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Adding Users to Blackboard
Adding Instructors and Teaching Assistants to Blackboard
Instructor and Teaching Assistant access to Blackboard courses is managed by Registration & Records. The following is a brief description of the process.
Departments are required to complete the Enrollment Management Administrative Systems (EMAS) form to add Instructors or TAs to current courses in Campus Connection (note, an employee ID will be required for this to occur). Once the Instructor or TAs have been created in Campus Connection, their names will appear for the departments to add them to course sections in CLSS. This step is required to ensure compliance with FERPA and access to student records. Once they have been added to CLSS, they will be assigned to the section in Campus Connection, which will populate them into the Blackboard Learn course.
Visit the Blackboard & Campus Connection Security Access page to add Instructors and TAs to Blackboard Course(s).
Adding Learning Assistants, Graders, and Peer Reviewers to Blackboard
Graders and Course Builders' access to Blackboard courses is managed by the Instructional Design Center (IDC). The following is a brief description of the procedure.
Departments must submit a Service Request Add Users to Blackboard form to add Course Builders or Graders to a Blackboard course.
Users being added to the Blackboard course must have completed Data Privacy and FERPA training since they will have access to student information in the course. FERPA completion will be confirmed by the IDC, and if not completed, the person submitting the request will be notified. Once the yearly FERPA training is confirmed for the user, the IDC will enroll the user.
Note: If you would like to add an Evaluator or Peer Reviewer, we recommend selecting the Course Builder role.
Standard Blackboard Roles
| Blackboard Role | Access description |
|---|---|
| Student | Student is the default course user role. A user with the role of Student submits coursework and participates in discussions. Students can't create or grade course items. Students see private (unavailable) courses in their course lists, but they can't access them. |
| Instructor | Instructors have full access to the course. This role is generally assigned to the person developing, teaching, or facilitating the class. If a course is unavailable to students, users with the Instructor role may still access it. Full course access and editing |
| Teaching Assistant | Users with the Teaching Assistant role have access to all areas of the course. If the course is unavailable to students, teaching assistants may still access the course. Full course access and editing |
| Graders | The Grader role has limited access to the course. Graders can assist an instructor in grading assessments and surveys. The grader may also assist an instructor with adding manual grade entries. Course access to view content and view/participate in discussions. View and edit in the grade center. |
| Course Builder | The Course Builder role has access to all areas of the course, except grade center and evaluation. This role is appropriate for an assistant who shouldn't have access to student grades. If the course is unavailable to students, a course builder can still access the course. Course access to view and edit, except for the grade center. Can view and participate in discussions. |