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Make Blackboard Courses Available to Students
Below are instructions for instructors to make a course Available so students can see it.
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NDSU Blackboard courses are set to be "Unavailable" to students until instructors make them "Available". This allows instructors to control when students are able to access their course.
Make Available/Unavailable
- Open the course in Blackboard > look for a small, red "padlock" icon in the top-right corner
- If the padlock is closed, the course is Unavailable to students > click the padlock icon to make the course Available
- If the padlock is open, the course is Available to students > click the padlock icon to make the course Unavailable
An alternative method:
- Open the course in Blackboard
- Click Customization > Properties (below the Control Panel on the left)
- Select "Yes" for the "Make Course Available" option
- Leave all other options on this page unchanged (the Course Name can be changed)
- Submit