Blackboard 6.3 Help: User Management

To Add a Student from the VCU Databases:

Log onto Blackboard and open your course.

Open the course Control Panel.

Go to User Management and select Enroll User.

Enter the last name of the student and click Search to search the databases. The name "Smith" may produce multiple pages.

Note: The names of all matriculated students, faculty and staff are listed in the VCU Databases. Exceptions include new students who have not activated their VCU e-mail account, and students enrolled at the VCU Qatar campus. Contact the Help Desk by clicking on Help Desk Trouble Ticket to submit a trouble call or call 828-2227 if you are unable to locate VCU matriculated students, faculty and staff on the list. See Add Special Students below to add non-matriculated students or non-VCU employees to the course.

Locate the student, check the Add box, and click Submit.

If the matriculated student or VCU employee name does not appear in the search, contact Blackboard Help.

Special students are defined as non-matriculated students who are not VCU employees. Special courses (workshops, seminar, etc.) may require the need to enroll special students. The names of the students must be added to the Affiliate/VCU Non-employee Database.

Ask your school/department personnel manager to add the names of your special student (non-matriculated student who is not a VCU employee) to the Affiliate/VCU Non-employee Database.

Wait 24 hours after the names have been entered into the VCU Affliate/Non-employee Database.

Blackboard is linked to the VCU Databases for nightly (Monday-Friday) updates. The new names will appear in the student search after Blackboard is updated.

Go back to Add a student from the VCU Databases to add the special student to the course.

To Add a Teaching Assistant or Instructor

The teaching assistant is added to the course as you would add a student, then the course privileges are redefined. The steps are outlined below.

Log onto Blackboard and open your course.

Open the course Control Panel.

Go to User Management and select Enroll User.

Enter the last name of the student and click Search to search the databases. The name "Smith" may produce multiple pages.

Note: The VCU databases include the names of all matriculated students, faculty and staff. Exceptions include new students who have not activated their VCU e-mail account, and students enrolled at the VCU Qatar campus. Contact the Help Desk by clicking on Help Desk Trouble Ticket to submit a trouble call or call 828-2227 if you are unable to locate VCU matriculated students, faculty and staff on the list. See Add Special Students below to add non-matriculated students or non-VCU employees to the course.

Locate the student, check the Add box, and click Submit. Click OK to return to the Control Panel.

If the matriculated student or VCU employee name does not appear in the search, contact Blackboard Help.

Select the List/Modify Users option under User Management.

Do a search by typing the Last Name and click Search. Or select List All to list everyone who has access to the course.

Select the Properties button for the designated Teaching Assistant. This will allow you to change the privileges to the desired access.

Select the appropriate User Role for the Teaching Assistant and click Submit to set properties.

Grader - is able to access all areas under Assessment.

Course Builder - is able to add content to the course through the Content Areas and Course Tools on the Instructor Control Panel.

Remove a Guest from a Course

Guest instructors and guest speakers my may be removed from the course instantly by following the instructions listed below. Students will need to be officially dropped from the course by the Registrar's Office.

Log onto Blackboard and open your course.

Open the course Control Panel.

Go to User Management and select Remove Users from the Course.

Enter the last name of the student and click Search to search the databases. The name "Smith" may produce multiple pages.

Locate the student, check the Remove box, type the word Yes in the box and click Submit.