BLACKBOARD CONNECT
OFTC ALERT STAFF PORTAL
INSTRUCTIONS
Please use these instructions to enter and use the OFTC Alert Staff Portal.
1. Open a web browser and enter https://oftcstaff.bbcportal.com and you will reach the OFTC Alert Staff Portal login page/site.
2. At this point you do not have a login or password, so locate the ‘Sign Me Up!’ link next to the ‘Login’ button and click on it.
3. On the next page you will enter (in the appropriate blocks) your last name, first name, OFTC email, and a password of your choosing. The password must be at least 8 characters long, and have at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter, one number, and one special character. Once you enter a good password, check the agreement block underneath and click on ‘Continue.’
4. If everything is correct you’ll get a message on the next screen stating instructions have been emailed to you. Check your email at this point and open the email from Blackboard. Click on the link in the email.
5. The Portal now reopens, and you will first have to select and answer 3 security questions. Once finished, click on ‘Save.’ You’ll get a message that you may now login. Enter your OFTC email address and the password you set in step 3. Click on ‘Login.’
6. A new window will open, asking for you identification code. This IS NOT your employee ID…this is where you will enter your Banner ID number, the number that begins with ‘900.’ Once you enter the number, click ‘Submit.’ You will be asked for a phone number or email address. Enter your OFTC email address in the block. Click on ‘Submit.’
7. You should get a message stating that the information you submitted has been found in the system. Click on the ‘Associate’ button/icon.
8. A new screen opens with the initial contact information used in Blackboard Connect that came from your contact information that is listed in Banner. If the phone number is incorrect, please contact the site administrator (don’t dial ‘0’). Be sure all blocks are checked (if not, check them), and click on ‘Next.’
9. The next screen will allow you to enter additional phone numbers and email addresses you want to be used to receive alert messages from OFTC. Follow instructions on the page to enter and change information. Ensure that blocks for ‘voice’ and ‘text’ are checked for all phones. When finished, click on ‘Next.’
10. On the next screen, ‘Set Your Subscriptions,’ click on the ‘Outreach’ block on the left. We will send alert messages by using both emergency and outreach formats. Click on ‘Next.’
11. On the next screen, ‘Set Your Preferences,’ click on the ‘Outreach’ line to choose where and how you receive messages. Click on ‘Done’ when finished.
You’re done. You may login at any time to review and change your contact information. Contact the site administrator if you have any problems/questions.