Course Management and Administration

How to manage your course behind the scenes--recording attendance, changing availability, setting your preferences, etc.

How to request a course merge
On the Institution Page, scroll down to the Faculty Resources area. Click on the link and fill out the form to request a course site merge. 
Mon, 26 Jun, 2023 at 3:25 PM
How to do a Bulk Delete
What is bulk delete? You may find it most useful to bulk delete course materials at the end of a course. You can select the materials you want to delete an...
Wed, 27 Oct, 2021 at 4:40 PM
Incompletes
Courses stay on Blackboard for a year after the course ends, so as long as you leave the course available, the student will have access.  If you do not want...
Mon, 5 Dec, 2022 at 4:19 PM
Making students unavailable in a course site
Making a student unavailable There may be occasions when you want to prevent a student from accessing a Blackboard site. For example: There is student m...
Mon, 15 May, 2023 at 1:38 PM
Problem: Students missing or hidden in course
Go to the course in which this is occurring, and then proceed to follow these steps: Go to the Full Grade Center. Hover over the Manage dropdown menu:  ...
Thu, 28 Oct, 2021 at 9:18 AM
Course site creation and deletion
Course site creation Course sites are created in Blackboard automatically as courses are added to Banner, through a syncing process called "the snapsh...
Mon, 26 Jun, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Fixing an Off-sync Attendance Grade Center Column
Why does a grade center column go off-sync? An off sync grade center column can happen due to quite a few reasons, particularly if an instructor manuall...
Mon, 12 Jun, 2023 at 8:51 AM
My course title shows the wrong section number or part of term
Here's how to update your Course Name.  Blackboard Ultra Blackboard Original Blackboard Ultra In Ultra, the Course ID is at the top left of the...
Tue, 16 Apr, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Using Student Check-In with Qwickly Attendance
Please see this short clip created by Qwickly on how to utilize Student Check-In features. https://youtu.be/jNZfbEoyc5k
Mon, 6 Jun, 2022 at 8:33 AM
Reduce Your Blackboard Footprint
Quotas One of the questions Blackboard Support is frequently asked is "Why can't I add files to my course suddenly?" Often the reason you ...
Mon, 23 Jan, 2023 at 8:38 AM