The Course Availability feature allows you to make your course available to
students. An unavailable course is not visible to students but is visible to
instructors, teaching assistants, and course builders. The Course Availability
feature allows faculty to develop a course or test out a course site without
students having access.
From the Control Panel:
- Click the Settings link in the Course Options section.
- Click the Course Availability link.
- In the Set Course Availability section, click the Yes
or No radio button.
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Submit
button.
More Information
Question: Do I need to use this feature?
Answer: Probably not. All courses are created with a default
setting of available. Students are not added until a day or two before the first date of instruction. So you only need to use this to make a course unavailable if you are not ready for students to access
the course.
Question: I can see my course, but my students
complain that they can’t find my course. Should I call Blackboard
Support?
Answer: No. Make your course available using the
procedure detailed above.
Question: My TA can access my unavailable course,
but my Grader says they cannot find it.
Answer: Graders cannot access unavailable courses,
but TA’s and Course Builders can.
Question: May I allow Guest access to an unavailable
course?
Answer: No. Until a course is made available, it
does not appear in the Blackboard Course Catalog.
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