Daniel Webster College
 

Blackboard Tip

Open for Business - Making Your Course Available

 

Introduction

When the Blackboard administrator sets up your course he or she sets the course to be unavailable. An unavailable course is only visible to the instructor. As an instructor in Blackboard you have the control over when your course is available and open for public view.  You turn it on to the world when you are ready.

 

When you make your course available it will be available only to those who are enrolled in it. Students can be enrolled only by a Blackboard administrator.

 

When you are ready for students to view your course, you make it available on the Course Availability screen.

 

Directions

To make your course available, or to check its availability, on the Control Panel:

         On the Course Options menu, click on Settings

         On the Settings screen, click Course Availability

         On the Course Availability screen shown below, click Yes in answer to the question Do you want this course available to users? Then click Submit.