Email Address in Blackboard Not Your UHCL Email Address?

Contributed by Samantha Houston, Learning Technology Administrator I

If your Blackboard account has an email address listed that is anything other than your UHCL email (i.e., a personal email such as Gmail or Yahoo), OIT will not be able to manually change it.  PeopleSoft syncs with Blackboard regularly and the email address listed as “preferred” will be pushed back into Blackboard.  To change the email address listed in Blackboard, you will need to log into PeopleSoft (e-services) and make sure your preferred email address is listed as your UHCL email address. 

After following the steps below to set your UHCL email address as preferred in PeopleSoft and waiting 24 hours (or if it is already listed as preferred), if your email address is not syncing correctly in Blackboard, contact the Student Enrollment Center (SEC) for assistance.

Student Enrollment Center

Phone: 281-283-2722

Email: SEC@uhcl.edu

www.uhcl.edu/sec

Setting Your UHCL Email Address as Preferred in PeopleSoft (E-Services):

1. Access the UHCL E-Services page at www.uhcl.edu/eservices or click the “E-services” link at www.uhcl.edu.
2. Click the Faculty and Staff tab and sign in using your UHCL username and password or your 7-digit employee ID number and password.
3. Click on the My Personal Info tile.
4. Click on Contact Details.
5. Under Email, make sure your UHCL staff account is marked as Preferred.
6. If your UHCL staff account is not listed as Preferred, click the UHCL staff account line and on the resulting pop-up, check the box next to Preferred, then click Save.