Non-Duke User Access

Non-Duke students who are officially enrolled in Duke courses should receive a Duke NetID, automatically receive a Blackboard account and be enrolled in their Blackboard sites. If this hasn’t happened for a student in your class, please contact the OIT Help Desk or submit a help request.

For non-Duke persons who are not officially enrolled in your class but still need course access, contact OIT Help Desk or submit a help request asking that a Blackboard account be set up for that term. Include in the request the name, e-mail address, affiliation and reason for requiring access. When the account is set up, add the users to your course site.

To add a user to a course site:

1. From within the appropriate course, open the Control Panel.
2. Click Add Users in the User Management section.
3. Click Enroll Existing User.
4. Search for the user by last name or user name.
5. Check the box in the Add column for the user(s) to be added.
6. Click Submit.

The new user will automatically be assigned the role of Student. To assign the user a different role, such as a Teaching Assistant, see change the user's role.

Note: All Duke students and faculty are automatically given Blackboard accounts and are by default existing Blackboard users. Duke staff are not automatically provided accounts but can get them by contacting the OIT Help Desk for assistance. See Blackboard policies for non-Duke user and Blackboard username and password.