Welcome to the home page for the UAB Academic Institute. This site is intended to serve as the gateway for the use of Blackboard Learn in academic courses at UAB.

The materials on this site are organized according to a user's role in a particular Blackboard Learn course.

If you are already familiar with how Blackboard Learn works at UAB and have prepared your computer for the first time, feel free to proceed straight to Login.

FIRST TIME USERS: If you are logging in to Blackboard Learn for the first time, it is necessary that you prepare your computer. Most of the problems people face when using Blackboard can be resolved easily by doing a browser tune-up and adding plug-ins before trying to log in the first time. To learn how to properly setup your computer, please choose the computer setup guide for your computer located here.

If you are an instructor or blackboard school administrator and need access to previous Blackboard Vista courses click here

If you are looking for UAB training courses offered to UAB staff, please go to the UAB Training Institute home page.