(For JSU students, faculty and staff)
Blackboard User Name: Your Blackboard User Name is the prefix of your assigned JSU email address.
Blackboard Password: Your default Blackboard Password is the four (4) digits of your birth month and day plus the last 4 digits of your JSU ID number, not your social security number (i.e. if your birthday is February 29th and the last 4 digits of your JSU ID number are 4321, then your Blackboard Password would be 02294321). We recommend you change your password the first time you login. If you don't know your JSU ID number, please contact the Registrar's office at (256) 782-5400. If you are, or have been a JSU employee, you may need to contact Human Resources at (256) 782-5007.
IMPORTANT NOTE REGARDING USER NAMES AND PASSWORDS: If you are, or have been in the past, a JSU employee and you are registered for classes, or have registered for classes in recent semesters, your Blackboard and other JSU accounts have been consolidated in JSU's new Banner information system (which is the system behind MyJSU). Because of this, student/employee Blackboard accounts have also been consolidated. In most cases, your Blackboard login will be based on your employee email and ID. Please try both your student login, and your employee based login. If neither will work, please contact the Office of Distance Education for assistance (for Blackboard only). You may e-mail us at DLHelp@jsu.edu or call (256) 782-8172.
Other Blackboard User Names and Passwords
If you are not a JSU employee or student, you may have been assigned a special Blackboard account at the discretion of a Blackboard administrator. If you are participating in a workshop offered through JSU on Blackboard, your workshop leader/instructor should be able to assist you with obtaining an account and/or providing you with your user name and password. If you obtained a special account for another reason and can't remember your user name and password, please contact DLHelp@jsu.edu for assistance. Please provide your full name, reason for having the account, Blackboard course you need to access and any other information that may be helpful in providing you with assistance.
