Blackboard Sponsored Accounts

Why a Blackboard Sponsored Account?

The Office of Technology for Education (OTE) provides Blackboard Sponsored Accounts for Blackboard users who are not eligible for a full Andrew account. These accounts are only good for accessing Blackboard, and will not provide access to any other Carnegie Mellon computing service.

If you need to provide access to Blackboard for someone who is not eligible for an Andrew account, then you will need to submit a request for a Blackboard Sponsored Account.

Who is NOT eligible for an Andrew account?

• Students NOT enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University who are NOT eligible for an Andrew User ID who need access to your Blackboard course.
  
• Course participants (e.g., colleague at another institution who will be participating in your course) who are NOT eligible for an Andrew User ID and are NOT students.

ALL Carnegie Mellon faculty, staff, and students are eligible for Andrew IDs.

Request a Blackboard Sponsored Account

Send an email request and provide the following information:

1. Account holder/user’s information:

• Account Holder's First and Last Name
• Email Address
• Address (personal permanent address or local address)
• Phone number
• Length of time the account will be needed (up to 1 year).


2. Account Sponsor's information:

• Account Sponsor's Name
• Contact information


3. Send your Blackboard Sponsored Account request to: bb-help@andrew.cmu.edu

General Guidelines for Sponsored Account Use

Account holders/users (owners) and their sponsors are held responsible for the correct use of the sponsored account. Sponsored accounts are not to be used for commercial purposes and should serve educational and university purposes.

The following policies apply:

• Use of the sponsored account must:
• Comply with the internet guidelines and ethical standards of Carnegie Mellon. Policies and guidelines are available at:
  http://www.cmu.edu/computing/guideline/index.html
• Comply with the intent of the sponsorship as stated by the account sponsor.
• All questions or changes related to the account must be referred to the account sponsor (a senior staff or faculty person, or a departmental account administrator).
• Cooperation is expected from both sponsors and sponsored accounts holders in any official resource management activities led by Computing Services that may require cooperative participation.
• The account must be used in a reasonably secure manner. This includes using recommended authentication methods and setting a secure password.
  How to change your Andrew password.

Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA)

Students' Rights to Privacy Guidelines published by Enrollment Services:
http://www.cmu.edu/hub/reg/reg_privacy.html

Official policy published by the university on student privacy rights:
http://www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/StPrivacy.html

Instructors: For assistance with using Blackboard, contact bb-help@andrew.cmu.edu