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Welcome to Western’s Blackboard Online Learning Community My Western Email Western Home Page System Announcements Student ID numbers changed (Friday, February 23, 2024) The transition to the new student information system required a change to your student id number. Please note: Your Student ID number has changed to include the letter w” before the number: If you had a 9-digit ID number beginning with two zeros 001234567” it has become w1234567” If had a 7-digit ID number 1234567” it has become w1234567” To log into blackboard, MyWestern and to log in to any on-campus computers, you will use your new Student ID number. Your password will remain the same, as will your student email address. 7 week courses coming Summer and Fall of 2024 (Friday, January 26, 2024) 7-week courses coming Summer and Fall of 2024! Western is transitioning most courses to a 7-week format. That means there will be two 7-week Sessions in each term: Summer, Fall, and Spring. You’ll have fewer courses at once to focus on, while earning the same … or even more credits … each term. Learn more here: 7-weeks Blackboard Login (Tuesday, January 23, 2024) Please login to blackboard using the new Single Sign On (SSO) option where it says ’Click Here to Login’ using your western email address. We will be transitioning to using just this login in the near future, please make sure it works for you . The other option will be discontinued. Information (Friday, May 7, 2021) Western’s Student Resource Request system is available to students to help when life situations get in the way of your success. Complete the Student Resource Request and a staff member will reach out to help navigate campus and community resources. If you need assistance, please contact our help desk: call 6087896266 or email pcservice@westerntc.edu Please remember also to check our knowledge base at https://kb.westerntc.edu/ to see if we already have a solution in place for your problem. Our regular hours are 7:30am to 5pm Monday thru Thursday and 7:30am to 4pm on Friday. Blackboard Browser Checker Supported Browsers Downloading Respondus LockDown Browser If your instructor requires the Respondus L ockdown Browser for testing it can be downloaded here to use on your personal computer: Respondus Lockdown Browser Login using Western’s SSO by clicking on the button Click Here to login Enter your Western username and password to log in to Blackboard Please enable JavaScript in your browser for the Blackboard application to function. Username Password Forgot Password? Multi-Factor Authentication Step 1 Download and install any authenticator app (e.g. Microsoft Authenticator, Google Authenticator, or Authy ) on your phone. Step 2 Open the authenticator app and scan the image below using your phone’s camera or copy the key. Open the authenticator app and copy the key below. ${mfaSecretKey} Copy key - Key copied Step 3 Press next to enter the code and associate it with your account Cancel Next Multi-Factor Authentication Type the Code Type the 6-digit temporary code generated with your authenticator application Back Submit Multi-Factor Authentication You are all set You have enabled multi-factor authentication using your authenticator app. We will now ask for a login code anytime you log in. We will now ask for a login code anytime you log in on a device we don’t recognize. Done Sign in with third-party account https://login.microsoftonline.com/5e83780e-47ff-4172-99e4-1a59d71b4020/federationmetadata/2007-06/federationmetadata.xml?appid=83082dc5-c9cb-4332-a815-6aecf806350a Welcome to the Blackboard e-Education platform—designed to enable educational innovations everywhere by connecting people and...