If you would like to use Blackboard, you need a Blackboard account and you need to ask the Blackboard administrator to create a course for you. Most faculty members already have an account created for them whether they realize it or not. All they have to do is look up their username.

You must request, however, that a course be created for you. Please request your course at least 2 weeks before classes begin in the semester for which you plan to use the course. You may request a course as far in advance as you wish.

Find My Username | Request A Course | Change Your Password

What is Your Username?

Usernames for faculty exist in several formats. Faculty and staff hired after Summer 2005 were assigned a username comprised of their initials and random numbers. Faculty and staff hired before Summer 2005 were originally assigned a username and password comprised of their first initial, last name and social security number. Faculty and staff who have the older usernames and passwords will be assigned new VCCS usernames and passwords in Fall 2006.

To find your new username, follow the instructions below.

Find Your Username

To log in to your Blackboard account, you will need to know your username.

1. Go to: http://www.nvcc.edu/novaconnect.
2. Click on the Find My ID button in the upper left corner.
   
3. Click on either the Find My Username or Look it up links. (Both links will take you to the same place.)
   
   
4. Type Your First Name, Last Name, Birthday and EMPL ID into the text boxes.
5. Click Search.
6. Your Blackboard username and EMPL ID will be displayed on the next page.

If you still have difficulty logging in, contact the IT Help Desk. If you have an old Blackboard username that no longer works, contact the Blackboard Administrator, Michelle Gee at mgee@nvcc.edu

Reset/Change Your Password:

If you want to change your password, you must go to a site maintained by the VCCS called My VCCS. To access this site:

• Go to http://www.nvcc.edu/novaconnect
• Click Find My ID. This will take you to central login page for NovaConnect, Blackboard and Student Email.
• Enter your username and old password to login. You will see a Change My Password link once you have logged in.
• Your new password must contain both letters and numbers and it must be between 6 and 10 characters long.
• This is the password that you will use to login to Blackboard, NovaConnect and your Student Email. If you change your Blackboard password, you change all three passwords.

Request a Course

To create a Blackboard course or account, email Michelle Gee(ELI) mgee@nvcc.edu from your NVCC email.

We recommend leaving yourself plenty of time to develop a new Blackboard course. Faculty are encouraged to request Blackboard courses for courses that they are developing and plan to teach in a future semester. There is no limit to how early you may request a course, but please remember to request your course at least 2 weeks before classes begin for that semester.

In your email include:

• The course number and section
• The course title
• The semester and year it will first be offered
• The first and last name of the instructor
• The NVCC email address of the instructor
• The last 4 digits of the instructor's SSN
• the Instructor's EmplID