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Classes offered solely online and/or classes that include an online component are provided through “Blackboard”, the City University of New York’s course management system (online teaching tool). It is the place where you will attend class, communicate with your instructors and classmates, access student resources and perform many other important functions that you would normally have to go to a campus to do.
Online learning is, in many ways, exactly the same as the traditional classroom: you will have a professor and classmates; your professors will expose you to interesting ideas, books and readings; you will do research, prepare assignments and write papers; and you will engage in lively discussion with your classmates. You and your classmates will ask questions of the professor and each other; discuss the answers; and submit assignments (on-time, online). Each of these activities is accomplished, online, through Blackboard.
The Blackboard course management system is a highly interactive set of web pages and online communication tools that include links to syllabi, readings, videos, assignments, external websites and include access to discussion threads, chat rooms, blogs, wikis and more. Details on navigating Blackboard and using the tools it offers are available in your orientation site.
Your use of Blackboard will vary depending on the program in which you are enrolled. For many students, face-to-face meetings will be the primary teaching tool utilized throughout your program. Other students may have classes on Blackboard instead of meeting face-to-face throughout the entire semester or for several classes in one course.
Accessing Blackboard
Connecting to Blackboard is through the CUNY Portal gateway.
- Log into the CUNY Portal (for instructions click here).
- In the Blackboard Gateway box select Blackboard 8.0.
- From there you will be able to access the course sites you are enrolled in.
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