If you do, a student may end up with multiple usernames or it may conflict with someone else's username. It also means that the Blackboard campus administrator has to spend time straightening out the student's account and the student may lose access to your course. The UW Oshkosh email username is a unique identifier so we are guaranteed to have a clean, organized user database. Email address may be any email address, but it is required. The password will also appear in the student's Student ID field.
Passwords are case sensitive.
In Blackboard, go to your course Control Panel, then select Course Utilities in the lower right. Browse to your text file and select it. You will see the entries. If there are any errors in the file, these will be indicated. You will need to correct the text file to fix any problems.