I have an access key for my Blackboard course. What is that used for?
(5/24/2002) Access keys are different than the username and password required by Blackboard. To maintain privacy, every user of the Blackboard system is assigned a username and password. However, not every user needs an access key. Access keys are used when the instructor has included materials in his or her course from another source, typically the publisher of the textbook being used in the course. Publishers ensure that users have paid for use of the materials and protect their intellectual property by making students enter an access key. For most courses, student access keys are purchased from the book publisher along with other materials for the course at the bookstore. They are normally packaged with new textbooks. For used textbooks, they usually can be purchased separately. For a few courses, KCC has purchased the access keys for you and they are distributed by the course instructor. Even if your Blackboard course site uses an access key, you can still get into the courses site
