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Your Display Name that appears on Blackboard is drawn from the first and last name that the University has on record for you. Faculty and Staff have the option to modify this information without needing to request an official name change - this can be done by using  the "Chosen Name" fields on Colleague Self-Service. This video tutorial for Faculty and University Employees shows how to access and use this tool to update one's Blackboard Display name.

There are occasionally situations in which a course section on Colleague is "cancelled" for the purpose of modifying the course's name or ID. In these situations, extra steps need to be taken to ensure that the corresponding Blackboard shell is modified (instead of a new Blackboard shell being created), and that the enrollment data is re-mapped so it will flow to this existing Blackboard shell. This article explains the steps that need to be taken to ensure that this occurs properly.

Blackboard's Name Pronunciation feature allows all users (Students, faculty or staff) to type out and record audio of how they would prefer their displayed name to be pronounced, which appears alongside their Blackboard Avatar on Discussion Forum postings, Groups, Class rosters, and in Grading areas. This article provides steps for users to enable this feature, and shows where it displays for both faculty and for students.