Blackboard is where all online courses take place.
You log into Blackboard using your USC Network Username and Password.
The previous Blackboard app does not work with USC-Columbia's Multifactor Authentication system. However, the new BB Student app will. This new app can be downloaded from your App Store, and is for free.
Here's how to install the new app:
For more information on the Blackboard Student app, please see the Bb Student app help page.
Blackboard uses the email address set as your Preferred University Email Address. This should always be set to your official USC Aiken email address which ends with @usca.edu. Please confirm this is set correctly to ensure you receive all messages sent to you by your professors and classmates in Blackboard and other university systems.
To check the email address listed in Blackboard...
To change your Preferred Email Address...
If you do not have an @usca.edu address available to you as an option in the "Preferred University Email Address" drop down, please notify the Help Desk immediately. We will need to open a ticket with the Blackboard Support team to have this corrected.
You log into Blackboard using your USC Network Username and Password.
To reset this username and password:
Be sure to remember your USC Network Username and Password since it may be different than your USCA Network/PacerStudent account.