{"id":1818,"date":"2018-07-31T09:42:51","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T09:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/?p=1818"},"modified":"2022-06-10T14:22:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T14:22:00","slug":"blackboard-removing-yourself-and-colleagues-from-courses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/31\/blackboard-removing-yourself-and-colleagues-from-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard: Removing yourself and colleagues from courses"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction<\/h2>\n<p>The consequences of mistakenly deleting a student\u2019s enrolment can be very serious \u2013 in particular, in removing a student you also delete that student\u2019s 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 able to remove users from Blackboard courses.<\/p>\n<p>However, there will be times when you want to remove colleagues who are no longer teaching on your course. Equally, you might wish to remove yourself from a course with which you are no longer involved.<\/p>\n<p>The simplest way of doing this is to set the user\u2019s enrolment as Unavailable. This achieves two things:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the current version of the course will be invisible to the user with immediate effect, and they will no longer receive announcements and emails from the course.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 when the course is copied forward for the next academic year, unavailable staff enrolments will be ignored \u2013 so in fixing the issue for the current year, you are also preventing it from recurring in the future.<\/p>\n<h2>1. Set a colleague\u2019s enrolment as Unavailable<\/h2>\n<p>This option is available on any course where you are an Instructor or Teaching Assistant<br \/>\nGo to <strong>Control Panel &gt; Users and Groups &gt; Users<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hover over the username of the relevant user. From the contextual menu, select <strong>Change User\u2019s Availability in Course<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/31\/blackboard-removing-yourself-and-colleagues-from-courses\/1-82\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/1-57.png?fit=403%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"403,242\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/1-57.png?fit=403%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/1-57.png?fit=403%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1819\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/1-57.png\" alt=\"Grey editing chevron, showing the drop down menu and change users availability selected\" width=\"403\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/1-57.png?w=403&amp;ssl=1 403w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/1-57.png?resize=150%2C90&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/1-57.png?resize=366%2C220&amp;ssl=1 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 403px) 100vw, 403px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Change <strong>Available (this course only)<\/strong> from Yes to<strong> No.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Press <strong>Submit<\/strong> to save the change.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1820\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/31\/blackboard-removing-yourself-and-colleagues-from-courses\/2-84\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2-59.png?fit=439%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"439,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2-59.png?fit=439%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2-59.png?fit=439%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1820\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2-59.png\" alt=\"Showing the course role options and the availability yes or no options\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2-59.png?w=439&amp;ssl=1 439w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2-59.png?resize=146%2C150&amp;ssl=1 146w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2-59.png?resize=366%2C375&amp;ssl=1 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 439px) 100vw, 439px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>2. Set your own enrolment as Unavailable<\/h2>\n<pre><img data-attachment-id=\"904\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/06\/28\/turnitin-create-and-import-a-qualitative-rubric-using-excel\/i-100-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/06\/i-100-2.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"100,100\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"i-100-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/06\/i-100-2.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/06\/i-100-2.png?fit=100%2C100&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-904\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/06\/i-100-2.png\" alt=\"Important information!\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/06\/i-100-2.png?w=100&amp;ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/06\/i-100-2.png?resize=75%2C75&amp;ssl=1 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px\" \/>\r\nThis option is available on any course where you are an Instructor or Teaching Assistant\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>Go to <strong>Control Panel &gt; Users and Groups &gt; Users<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Hover over your username, click on the editing arrow which appears, and select <strong>Change User\u2019s Availability in Course<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1821\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/31\/blackboard-removing-yourself-and-colleagues-from-courses\/3-80\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/3-57.png?fit=414%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"414,294\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/3-57.png?fit=414%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/3-57.png?fit=414%2C294&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1821\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/3-57.png\" alt=\"Grey editing chevron, showing the drop down menu and change users availability selected\" width=\"414\" height=\"294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/3-57.png?w=414&amp;ssl=1 414w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/3-57.png?resize=150%2C107&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/3-57.png?resize=366%2C260&amp;ssl=1 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Change <strong>Available (this course only)<\/strong> from Yes to <strong>No<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Press <strong>Submit<\/strong> to save the change.