Instructions for
Blackboard Learn 9.1: Access and
Basic Navigation
Follow these instructions to access Blackboard Learn 9.1, navigate and edit the ‘My Institution’ page and access the ‘My
Blackboard’ pane.
1. Go to http://blearn.tru.ca and enter
your login credentials.
•
Faculty: your username is your first
initial and last name.
•
Students: your username is your
student number.
•
Your default password is your
birthdate as ‘yymmdd’.
Click ‘Login’.
2. The ‘My Institution’ page contains room
for various Modules which can give you
an overview of all of your courses in
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3. Personalize the ‘My Institution’ page:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
use the ‘Add Module’ button to add or
remove modules (some are required and
cannot be removed),
G
A
F
drag and drop modules using the top
bar of each module,
D
B
minimize or maximize a module by
clicking the triangle to the left of the
module title,
E
personalize a module by clicking the
gear when you hover over the top bar of
a module,
C
click the ‘more ____’ link to see more
items in a module,
click the ‘Personalize Page’ button to
change the colour scheme,
click
Note: Contextual menus only appear when
you hover over an item.
to log out.
4. ‘My Blackboard’ provides an overview of
all of the activity in all of your courses in
one convenient location.
A
C
B
A Click your name in the top, right corner
of any screen in Blackboard.
B You will see links to recently visited
courses and a column of icons.
C Click the top icon to edit your profile in
Blackboard:
D
upload a recent picture,
E
share some information about yourself,
F
enter your tru.ca email address,
G
set your privacy options (preferrably
to ‘My Institution’ which will be visible
to all of your students when they are
logged in to Blackboard).
D
G
E
Click ‘Submit’ to save changes to your
profile.
F
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5. Access timely information about your
courses through ‘My Blackboard’:
A
B
click for a brief overview of all activity in
your courses,
click to see and reply to all posts in your
courses,
C
click to see updates to your course,
D
click to see grades (students only),
E
click to see the Calendar,
F
click to see profiles of others in
Blackboard.
A
B
C
D
E
F
6. Click ‘Thompson Rivers University’ to
return to the ‘My Institution’ page.
Change Your Password!
1. Open ‘My Blackboard and click ‘Settings’
at the bottom.
2. Click ‘Personal Information’.
3. Click ‘Change Password’.
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4. Enter a password that is easy for you
to remember but difficult for others to
guess.
Click ‘Submit’ to save your changes.
Tip:
The best way to increase the difficulty of your password is to
increase the length of your password.
The bad guys know to try caPitaL letters and r@nd0m numb3r$.
If you have questions about this process, please contact Colin at [email protected] or 250.852.6810
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