The KAUST Blackboard (BB) sign-in link
The official link is kaust.blackboard.com2, and you sign in with your university account in the form username@kaust.edu.sa, not a separate Blackboard account. Students also call it BB.
What KAUST says about the account and signing in
- Your KAUST username is not your email address: when a page asks who you are, sign in with the username followed by @kaust.edu.sa, not the first.last@kaust.edu.sa address.3
The Blackboard app on your phone
The Blackboard app itself is on the App Store and Google Play1. It works with the university's own Blackboard server: pick KAUST when it asks for your institution, then sign in with the same university account you use in the browser. Courses, announcements, grades and assignments reach you in it, and the features depend on what the university has switched on.
When sign-in fails
Your Blackboard account is your university account, so a password comes back from the university, not from Blackboard. At KAUST that is IT support2. Check first that the account is active and that the password is the one that opens the rest of the university's systems.
The rest of KAUST: portal and email
The same account opens the academic system and university email. Every sign-in link is on the KAUST systems page, and the email guide is KAUST university email.
For faculty
The same app serves instructors too: course materials, assessments and student follow-up from the phone1.
After you sign in: student prices for KAUST students
A KAUST student verifies in tiswa with their university email and opens student prices on devices, software and subscriptions. Every deal is on the KAUST student page.