Welcome to D'Youville College and our Distance Learning site. Our goal is to offer distance education format to academically sound courses and to use the internet to bring our academic resources to where our students live. In addition, we offer online assistance to students in conventionally delivered courses.

The Department of Academic Computing (BFAC-006) encompasses Labs & Media and Distance Learning and is responsible for the in-service needs of students, faculty and staff.

Labs & Media (BFAC- 009) operates Windows and Macintosh computer labs on campus as well as the smart classrooms, and provides audiovisual equipment--TV monitors with VCRs, camcorders, LCD projectors and laptops--for classroom presentations and projects by faculty and students.

Distance Learning (BFAC -004) gives D'Youville students and faculty a virtual environment for courses. Blackboard 9 and Moodle are used as course management software to support placement of course materials on the web.  DDL, X-CHAT, Ice-Chat, and PROJECT (blog) are also used in Distance Learning.

Our main Distance Learning application is Blackboard 9. Accounts on Blackboard are issued to students and faculty who need access to a Blackboard course site. Faculty may obtain an account by contacting 716-829-8147 or 716-829-8133. Student accounts are created from an information sheet filled out by the student at registration. Student accounts can also be obtained by visiting BFAC-004 or calling 829-8133. Additional information on distance learning and Blackboard can be found under INFORMATION on this page.

Students who are taking CSC110 may apply for web space. Please contact 716-829-8147 or 716-829-8133. Our newest addition to our Distance Learning family is our blog server called, PROJECT. Those students who need web site accounts may elect to have a blog site.

Students in certain courses may be required to chat. Instructions and downloads of our  X-Chat and ICE-Chat software are available for that purpose. You can also reach instructions and downloads on our DL Blog.  Please contact 716-829-8133 for information on X-Chat and 716-829-7990 for information on ICE-Chat.