add a teaching assistant to blackboard

To ‘unofficially’ [manually] enroll someone a teaching assistant in your Blackboard course:

• Click Users & Group, then
• Click Users, next
• Go to Find Users to Enroll (Note: This step confuses some. Do NOT click or use the search box. ...

Full Answer

How do I add additional students to a Blackboard course?

Step-By-Step. Log into LEARN and access your course. Under the Control Panel in the left-hand navigation bar, click Course Tools. Click on Manage Users. On the next page, you will see the class roster. In the upper left, click the Add Users button. …

How do I add a teaching assistant to my class?

Nov 11, 2020 · Tell Me. Locate Roster from the menu. Click the link below it. Click the + in the top right and click Enroll People. Enter the name, email, or username of your Teaching Assistant in the search field. Click the + beside their name. Select the appropriate role to add them to the course. Click on ...

How do I remove an instructor from a Blackboard course?

Add Teaching Assistants 1. Open the Blackboard course in which you want to add your TA. 2. Go to the Control Panel, click on Course Tools, and select More Tools (GW). 3. On the More Tools page, click Manage Teaching Assistants (TA). 4. In the NetIDs text box, type the GW Email address of the TA(s) you want to add and click Next. Note: If you previously added another TA, …

How can I support students with disabilities in Blackboard?

Instructors have the ability to add Teaching Assistants (TA's) to their Blackboard courses by using the "Control Panel" area in their course. Step-By-Step Log into Blackboard and enter your course Under the "Control Panel" in the left-hand navigation bar, click "Course Tools" Click on "Users and Groups" Click on "Users"

Finding Users to Enroll

Zoom: Image of the Users screen with Find Users to Enroll at the top highlighted in red and instructions directing users to click on it.

Enrolling Users, Part 1

Zoom: Image of the Add Enrollments screen with the following annotations: 1.Username: If you know the UTAD username of the person you would like to add, enter their UTAD in the space marked Username (Skip to Step 3, Role)2.If you do not know the UTAD username, click Browse to search for the user.3.Role: Select the role of the user.

Searching for Users

Zoom: Image of the Searching for Users screen with the following annotations: 1.Search: Set the search parameters for your search: (Username, Last Name, First Name, email); (Contains, Equal To, Starts With, Not Blank)2.Insert search term (e.g. last name) and click Go.3.The search results will appear at the bottom of the screen.

Step 1

In the Control panel of your Blackboard course, click on Users and Groups, then select Users.

Step 2

Select the Find Users to Enroll button (do not use the search box on this page - this is to search existing users already in the course).

Step 3

Option 1: If you know the Mason username, enter the NetID of the user you wish to enroll into the Username field. This is the first part of an email address. So for [email protected], enter jsmith. If you know the username, DO NOT click on Browse. Enter multiple usernames in the format of username1, username2, username3.

Step 4

Select the Role for the new user. View information about Blackboard Course Roles. If adding someone as a guest, you must read this information before adding someone as a guest.

Step 5

Note: If the user is already enrolled in the course, his/her name will not appear when browsing for a user. In addition, if a student had previously enrolled and then dropped the course (or an instructor previously scheduled to teach a section), you will not be able to add them to the course.

Removing a TA (or Changing a Role)

To remove someone previously added with the above process, follow the steps 1-3 to get to the Blackboard Additions screen. Enter the student’s NetID, but choose Remove BB Access granted here.

Definitions of the Available Roles

A Teaching Assistant (TA) has the same access to all areas of a course as the instructor. If you don’t want the TA to have access to the Bb grade center, consider the course builder role, instead. Note: If a TA has authorization and access to enter grades into Banner, then they will automatically have instructor access to the Blackboard course.

What is a course role?

Course roles control access to the content and tools within a course. Each user is assigned a role for each course they participate in. For example, a user with a role of Teaching Assistant in one course can have a role of Student in another course.

Can students see private courses?

Students see private courses in their course lists, but they can't access them. Teaching Assistant. Users with the Teaching Assistant role have access to most of the course. If the course is unavailable to students, teaching assistants may still access the course.

What is the role of a grader in a course?

The Grader role has limited access to the course. Graders can assist an instructor in the creation, management, delivery, and grading of assessments and surveys. The grader may also assist an instructor with adding manual entries. If a course is unavailable to students, the course appears in the course list for a user with the role of Grader.

What is instructor role?

Instructor. Instructors have full access to the course. This role is generally assigned to the person developing, teaching, or facilitating the class. If a course is unavailable to students, users with the Instructor role may still access it. The instructor is included in the course description in the Course Catalog.