All faculty are responsible for making their courses available for students at the beginning of each semester. The easiest way to do this is to click on the little lock icon on the top right of your course. See the image below: the course is off – “unavailable”. When you click on the lock, it will open and the course will then be on – “available”.
We suggest that you open your courses earlier than the actual start date (recommended best practice suggests 7-10 days prior) so that students have the opportunity to see the syllabus and textbook information. When the semester is over, you simply click on the lock to turn the course off.
Looking for more tips on Blackboard tools? Visit the Faculty Blackboard Support page on the Academy website and find the heading “Blackboard Tips, Tools, & Resources for Faculty”. Click the toggle to view a list of topics with a quick write-up and/or short video for each topic.