Adding a User (including a teaching assistant)
To add a user to a Blackboard course site:
The User Management control panels are where you can add existing users to your course, see a list of users and modify their role in the course if necessary, remove users, and set up/modify student groups.
To add a user to your course, click Enroll User in the control panel. This allows you to choose from and add any existing Blackboard user to your course site. If the user’s role is other than “Student” be sure to modify their user account * in your course after adding them, by clicking List/Modify Users.
* Note: If a student is officially registered in your course through the Registrar's office, any change of the user role from "student" in Blackboard will be changed back to "student" role by the automated roster process. In this case, the only way to change a student's role in the course, so it will not be overwritten by the automatic roster process is to Sumbit an OIT Help Ticket .
Available user roles include:
· Student: User is able to access all available Course content and will be graded on Assessments.
· Instructor: User is able to control all aspects of the course through the Control Panel.
· Teacher’s Assistant: User has the same accessibility as an Instructor except the option to modify a user with the role of instructor. This role is best used for Graduate Assistants and Teaching Assistants who may assist you in creating and managing your course. If you are employing undergraduates as Teaching Assistants in your Blackboard course site, be sure to follow Best Practices, Policies & Guidelines for Use of Undergraduate Teaching Assistants (UTAs) available at http://t-reqs.trinity.duke.edu/uta.html
· Grader: User has access to the gradebook section of the Control Panel. They can enter or delete grades, but cannot create or modify assessments or pools. From the "front end" of the course, they can access all the content areas, including the communications sections (email, discussion groups, etc.).
· Course Builder: User has access to all Control Panel functions except the Assessment section (gradebook, assessment manager, etc.) and the course enrollment. From the "front end" of the course, they can access all the content areas, including the communications sections (email, discussion groups, etc.).
· Guest: Guests are able to view areas of the course made available by the instructor, but cannot participate in any way.