IT Support

Tool Availability in Blackboard Courses

To use any of the tools listed below in your Blackboard site, you must first enable the item(s) on your Tool Availability page. It’s easy: On your course menu, open Customization > Tool Availability. Scroll to the item and check the box(es). Click the Submit button to complete your work.

Issue: Network speed or connection issues (Residence Halls and around campus)

Fixes:

Multi-factor authentication (MFA) and two-factor authentication (2FA) are security processes that require individuals to provide two or more authentication factors before granting access to an account or system. These authentication factors typically fall into three categories:

Log into EKU Blackboard site using your EKU email username and password.

On the left-hand menu, click the Courses link then click the course you want to add content to:

This knowledgebase article will describe 'use commands' available in Teams

This knowledgebase article will explain how to use live captions in a Teams meeting

In order to reduce load on the Blackboard servers, it is a good practice not to upload videos directly to Blackboard.  Instead, all EKU users have an account on stream.microsoft.com where they can upload and share videos to other EKU users.  This tutorial illustrates how to use this feature to embed video content in to your Blackboard course without hosting the videos on the Blackboard server.

First, go to stream.microsoft.com and click on the sign in button in the top right:

Before you leave

If you have difficulty authenticating after crossing a time zone

Respondus LockDown Browser (LDB) is a tool that you can enable in your Blackboard course to perform a somewhat automated form of test proctoring.  LDB is a web browser that will prevent students from opening other programs or going to other websites besides EKU's Blackboard.  NOTE: Respondus Monitor is an option within LDB that automatically records the students' monitor display and their webcam.