Bad Update
I use Blackboard quite frequently as a college student. However, with the new update, I can no longer log in. I have tried system updates and deleting the app and reinstalling it. Hopefully this bug gets fixed.
Update
Cool new logo but might be better to spend time actually making the app work (currently shuts down 3x before it actually opens) and glitches any time there is a a google doc integration. Also the activity stream could be so useful if it actually made sense like directing us to commonly/recently used items instead of having to dig through the nesting doll of tabs and pages to get back to the item we were looking at before the app shut down again.
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CHANGE THE LOGO BACK
Please!!
Constantly needs to reboot I drains battery
This app will not update I drains 1% of battery every less than 5 minutes. Notes feature crashes app or doesn't work at all to save. Highlighting needs constant revision. Needs to allow us to download text books because the app is a power succubus. I wish. I had another option
Logging in STILL terrible
It’s 2026 and they still haven’t figured out how to stay logged in on the app. It works on the website so it’s not like it’s institutional security policy issue. Completely ruins the point of the app when it’s faster to open Safari and type in the website
Poorly Made for iOS
Going from Canvas in high school and undergrad to blackboard for graduate school has been a really bad experience. The desktop version is fine, but the app is so poorly made. When you open a document in a class, there is a button to go full screen; it does nothing. Even just opening PDFs and zooming in resets every few seconds, so if you’re reading something it completely stops you. When I saw the app icon change I was excited thinking they might have changed ANYTHING about this app. The entire app needs a revamp. Not just the logo.
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Ts sucks
Don’t like Apple requiring app downloading
I do not like that Blackboard must be run on an app. I much prefer to use blackboard on browser as I do on my PC. All the switching between tabs is frustrating, and when I want to view a link to another site that provides a resource, sometimes I have to download an additional app. Blackboard by itself is not the best. I wish there were a way to test different grade values as there is on canvas. If you have a choice and want convenience, use canvas and non apple devices. The blackboard app has been working fine. I am glad it was free to download. Keep developing blackboard, blackboard developers.
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Sign In
Theres a button that lets you choose if u want to stay signed in but it doesn’t actually reduce the times it asks to stay signed in.
I’d give it zero stars if I could
Zero stars
No sirve
Desde que lo volvieron ultra lo volvieron muy raro y malo.
No lo recomiendo 0 estrellas si pudiera.
No lo recomiendo 0 estrellas si pudiera.
Terrible App Optimization
This app is clearly engineered as a website/computer app emulated for a mobile interface. It is done poorly. Whenever I try to scroll down the screen lags and refreshes, moving classes around. It’s very laggy.
Doesn’t Open
The app does nothing but show me classes I am enrolled in. Click on a class and nothing. Close and reopen the app does the same thing. At this point it’s just a picture occupying space on my phone. Please fix it. I am using iOS and have been iOS user for over 15 years I know how to use my phone.
Doing any sort of writing assignment is horrid.
Trying to type in a discussion is actually so horribly coded it’s actually a nightmare.
Many small annoyances
The UI is less intuitive than alternatives like google classroom, and when clicking on any notification from the app on an iOS device, half the time it will tell you that you clicked on a broken link, and the other half of the time it will say the same thing but with a different visual of an upset guy.
If you want to refresh a page, unlike almost every other website or app ever, you cannot scroll up to the top to refresh, and you cannot click on the same tab you’re already on to refresh. Instead, you have to go to a different tab and then click back onto the tab you were originally on.
As far as I’m aware, there’s no way to reorganize the order that your courses are displayed in. There’s a settings icon and a search icon at the top of the screen on the courses tab, but tapping on either button does nothing.
These are just some of the annoyances that came to mind when writing this. I would really like to see the notification issue fixed.
If you want to refresh a page, unlike almost every other website or app ever, you cannot scroll up to the top to refresh, and you cannot click on the same tab you’re already on to refresh. Instead, you have to go to a different tab and then click back onto the tab you were originally on.
As far as I’m aware, there’s no way to reorganize the order that your courses are displayed in. There’s a settings icon and a search icon at the top of the screen on the courses tab, but tapping on either button does nothing.
These are just some of the annoyances that came to mind when writing this. I would really like to see the notification issue fixed.
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Doesnt work on mobile at all
I can’t see my classes at all it never works, why ship out a mobile app if it cant even do what its meant to do?
It never seems to be working
The app never seems to actually load properly
Bottom Navigation Bar issue
The rest of the app is fine, but on my iphone 16e the navigation bar gets stuck and blocks important clickable items (like drop down menus) behind it. Super annoying. Hope they fix it.
Even with the upgrade it is still dreadful
I have used a few different educational apps, this is by far the worst. It glitches constantly, it freezes constantly, even clicking keep me signed in it signs you out often. If a teacher assigns a video to watch, you can’t click or copy it to watch in a browser and if you watch it through the app you have to close the app and reopen it because you can not get back to the main section of that class. Navigating through the app and through each class is like trying to navigate the ocean using only stars but the night is overcast. This app needs a lot of help.
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Useless
What’s the point of having the phone app when it logs me out every time I close it and doesn’t send me any important notifications for class work? It’s incredibly inconvenient having to log in every single time I want to check my grades and I have missed multiple assignments because I was never notified that the professor added more modules after I already wrote the preexisting modules in my calendar so I wouldn’t miss them. There’s really no point in having the app when it does the same thing as the website on desktop, but with smaller and harder to configure widgets. I wanted the app so I can quickly check grades and get notified of any changes to my course work. This app has disappointed me on both of those things.
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