Blackboard Mobile

Now available at Northeastern University


The Blackboard Mobile Learn application allows students and instructors to access Blackboard while on the go by giving students and educators access to their courses, content and organizations over WiFi* and Sprint 3G/4G* on a variety of mobile devices including Android, iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, BlackBerry, and Palm WebOS smartphones.
Blackboard Mobile Learn offers features for easy viewing of Blackboard content on mobile devices. Some features include: viewing and posting announcements, discussions, blogs, tasks, view roster, and journals.  
Blackboard Mobile Learn also supports playing embedded media such as videos and music from a course’s Blackboard site.  
Students can also view grades for assignments on mobile devices using Blackboard Mobile Learn.
Student Features:
  • View selected course content for your available courses
  • View Announcements, Tasks, Class Roster, Grades, and some types of embedded media.
  • Participate in Discussion Board forums, Blogs, and Journals
  • Comment on classmates’ blogs and journals.

Instructor Features:
  • Create and view Announcements.
  • Create and view Discussion Board threads.
  • Post comments on students’ Blogs and Journals.
  • View Tasks, Class Roster, and embedded media.
To use Blackboard Mobile, start by downloading the app for your device:
Click here, then download the application for your platform.
After you have installed the application, run it and search for "Northeastern" in the list of schools.


*Students and Faculty can access the application if they use one of the following devices:


• Sprint Android via 3G/4G
• Sprint Blackberry via 3G/4G
• Sprint Palm device via 3G/4G
• iPad, iPod Touch, iPhone on a Wi-Fi connection
Students using Androids, Blackberrys, or Palm devices on other carriers are not able to access Blackboard Mobile Learn.