Professor T. Cherry

Creating a CUNY Portal ID1. www.cuny.edu2. Click on Log in

3. Click on Register Now

4. Click on the appropriate affiliation

5. Enter the appropriate information.6. Click next.

If you get the following message:“You did not complete one or any of the required fields.

Please try again.”CALL THE HELP DESK: 718-368-6679

If all goes well…

The system will ask you for a user id and password to be used for future sign-in.

1. a. Select a user ID that you can remember, preferably your first initial plus last

name. For example, Riley Freeman might use rfreeman. b. Select a password that you can remember.

2. You will only have three tries to enter the correct password the next time you sign in. If you

do not enter the correct password  within the three tries, you will be locked out from the system

for one hour.

ONE TIME!!!

Once you have a CUNY portal ID,you can access Blackboard through:

1. www.cuny.edu

or

2. The Kingsborough Community College homepage.

e.g. From the KCC website

1. Click on log-in

2. Enter your portal ID (username & password)

3. Click on Blackboard4. Click on student next to Kingsborough Community

College5. You will see a Welcome screen with your name on it.

6. Click on our course (e.g. HIS0101 D01B: American History…)

You Are In…!!!

For More Detailed Instruction, Visit:www.kbcc.cuny.edu Click on “Blackboard” located on the

homepageUnder the Heading, “Student

Blackboard Access Information”, click on “Creating a Portal ID”

OR…“Accessing Blackboard”