to facilitate re-use of materials. (Students should access the original course sites on the Bb6 server.) Overview of New Bb8 Features Blackboard Help Documents For further assistance  send an e-mail message to bb@hunter.cuny.edu or contact the Faculty Help Desk at (212) 772-HELP (772-4357). Blackboard workshops  are available through ICIT's Technology Resource Center