Adding an Instructor to Another Instructor’s Bb Course Policy

Policy Statement and Purpose:

Only under special circumstances will a Blackboard administrator add an instructor to someone else’s course.  

If the instructor who set up the course is still employed at the Virginia Commonwealth University, the person that needs to be added should contact that instructor and ask to be enrolled in the course.

If the instructor is no longer available (deceased, no longer employed with the University, or cannot be located), then the Dean of the School can request another instructor be added to a Blackboard course.  Please see the Intellectual Properties Policy (http://www.ts.vcu.edu/policies/ippolicy.html) in regards to content that resides in a course and ownership of that content.  The Dean, not Blackboard Administrators, assumes the responsibility for enrollment of an instructor in a course.

Who Should Read this Policy?

Faculty/Instructor users of the Blackboard system

Related Documents:

Intellectual Properties Policy - http://www.ts.vcu.edu/policies/ippolicy.html

Contacts:

Technology Services Help Desk

• Submit an Online Ticket - http://www.ts.vcu.edu/helpdesk/
• Phone – 804-828-2227
• Email – blackboard@vcu.edu or help@vcu.edu

Procedures:

The first step, when possible, would be to have the instructor who is the owner of the Blackboard course to add the additional instructor to the course. See Add a Teaching Assistant or Instructor to a Course for instructions. 

If the request is for a course with an instructor who is no longer available, the request must come from the Dean of the School where the instructor was located.  An email should be sent to blackboard@vcu.edu with the request.  Please state in the email the instructor who is no longer available.  A member of the Learning Systems staff will contact the Dean via phone and email to verify that he/she is taking responsibility for the addition of an instructor to the course.   The Blackboard administrator will then make the change.