Blackboard Access

.DISTANCE EDUCATION - INT COURSE INFORMATION:

1a. All student users (old and new accounts) will use their student number as the username and the last 4 digits of their SSN or SIN for the password.

1b. Faculty and staff will have another arrangement, usually their last name plus the first letter of their first name, all in lower case letters. For example, John Jones is: jonesj. Faculty and staff may choose their passwords.

1c. IF YOU HAVE TAKEN A BLACKBOARD COURSE IN THE PAST, you were given a username and a password. Your username will be your student number. Your password will remain the same - the last 4 digits of your SSN or SIN. If you have any difficulty with usernames and passwords, please contact either Tom Milano at (716) 829-8133 or Dr. John Murphy at (716) 829-8147.

2. IF YOU ARE NEW TO DISTANCE EDUCATION - INT COURSES (BLACKBOARD COURSES) -
Please click -----> HERE

The website address you type in is

http://www.dyc.edu (then click on) Distance Learning

You then need to click on the link named:

Blackboard

After you click on the above link (Blackboard) you will see a screen which has a link called:

MY BLACKBOARD

After you click on My Blackboard you will be asked to type in a user name and password

Your user name is your student number minus the first and last digits.

Your password is made up of the last four digits of your social security number (SSN) or SIN

For example... for John Smith

John Smith's Student # is: 98765432, which then becomes, 876543.

ss#:123-45-6789

User name = 876543

Password = 6789

Once you get to the MY BLACKBOARD PAGE - CLICK ON THE NAME OF THE COURSE that you want to access.

Please note: if you have trouble accessing the D'Youville College Web page you can go directly to the New Blackboard site:  http://bb6.dyc.edu