It is important to keep your personal information current in Blackboard.  This can done on the My Institution page of Blackboard or within any of your Blackboard course pages.

Changing Passwords

1. Click on the "Personal Information" link under the Tools header on the Blackboard UAA page. The Personal Information screen will be displayed.
   
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3. Type in your user name and password.
4. Click on the [Logon] button. The Welcome screen will be displayed.
   
5. Click on the "Change Password" link. The Change password screen will be displayed.
   
6. Enter a new password that meets the guidelines defined on the change screen.
7. Then click on the [Change Password] button
   

Setting Preferred Email Account

In Blackboard, your original e-mail address is set to your University address. Unfortunately, not every student uses this one so e-mails from instructors may not reach you. Make sure your Blackboard e-mail address reflects the account that you use most frequently.

1. Click on the "Personal Information" link under the Tools header on the Blackboard UAA page. The Personal Information screen will be displayed.
2. Click on the "Change Other Account Attributes" link. the UAA Identity Manager Screen will be displayed.
   
3. Type in your user name and password, then click the [Logon] button. The Change User Account Attributes screen will be displayed.
   
4. Type your preferred email address in the Forward UAA email to this email address field.
5. Click the [Save] button.