Changing Your Personal Information

Within Blackboard you and your students can easily change your preferred email address and other contact information by doing the following:

Editing Your Personal Information

To edit your e-mail address, first/last name information, etc., do the following:

  1. Log into Blackboard and proceed to your course site
  2. Click the Tools button
  3. Click the Personal Information button
  4. Click the Edit Personal Information link
  5. Edit your e-mail address information, first/last name information, etc. as needed
  6. Click the Submit button

Privacy Options - Who Can View Your Personal Information?

If you wish to enter contact information such as home/work/cell phone numbers, home/work address information, etc. into your Personal Information section, be advised that this information is not available to other Blackboard users unless you specify so. To make your information available to all Blackboard users via the User Directory (which can be found under the Tools menu on the left-hand side upon logging into Blackboard), do the following:

  1. Log into Blackboard and proceed to your course site
  2. Click the Tools button
  3. Click the Personal Information button
  4. Click the Set Privacy Options link
  5. Under the Personal Information heading, place checkmarks in the boxes next to the contact information options that you wish to have displayed to all Blackboard users
  6. Place a check in the List my Information in the User Directory box
  7. Click the Submit button

Changing Your Default Language in Blackboard

If you wish to view your personal Blackboard page in a language other than English, you have several choices. These include: Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, and others. Changing your language pack will not affect how students view your course site. If you would like to change your default Blackboard language, do the following:

  1. Log into Blackboard
  2. From the Tools menu on the left, click Personal Information
  3. Click the Set Language Pack link
  4. Select the language you wish to use from the User Language Pack drop-down menu.
  5. Click the Submit button