• Introduction
• Course Management
  • Course Settings
  • Content Areas
  • User Management
    • Adding & Changing Users
    • Guest Access
    • Non Duke User Access
    • Delete User
    • Adding TAs & Faculty
    • Organization Sites
• Assessments
• Grade Center
• Tools

Guest Access

Blackboard will allow an individual not enrolled in a particular course or organization (known as a "Guest") to gain access to specific areas of course sites, not including course rosters, user tools (e.g., user directory) or communication tools. In addition, there is a system-level guest account (username "guest" and password "guest"). Course and organization sites in Blackboard are created as unavailable to guests by default. Course sites may, at the discretion of the instructor, be made entirely or partially available to guests.

To allow Blackboard users not enrolled in your course to access your course site, three processes may be required:

• Go to Control Panel > Manage Tools > Enable Blackboard Tools and be sure any portion of the course that should be guest-accessible has guest access selected. Click Submit.
• Go to Control Panel > Manage Course Menu to be sure each menu item has guest access enabled or disabled as you wish. Click Submit.
• Go to Control Panel > Settings > Guest Access, set to Yes and click Submit.

Guests may access your course by selecting the courses tab on the main login screen  and then the appropriate school, division, department and course.