• When are student enrollments added to my course site?
• How do I make my course site available to my students?
• When do course sites become unavailable to students?
• How do I remove course sites from my Blackboard course list?

When are student enrollments added to my course site?

Once Blackboard course sites are created, student enrollments in them are updated each business day to reflect the course enrollments in the registrar's system. Enrollments continue to be updated throughout the course of the semester.

How do I make my course site available to my students?

By default, all course sites in Blackboard are created as "unavailable." You will see this status displayed [e.g. EARLY MEDIEVAL ART.Fall2005 (unavailable)] on your My Courses list on your Blackboard Desktop. This means that your students will not be able to access your course site in Blackboard unless you make the site available to them by following these steps:

• From within the course you want to make available, click on the Control Panel under the left-side course menu.
• Under "Course Options," click on "Settings."
• Click on "Course Availability."
• Select "Yes" and click "Submit."

When do course sites become unavailable to students?

After an instructor makes a course available to his or her students, it remains available for the rest of the semester. Twice a year after the end of a semester, course sites are made unavailable: in January for Fall course sites; in August for summer and spring course sites.

Instructors can reset their course to "available" if they need to extend access to students beyond the end of the semester (for instructions, see "How do I make my course site available to my students?").

Note: Students who graduate or otherwise leave the university lose access to Blackboard altogether approximately one week after the end of the semester when their student affiliation is removed from the university NetID system. Students should download any course materials they need to their local computer before their access to Blackboard is terminated.

How do I remove course sites from my Blackboard course list?

You can customize the appearance of your course list on your Blackboard Desktop by doing the following:

• On your Blackboard Desktop page, click on the "Modify Content" button located in the upper right-hand corner.
• 0. Under "Select Modules," place a check mark next to "My Courses: Detailed View" and click "Submit." (If a check mark is already placed next to "My courses: Detailed View," you can skip this and the next step.) Click "Cancel" or "Submit."
• You will see a message "The page has been successfully customized"; click "OK."
• The newly added module will appear on your Blackboard Desktop. Click on the pencil icon in the upper right-hand corner of the My Courses: Detailed View module.
• Remove the check mark next to all courses you wish to remove from your list of courses.
• If you do not wish to see announcements for your remaining courses, uncheck the boxes under the Announcements column.
• Click "Submit."
• You will see a message "The module has been successfully updated"; click "OK."
• To position the new module at the top-center of your Blackboard Desktop, click on the "Modify Layout" button in the upper right-hand corner.
• Click on "My Courses: Detailed View" and click on the arrow pointing up to place this module in the first position under "Column 1" (If the module is under "Column 2", use the arrow pointing left to bring it to "Column 1"). Click "Submit."
• You will see a message "The page has been successfully customized"; click "OK."
• You can hide or remove your "My Courses" module. To hide it, click on the downsizing icon in the upper right of the module (circle with a short horizontal bar in it). To remove it, click on the delete icon (circle with a red x in it). If needed, you can add the module again later by going back and clicking on the "Modify Content" button.

Alternatively, instructors can permanently remove themselves from a course site by changing their status to "inactive":

• Click on the Control Panel in the course site.
• Under "User Management", click on "List/Modify Users".
• Choose a method and search for your name in the search box.
• Click on the Properties button to the right of your name.
• In section 4 in the Available dropdown box, select "No", then click "Submit".
• You will see a message indicating you do not have access to the course site (this is expected since you no longer are active in the course site); click on the My Blackboard Desktop tab.