Reviewing who is on your Blackboard course
Find out who currently has access to your Blackboard course.
How to setup a preferred first name
If you prefer to be known by a different name toĀ your first name, staff and research postgrads may set a āpreferred first nameā which will appear in announcements and the discussion board.
How to manually add a user to your Blackboard course
This guide explains how to manually add a user to your Blackboard course, for instance when it is not suitable for someone to be listed on the course in Banner.
How to batch enrol students onto an arbitrary course
This guide shows you how to easily enrol a large number of students onto an arbitary Blackboard course.
How to setup your Blackboard avatar
You may upload an āavatarā of yourself to Blackboard. It could be a photograph or illustration. The avatar will appear in the āGlobal Navigationā box at the top right of the Blackboard screen, beside your discussion board, blog, and wiki posts amongst others.
View photographs of members of your Blackboard course
You can use theĀ class photo rosterĀ to show photographs (where available) of users who have access to your course. This includes users with any role including students, instructors, and teaching assistants. Where a photograph is not available a placeholder image is used.
How to modify the role ofĀ a user on your Blackboard course
Once you have added a user to your Blackboard course you may wish to modify their role, for example to make a user an instructor.
How to use WebSIS to source data for use with the Batch Enrol tool
The batch enrol tool is a popular facility for adding students en masse to an arbitrary Blackboard course.Ā This guide shows how to use WebSIS to find the lists of students who meet criteria you select to decide who should be added to your arbitrary Blackboard course.
How to setup ‘guest access’ to a Blackboard course
This guides shows how to make certain areas of your Blackboard course available to users who do not have iSolutions accounts.
How to view your Blackboard course usingĀ ‘student preview’
Student preview allows course instructors to view their course as a student. Student Preview creates a temporary student account on the course so that the instructor sees exactly what a student sees. This includes the ability to take tests and receive results.
How to setup a preferred first name
If you prefer to be known by a different name toĀ your first name, staff and research postgrads may set a āpreferred first nameā which will appear in announcements and the discussion board.
How to setup groups
Students can be placed into groups within your Blackboard course. Groups can be given access to a number of tools such as their own discussion board which only they and the course instructor can view. Groups can also be used as part of the rules forĀ Adaptive Release.
Accounts for external users
Accounts for external users
Blackboard can be accessed using an iSolutions account. āVisitor Accountsā may be arranged for colleagues from outside of the University who do not have iSolutions accounts.