Blackboard Academic Suite

Hi,
I am having trouble with login to Blackboard. Not sure why... The sign in option is there but the cursor does not recognize any links or the login boxes. I tried viewing other posts and trouble shooting that way, but nothing seems to work. To access blackboard I go to my school website and then click on the link for blackboard; it is all down hill from there.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Karissa
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Welcome to the forums
This may be a compatibility issue with the browser. Not all web pages can load on the blackberry phones, especially those which require adobe flash player plugins. You could try to change your browser's emulation mode. Go into the browser, press menu, click options. In "Browser Configuration", set "Emulation Mode" to one of the other options available...this may help.
You can also try using 3rd party browsers (which I prefer) such as Bolt or Opera Mini.
Cheers,
Kijana
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