Blackboard Learn™

Welcome to the Blackboard e-Education platform—designed to enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and technology.

System Announcements

• ***BLACKBOARD OUTAGE PLANNED*** (Wednesday, March 10, 2010)
  
    Blackboard Maintenance
  
  When:  Monday, March 15, 2010 9:00 PM CDT
  
  through
  
  Tuesday, March 16, 2010 8:00 AM CDT
  
  
  NOTE:  During this maintenance, the server may be up and down.  Please plan your activity around this outage and do not attempt to take quizzes or turn in work during this time period. 
• Bookmark Blackboard (Sunday, February 28, 2010)
  It is very important that you bookmark the direct URL to Blackboard in the event that there is a problem with the L&C website. 
  
  To access Blackboard classes:
  http://blackboard.lc.edu
  
  Some other campus addresses you may be interested in are:
  
  To access Gmail: http://www.lc.edu/gmail
  To access BlazerNet: https://discovery.lc.edu/WebAdvisor/WebAdvisor
  To access the
  Library Card Catalog: http://auth.carli.illinois.edu/login/module/login.cgi?properties=ebsco&secure_page=ebsco,profile=aspTo access the
  Library Academic Search Premier: https://i-share.carli.illinois.edu/lac/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First
• Clear Your Web-browser Cache (Wednesday, February 17, 2010)
  Have you cleared your web-browser cache lately?  If not, it is important to do it on a regular basis - especially if you are having problems accessing Blackboard. 
  
  Internet Explorer
  
  1. Click on Tools > Internet Options > General tab > Browsing History heading > Delete.
  2. Under Temporary Internet Files, click Delete Files
  3. On the next window, click Yes and it will start the deletion. 
  
  
  Changing the Setting for your cache
  You should also change your setting for your cache to "Every time I visit the webpage". 
  

  1. Click on Tools > Internet Options > General tab > Browsing History heading > Settings
  2. Click on the radio button for "Every time I visit the webpage" and click Ok
  This video shows you how to do both clearing your cache and how to change your cache setting.  http://screencast.com/t/MzJkOGU1ODA
  Firefox
  1. Click on Tools > Clear Recent History.  
  2. You only need to clear the Cache and Cookies.  If anything else is checked, uncheck them and click Clear Now.

  This video shows you how to clear your cache in Firefox. 
  http://screencast.com/t/MzJkOGU1ODA