To get your course(s) in Blackboard, you should email Barbara Klett your course CRN(s). She will get the course shell up for you in Blackboard. The Bb course is "populated" with students starting ONE WEEK before the start of term.
If you like, you can make your course unavailable to your students. This will make is so that your students can't see or access your course content. Courses that are not currently available to your students show the word "unavailable" next to those courses' titles under My Courses after you login.
Make a Course Available
- Login to Blackboard
- Under My Courses, click the name of the course in which you would like to make available.
- Click the course's Control Panel link.
- Under Course Options, click the Settings link.
- Click the Course Availability link.
- Choose NO radio button to the right of the words Make Course Unavailable.
- Click the Submit button.
Your course is now be unavailable to your students. You will need to repeat this process, but hit the YES radio button for each course you wish to make available.
More Information
Q: Do I need to make my Blackboard course unavailable at the end of the term?
A: No. Banner will tell Blackboard to make the course unavailable 2-weeks after the end of term. Students who have an Incomplete in your course will still have access to it in Blackboard. All other students will be disabled in your courses two-weeks after the end of term.
Q: If my Blackboardoard course is made unavailable two weeks after the end of the term, how will my students be able to view their grades?
A: Students can view their official grades in Banner.
Q: If a Blackboard course is unavailable, does that mean that I can no longer access it?
A: No. Blackboard courses are available to instructors for up to one year. It is the instructor's responsibility to archive, download, and print out the gradebook and the course materials.
Q: Can I make a course from a previous term available again?
A: Well, sort of. You can export or copy the content into a new course.