Users & Groups

Users

Students who are enrolled in a class in Campus Connection will automatically be added to the corresponding Blackboard course roster within 24 hours. If they drop or withdraw from a class, they should automatically be made inactive in the course, again with 24 hours of the change in Campus Connection. Instructors who are listed in Campus Connection as the instructor for a course will automatically be added to the corresponding Blackboard course site within 24 hours. You can submit requests to add co-instructors, teaching assistants, graders and guests by using the Blackboard request form.

Users in Blackboard organization sites are all manually added. Please use the Blackboard request form to submit these additions.

Add a Teaching Assistant

All teaching assistant (TA)/graduate teaching assistant (GTA) requests will now be added to Campus Connection for automated population into the Blackboard courses. This process will be the same as adding an instructor to a Blackboard course.

When a TA/GTA or additional instructor needs to be added to a Blackboard course, instructors will need to inform their department Scheduling Assistant of this addition. The Scheduling Assistant will then email Laura Vatnsdal in the Office of the Registrar to add them in Campus Connection. The Scheduling Assistant will then add the TA/GTA to the specific course in CLSS and then the information will automatically be populated into Blackboard within 24 hours.

What you will need to give to your Scheduling Assistant:

Name

EMPL ID#

Course(s) taught and class numbers (ie MATH 103 #8018)

Will this new add be a Primary Instructor or a Teaching Assistant

Groups

Students can be placed in groups to allow them to work together on projects and other class assignments. Creating groups in Blackboard gives each group a private workspace where the members can email, exchange files and participate in a group discussion board — activities not visible to students belonging to other groups. Groups can be created one at a time or in sets. Instructors pick which communication options are available to the groups.

Visit Blackboard's Groups page for information on creating and managing groups.

Course Roles

Course roles control access to the content and tools within a course. Each user is assigned a role for each course they participate in. For example, a user with a role of Teaching Assistant in one course can have a role of Student in another course.

Instructor - provides access to all areas of the course including the control panel for posting content, making users available/unavailable, posting grades, and making the course available/unavailable. This role is generally assigned to the person developing, teaching, or facilitating the class and is automatically populated from Campus Connection.
Teaching Assistant - provides access to everything included with the instructor role, except changing a users availability.
Course Builder - has access to most areas of the course. 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.
Grader - The Grader role has limited access to the course. Graders can assist an instructor in the creation, management, delivery, and grading of assessments and surveys. The grader may also assist an instructor with adding manual entries. If a course is unavailable to students, the course appears in the course list for a user with the role of Grader.
Student - this 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. This role is automatically populated from Campus Connection.
Guest - Not available in the Ultra Course Experience

Organization Roles

Organization roles control access to the content and tools within an organization. Each user is assigned a role for each organization they participate in. For example, a user with a role of Assistant in one organization can have a role of Participant in another organization.

Leader (Same as Instructor role in courses) - provides access to all areas of the organization including the control panel for posting content, making users available/unavailable and making the organization available/unavailable. This role is limited to current university faculty or staff employees. This role is generally assigned to the person developing, teaching, or facilitating the organization site.
Assistant (Same as Teaching Assistant role in courses)- provides access to everything included with the Leader role, except changing a users availability.
Organization Builder (Same as Course Builder role in courses)- has access to most areas of the course. This role is appropriate for an assistant who shouldn't have access to the grade center. If the organization is unavailable to participants, a course builder can still access the organization.
Grader - The Grader role has limited access to the organization. Graders can assist a leader in the creation, management, delivery, and grading of assessments and surveys. The grader may also assist an leader with adding manual entries. If an organization is unavailable to participants, the organization appears in the organization list for a user with the role of Grader.
Participant - (Same as student role in courses) - this is the default organization user role. A user with the role of Participant submits coursework and participates in discussions. Participants can't create or grade organization items.
Guest - Not available in the Ultra Course Experience

Guest Access

Guest access is not available in the Ultra Course Experience.