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Blackboard & Canvas

Blackboard is the original Learning Management System (LMS) chosen by UMass Boston to help professors manage and deliver courses to students. To access Blackboard, visit the login page at https://umb.umassonline.net and log in with your UMass Boston email user name and password.

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Transition to Canvas

Over the course of the 2024-2025 academic year, UMass Boston is transitioning from the Blackboard LMS to the Canvas LMS. Learning Design is coordinating this migration.

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Blackboard Guidance & Support

Teaching with Blackboard

Learning with Blackboard: Student Orientation

The following is a list of guides and demonstrations that we recommend you provide to students to help orient them to Blackboard. 

Course Design Guidance

Contact Learning Design Services at learningdesign@umb.edu for help with designing your course according to best practices established at UMass Boston.

Blackboard Policies & Procedures

Please see Blackboard Policies and Procedures for important information regarding the use of Blackboard at UMass Boston.

Blackboard Course Data Storage Policy

Courses taught on Blackboard are stored for three years. Faculty are encouraged to download archives of their courses. Learn more about the Blackboard Course Data Storage Policy and access resources for archiving and importing content.

Request Your Content Copied

The university provides a Blackboard course shell for every class listed in WISER, with a blank template already applied. To reuse content from a previous semester please fill out the Course Content Request form.

Technical Support

24/7 technical assistance is available to students and faculty via the Online Support Center. The same is accessible through the Help button present in all Blackboard courses.

Learning Design Services

Healey Library, 3rd Floor
Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
learningdesign@umb.edu

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