• Blackboard: Removing yourself and colleagues from courses

    Introduction The consequences of mistakenly deleting a student’s enrolment can be very serious – in particular, in removing a student you also delete that student’s Grade Centre records and submitted assessment work, Because of this, only staff with admin access (for instance Senior Administrators in the Student Support Centres) are…

  • Blackboard: Enrolling users on your course

    When to do it Students enrolled on a module in RISIS (the University’s student records system) will automatically be enrolled in the appropriate Blackboard course. This means that normally you should not need to manually add students to your courses in Blackboard – but please note this automatic process runs…

  • Blackboard: Changing the role of a course member

    Roles within a Blackboard Course There are several roles available within a Blackboard course. The Student role is self-explanatory. Roles suitable for staff members are: Instructor, Course Builder, Teaching Assistant, Marker, External Examiner, Guest and Non-UoR Staff. For details, see Blackboard: Course Roles   Enrolling Users You can choose a user’s…