You can add members to your course, for example if you have additional staff tutoring on a module.
Remember to remove staff when they no longer need access.
In almost every case students will be enrolled onto and removed from your Blackboard course via the automatic integration. If you believe that a student should be or should not be enrolled upon your course please contact the CIS Service Desk in the first instance before enrolling or un-enrolling them yourself.
Adding a member to your course
In your Blackboard course:
- Select ‘View everyone on your course‘ in the left-hand menu beneath ‘Class Register‘.
- Click on the ‘+‘ icon in the top right-hand side of the page. Select ‘Enrol People‘.
- Search for a user to enrol, either using their name or their username within Blackboard (if known).
- Select the role that you would like to give the user from the drop-down list.
- Select ‘Save’.
Blackboard course roles explained
Your role in a Blackboard course define what you are able to do within it. Most of these roles come as standard with Blackboard, however the Module Administrator role is custom to Durham.
| Role | You get… | Suitable For | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instructor | Complete control over a course | Module conveners, academics on a team-taught module | |
| Module Administrator | Complete control over a course | Learning and Teaching Administrators | While materially the same as an Instructor, the Module Administrator role makes it simpler for students to discern who their teachers are within a Course while giving administrators the power they need to do support learning, teaching and assessment activities. |
| Teaching Assistant | Most of the capabilities of an instructor, but a different name. | Teaching assistants, instructional designers | Not used heavily. The Course Builder and Marker roles have additional scopes that are better suited to demonstrators and markers. |
| Course Builder | The ability to build and edit content | Teaching assistants, demonstrators, instructional designers | This role cannot view or mark pieces of submitted work. Course Builders can add or edit content, so useful if you want someone to make minor edits or improvements only. |
| Marker | The ability to mark work | External examiners | This role gives somebody the ability to access the gradebook, see and give marks and feedback. A Marker cannot alter course content. |
| Student | To access and interact with the course | Students | Usually also suitable for students auditing a module. |
| Spectator – Staff Only | Flexible, read-only option for course access including the gradebook | Auditors, observers or external examiners | Suitable for those who need to review course content without making changes or access administrative features. Gives access to the gradebook and some LTI tools. This role should never be given to students. |
The Primary Instructor flag does not have any additional powers, but it does make it easier for students to spot the Module Convener/lead member of staff on a team taught module.
There is no Guest role in Blackboard courses.
Removing staff and students from your Blackboard Course
You cannot remove someone with the Instructor role from a course. You must first change their role to Student and then they can be removed.
You are strongly advised not to remove registered students from your course. Removing a student will permanently disassociate their account from any interactions within the course such as assignment submissions which may make any previously submitted work unrecoverable.
Quick Enrol
Administrators can now use Quick Enroll in Ultra Course Settings to temporarily join a course as an instructor. This feature enables admins to troubleshoot and make content updates, and then unenroll from the main course screen.
To Quick Enrol, click the Quick Enrolment Enrol link under Details & Actions. Once changes have been made, click the Quick Enrolment Unenrol link.
