Blackboard is the Learning Management System (LMS) at Medicine Hat College where you can provide material and documents online for your students – even for your face-to-face classes! The purpose of our LMS is to help you reach and engage with your students by providing online tools that allow you to:
Common Questions
Blackboard course shells are automatically created each semester and will be made visible to students on the first day of your scheduled class. Students enrollments are updated hourly.
We provide training and assistance to help get you started using Blackboard. You may also find this article 3 Things to Know to Get Stared Using Blackboard helpful.
Yes! Send an email to callcentre@mhc.ab.ca and let them know which course sections you would like merged. If you want testing to occur at different times for the different sections, we can help you set up Bb Groups so that only the appropriate students see the tests at the appropriate times.
Yes, when you email Announcements they go to the students even when the course isn’t available (before or after the semester).
If you would like to make your course available early or extend the end dates it’s available to your students, check out this tutorial to learn how.
Joan Fleckenstein
Educational Technology Specialist
(403) 529-4860
jfleckenstein@mhc.ab.ca
Michael Pin Chuan Lin
Educational Technology Specialist
(403) 525-2343
mpinchuanlin@mhc.ab.ca