Q: How do I keep AOL from disconnecting me from Blackboard?

America Online (AOL) is incompatible with Blackboard and students cannot use AOL to with their Blackboard classes. To access Blackboard, AOL users must download a standard (or stand-alone) version of either Mozilla Firefox or Internet Explorer. Then follow these procedures to access Blackboard:

1. Connect to AOL as you normally do, but stay at the AOL welcome page.
2. Minimize but do not close the AOL window to keep AOL running in the background.
   Explorer or Firefox will then use your AOL Internet connection.
3. Launch Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.
4. Login to Blackboard using Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox.