Library
To access Blackboard, navigate to the Academic Quick Links in RDP’s student portal, called MyRDP. If MyRDP is unavailable, you can also use this direct link to access your RDP Blackboard account.
To log in to Blackboard, please use the same username (your RDP email address) and password that you created for your RDP Microsoft 365 account.
Current domestic and international students enrolled in credit programs at Red Deer Polytechnic
all have an RDP email address. In addition, all students receive a Microsoft 365 account
through RDP.
If you’re a new student at RDP and don’t yet have an RDP Microsoft 365 account (or if you’ve
forgotten your password), please follow these steps to activate your account (or to reset your
password):
Some students enrolled in RDP’s Continuing Education courses or programs, and external RDP guests, may not have an RDP email address, while still being granted access to RDP’s Blackboard platform.
If you don’t have an RDP email address, you can access Blackboard by visiting this login page and using your Username and Password.
Continuing Education students who don’t have an RDP email and can’t access Blackboard using your Username and Password should email Continuing Education at continuing.education@rdpolytech.ca for help.
After following the directions above, if you are still experiencing issues in logging in to your RDP Blackboard account, please contact the Library for assistance in troubleshooting.
The following resources will help you with online learning in Blackboard:
This Blackboard course will help you build skills that will improve your chances of success as an online learner. It will also give you a chance to learn how Blackboard works, how to navigate your courses, and familiarize yourself with some of the different tools.
Red Deer Polytechnic recognizes that our campus is situated on Treaty 7 land, the traditional territory of the Blackfoot, Tsuu T’ina and Stoney Nakoda peoples, and that the central Alberta region we serve falls under Treaty 6, traditional Métis, Cree and Saulteaux territory. We honour the First Peoples who have lived here since time immemorial, and we give thanks for the land where RDP sits. This is where we will strive to honour and transform our relationships with one another.