Blackboard Connect
Access Portal
Make your messages more effective and your audience more responsive. Give them the information that matters most to them, on the device and timetable they prefer. The Blackboard Connect™ Access Portal is a powerful tool that allows your community to customize their messaging experience. So you can deliver more targeted and relevant alerts.
View or listen to recent messages
Community members miss a message? The Connect Access Portal gives your recipients an at-a-glance view into the messages you have sent. They can view email and SMS, even play back audio messages.
Update contact information
Increase your contact database. Allow recipients to add and modify contact information on their own time. No more one-time registration periods. Save administrative staff time and energy previously spent on database maintenance.
Set message delivery preferences
Customize your community’s experience. With the Connect Access Portal, stakeholders can set mode preferences—sending outreach messages to email, for example, and emergency messages to SMS.
Subscribe to your message groups
With the Connect Portal, you can create new subscriber groups that your audience can opt into. K-12 schools can create groups for PTA members or parent volunteers. Local governments can set groups for trash collection or crime alerts. Universities can create student groups for athletic boosters or career services updates. And when your audience self-selects, you do not have to worry that outreach messages might diminish your effectiveness in an emergency.