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Blackboard Vista

What is it?

Blackboard Vista is a powerful learning management system that is designed to facilitate you in your face-to-face and online classes. Using web-based tools, Blackboard Vista helps you easily deliver course content, post grades, send email, and maintain a course calendar.  You can also deliver online exams, let students submit their assignments electronically, and hold online discussions. The user-friendly interface encourages instructor-student interaction and the result is a highly personalized learning experience. It is the cutting edge in learning management systems.

FACT provides the training and support you need to effectively use Blackboard Vista.

FACT has a designated an Instructional Designer (ID) for your department. Your ID will provide Blackboard support and answer other questions you may have regarding your online and/or on-site instruction. If you are unable to contact your ID and you need immediate help, please call our main number 797-9506.

Find your Instructional Designer

Each department has a designated Instructional Designer (ID). Find your ID below. If you are unable to contact your ID and you need immediate help, please call our main number 797-9506.   

For routine Blackboard assistance which is provided on a first-come /first-serve basis, please contact your Instructional Designer.  Non-routine Blackboard assistance will be fulfilled on a first scheduled/first served basis, and can have an expected turn-around time of three working days, at the minimum.

For any training or development requests, schedule a time with your Instructional Designer, as training and development requests will be fulfilled on a first scheduled/first served basis.

 
  Work Phone   Mobile Phone
Rebecca Clark 797-2621 rebecca.clark@usu.edu  
Carrie Dabb 797-0936 carrie.dabb@usu.edu 232-2357
Sandy Durtschi 797-0790 sandy.durtschi@usu.edu 232-2168
Kevin Erickson 797-8349 kevin.erickson@usu.edu 770-9559
Joel Gardner 797-8559 joel.gardner@usu.edu 232-9570
John Jeon 797-3716 tae.jeon@usu.edu 512-7901
George Joeckel 797-1596 george.joeckel@usu.edu 512-4142
Neal Legler 797-1903 neal.legler@usu.edu 760-1030
John Louviere 797-7144 john.louviere@usu.edu 512-0078
Kevin Reeve 797-0783 kevin.reeve@usu.edu 770-0220
John Spencer 797-2277 john.spencer@usu.edu 757-8395
Elisa Taylor 797-3606 elisa.taylor@usu.edu

764-0153

 

 

College of Agriculture

Carrie, George & John L
  • Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences - George   
  • Ag Systems Technology and Education - John L   
  • Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences - Carrie   
  • Plant, Soils and Biometerology - George   

College of Business

Joel & Neal
  • Accounting - Neal       
  • Economics - Neal       
  • Management and Human Resources - Joel       
  • Management Information Systems/Office Systems Support - Joel       

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education

Carrie, George, John J, John L, Kevin & Sandy
  • Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education - John L       
  • Elementary Ed/Secondary Ed/Teaching & Leadership - George       
  • Family, Consumer and Human Development - Carrie       
  • Health, Physical Education, and Recreation - Carrie       
  • Instructional Technology and Learning Science - Kevin       
  • Psychology - Sandy       
  • Special Education - John J       

College of Engineering

Joel, John J, Neal & Sandy
  • Biological Irrigation Engineering - Joel       
  • Civil and Environmental Engineering - John J       
  • Electrical and Computing Engineering - Joel       
  • Engineering Technology Education - John J       
  • Mechanical Aeronautical Engineering - Sandy       

College of HASS

Carrie, Joel, John J & Neal
  • Art - John J   
  • English - Carrie   
  • History - Joel   
  • Interior Design - Neal   
  • Intensive English Language Institute - John J   
  • Journalism and Communications - Joel   
  • Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning - Joel   
  • Languages, Philosophy, and Speech Communication - Neal   
  • Music - Neal   
  • Political Science - John J   
  • Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology - Joel   
  • Theater Arts - Neal   

College of Natural Resources

George & John L
  • Watershed Sciences - John L   
  • Environment and Society - George   
  • Wildland Resources - George   

College of Science

John J, Neal & Sandy
  • Biology - John J   
  • Chemistry - Neal   
  • Computer Science - Neal   
  • Geology - Neal   
  • Math and Statistics - Sandy   
  • Physics - Sandy   

Other Programs
  • Personal Finance and Planning - Carrie       
  • Reserve Officer Training - Sandy       
  • Center of Persons with Disabilities - John J       
  • Library - John L       
  • SKI-HI - John L       
  • USU instructors not assigned to a department- Sandy       

RCDE Faculty Concurrent Enrollment
  • Elisa Taylor

Brigham City Campus Faculty
  • John Spencer

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