{"id":1567,"date":"2018-07-27T13:49:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-27T13:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/?p=1567"},"modified":"2022-07-25T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-25T10:36:16","slug":"blackboard-enrolling-participants-on-your-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/27\/blackboard-enrolling-participants-on-your-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard: Enrolling users on your course"},"content":{"rendered":"

When to do it<\/h2>\n

Students enrolled on a module in RISIS (the University\u2019s 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 \u2013 but please note this automatic process runs once a day (overnight) and at the start of the year can take up to 48 hours to complete.<\/p>\n

Read more: How and when are students enrolled on courses?<\/a><\/p>\n

There may be times when you may need to manually add users to your courses, in particular when you want to add another member of staff to the course.<\/p>\n

How to do it<\/h2>\n

1. Go to Control Panel > Users and Groups > Users<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Control<\/p>\n

You will see a list of all users currently enrolled on the course.<\/p>\n

\"Caution!\"\r\nThe search box on this page allows you to find users who are already course members \u2013 do not try to use this box to add new users.<\/strong><\/pre>\n
2.\u00a0Click on Find Users to Enrol<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Highlighting<\/p>\n
3a. If you know the Blackboard username<\/strong><\/h3>\n
If you know the user\u2019s Blackboard username, enter it in the Username<\/strong> box on the screen which appears.<\/p>\n
\"Using<\/p>\n
Then select the appropriate Role<\/strong> from the drop-down list (normally Student or Instructor) and press Submit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"Caution!\"As of December 2020, if you are enrolled as a Teaching Assistant on a course, you will have to enrol other colleagues as a Student, then\u00a0Change User\u2019s Role<\/a><\/strong>.<\/pre>\n
\"Caution!\"\r\nDo not press the 'Browse' button \u2013 just Submit<\/strong>.\r\n<\/pre>\n
How can I find out a person\u2019s username?<\/strong>
\nThe simplest way is to ask them. You can also find a colleague’s username from the Outlook address book.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
3b.\u00a0 If you don\u2019t know the Blackboard username<\/h3>\n
If you don\u2019t know the user\u2019s Blackboard username, click on the Browse button. A new window appears.<\/p>\n
\"showing<\/p>\n
\"Search<\/p>\n
You can search for a person by First or Last Name, Email address, or Username \u2013 choose the appropriate option from the first drop-down box.<\/p>\n
For students, if you know a student\u2019s number is 123456, you could find them by searching for \u2018Student ID Contains 123456\u2019.<\/p>\n
For staff, you will normally need to search by Name or Email. This will often bring up a long list of users \u2013 be careful to choose the correct person.<\/p>\n
Note<\/strong>: The email address for any member of staff will end @reading.ac.uk
\nNever enrol a user as Instructor if their email address ends in @student.reading.ac.uk<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
When you have found the right person, tick the box next to their name and press Submit<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
\"Selecting<\/p>\n
If you see a red circle with a cross next to the user’s name, this means their Blackboard account is unavailable – you can enrol them, but they will not be able to log in to Blackboard until their status is changed.<\/p>\n
4.\u00a0 This will take you back to the Add Enrolments<\/strong> screen.<\/h3>\n
Now use the drop-down list to choose the appropriate Role<\/strong> in the course.<\/p>\n
\"Selecting<\/p>\n
By default, new users will be added to the course as students, but you can select Instructor or other roles from the Role drop-down list.<\/p>\n
Roles available to select are:<\/p>\n