Add a profile picture
Upload a photo of yourself to your Blackboard profile. This will let your lecturers see who you are when they look at the list of students enrolled on the Course and when you have made an online contribution, for example when you post as part of a Discussion activity. (Note: Other students on your module/s will be able to see a small thumbnail image of you where this appears.)
In the blank profile area select the pencil to edit, upload a great picture, and save. If you want to update or change this later, repeat the process.
Select another language
The default language for University of Reading is English, and this is reflected in Blackboard when you log in.
Unless you are studying a language, where the course might be set to the study language, all menus are in English.
If you have a language you would prefer to see your course menus and notifications in, you can select this in the personlisation page. The course content will not be translated.
Click on the language, and choose a language from the drop down lists.
Customise your Courses list
Courses in Blackboard normally represent a module, but they can also be used for a programme. You can view the list of Blackboard courses you are enrolled on under the “Courses” tab on your Blackboard dashboard.
1. Change your view
Using the icons just to the left of the search bar, you can choose to view your courses as a list, or as tiles.
2. Search for courses
You can search your courses to easily find the one you need.
3. Filter by academic year
You can use the drop-down list under ‘Terms’ to filter the courses you are enrolled on by academic year.
4. Filters
You can use the drop-down list under ‘Filters’ to select ‘All courses’, ‘Courses I teach’, ‘Courses I am taking’, ‘Open courses’, ‘Private courses’, or ‘Completed courses’
5. Add courses to Favourites
You can click on the star icon on the right-hand side to add courses to your ‘Favourites’ so that they always appear at the top of the list.
6. Closed / unavailable courses
Any courses shown here as ‘Closed’ are unavailable to students. Your lecturers will make courses available to you at an appropriate time. If there are any unavailable modules which you think you should already be able to access, please raise this with your lecturer.
Courses ending PR are programme courses are created automatically each year you are studying and are rarely used for teaching and learning. They will usually remain Private.