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Roles within a Blackboard Course<\/h2>\n

There are several roles available within a Blackboard course.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

For details, see\u00a0Blackboard: Course Roles<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Enrolling Users<\/h2>\n

You can choose a user\u2019s role when you enrol them on a course:<\/p>\n

Go to Control Panel > Users and Groups > Users<\/strong> > Find Users to Enrol<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

You can now choose the role you wish to give the user using the drop down menu<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Changing a Role<\/h2>\n

If you subsequently need to change a user\u2019s role<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Go to Control Panel > Users and Groups > Users<\/strong>.\"\"<\/li>\n
  • Find the user whose role you need to change, and click on the editing arrow which appears when you hover over their username.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    \"\"<\/p>\n

    The course roles you can select for the user:<\/p>\n

      \n
    • Course Builder<\/li>\n
    • Marker<\/li>\n
    • Instructor<\/li>\n
    • Student<\/li>\n
    • Teaching Assistant (TA)<\/li>\n
    • Guest<\/li>\n
    • External Examiner<\/li>\n
    • Non-UoR staff<\/li>\n
    • Mentor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Tick the radio button<\/strong> beside the role you want to give the user and click Submit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

      \"\"<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

      Organisation Roles<\/h2>\n

      You can use exactly the same process within an organisation.<\/p>\n

      Roles in organisations are: Participant (equivalent to Student), Leader (equivalent to Instructor), Organisation Builder, Assistant, Marker, External Examiner, Guest and Non-UoR Staff.<\/p>\n

      \"Role<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      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\u00a0Blackboard: Course Roles   Enrolling Users You can choose a user\u2019s role when you enrol them on a course: Go to Control Panel > Users and Groups > Users > Find Users to Enrol. You can now choose the role you wish to give the user using the drop down menu. Changing a Role If you subsequently need to change a user\u2019s role Go to Control Panel > Users and Groups > Users. Find the user whose role you need to change, and click on the editing arrow which appears when you hover over their username. The course roles you can select for the user: Course Builder Marker Instructor Student Teaching Assistant (TA) Guest External Examiner Non-UoR staff Mentor Tick the radio button beside the role you want to give the user and click Submit.   Organisation Roles You can use exactly the same process within an organisation. Roles in organisations are: Participant (equivalent to Student), Leader (equivalent to Instructor), Organisation Builder, Assistant, Marker, External Examiner, Guest and Non-UoR Staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[234,242],"tags":[124,125,123],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nBlackboard: Changing the role of a course member - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blackboard: Changing the role of a course member - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Roles within a Blackboard Course There are several roles available within a Blackboard course. 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