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"1822\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/31\/blackboard-removing-yourself-and-colleagues-from-courses\/4-71\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/4-51.png?fit=384%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"384,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/4-51.png?fit=384%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/4-51.png?fit=384%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1822\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/4-51.png\" alt=\"Showing the course role options and the availability yes or no options\" width=\"384\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/4-51.png?w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/4-51.png?resize=150%2C130&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/4-51.png?resize=366%2C317&amp;ssl=1 366w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Having made your enrolment unavailable you will, reasonably enough, now see an \u2018Access Denied\u2019 message. You do not need to Log In again \u2013 simply click on the purple cross icon in the top left-hand corner to close the course.<\/p>\n<p><img data-attachment-id=\"13506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/2018\/07\/31\/blackboard-removing-yourself-and-colleagues-from-courses\/2022-06-10_15-14-02\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?fit=886%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"886,460\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2022-06-10_15-14-02\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?fit=886%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?fit=886%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13506\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?resize=886%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Course where access is denied after making yourself unavailable on the course. The log in option has a red cross by it and the Close Course cross icon in the top left-hand corner is circled. \" width=\"886\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?w=886&amp;ssl=1 886w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?resize=768%2C399&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?resize=150%2C78&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?resize=366%2C190&amp;ssl=1 366w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2018\/07\/2022-06-10_15-14-02.jpg?resize=770%2C400&amp;ssl=1 770w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>3. Ask an administrator to remove you \/ your colleague<\/h2>\n<p>For courses where you have been enrolled as Marker or Course Builder, the option described above will not be available. In this case, you can contact the Programme Manager or Senior Programme Administrator in your local Student Support Centre, as they have the ability to remove staff from courses within their Schools.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction The consequences of mistakenly deleting a student\u2019s enrolment can be very serious \u2013 in particular, in removing a student you also delete that student\u2019s 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 able to remove users from Blackboard courses. However, there will be times when you want to remove colleagues who are no longer teaching on your course. Equally, you might wish to remove yourself from a course with which you are no longer involved. The simplest way of doing this is to set the user\u2019s enrolment as Unavailable. This achieves two things: \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the current version of the course will be invisible to the user with immediate effect, and they will no longer receive announcements and emails from the course. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 when the course is copied forward for the next academic year, unavailable staff enrolments will be ignored \u2013 so in fixing the issue for the current year, you are also preventing it from recurring in the future. 1. Set a colleague\u2019s enrolment as Unavailable This option is available on any course where you are an Instructor or Teaching Assistant Go to Control Panel &gt; Users and Groups &gt; Users Hover over the username of the relevant user. From the contextual menu, select Change User\u2019s Availability in Course. Change Available (this course only) from Yes to No. Press Submit to save the change. 2. Set your own enrolment as Unavailable This option is available on any course where you are an Instructor or Teaching Assistant Go to Control Panel &gt; Users and Groups &gt; Users. Hover over your username, click on the editing arrow which appears, and select Change User\u2019s Availability in Course. Change Available (this course only) from Yes to No. Press Submit to save the change. Having made your enrolment unavailable you will, reasonably enough, now see an \u2018Access Denied\u2019 message. You do not need to Log In again \u2013 simply click on the purple cross icon in the top left-hand corner to close the course. 3. Ask an administrator to remove you \/ your colleague For courses where you have been enrolled as Marker or Course Builder, the option described above will not be available. In this case, you can contact the Programme Manager or Senior Programme Administrator in your local Student Support Centre, as they have the ability to remove staff from courses within their Schools. &nbsp;<\/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":[124,203,123],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blackboard: Removing yourself and colleagues from courses - 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: Removing yourself and colleagues from courses - Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Introduction The consequences of mistakenly deleting a student\u2019s enrolment can be very serious \u2013 in particular, in removing a student you also delete that student\u2019s 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 able to remove users from Blackboard courses. However, there will be times when you want to remove colleagues who are no longer teaching on your course. Equally, you might wish to remove yourself from a course with which you are no longer involved. The simplest way of doing this is to set the user\u2019s enrolment as Unavailable. This achieves two things: \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the current version of the course will be invisible to the user with immediate effect, and they will no longer receive announcements and emails from the course. \u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 when the course is copied forward for the next academic year, unavailable staff enrolments will be ignored \u2013 so in fixing the issue for the current year, you are also preventing it from recurring in the future. 1. 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