how to make content avaiable to students on blackboard

by Schuyler Hahn 5 min read

  • Log into Blackboard Learn and enter the course.
  • In the Course Management menu under Customization, click Properties.
  • Under Set Availability, check the radio button next to " Yes " for Make Course Available.
  • Click the Submit button.

Log into Blackboard Learn and enter the course. In the Course Management menu under Customization, click Properties. Under Set Availability, check the radio button next to "Yes" for Make Course Available. Click the Submit button.

Full Answer

How do I make a course available on Blackboard Learn?

Return to your course and in the Details & Actions panel, select the Students can view content, but can't participate link. Make a selection in the pop-up window. If a course has an end date, and the end date passes, then students can't access the course any longer.

How do I hide a course from students on Blackboard?

Set course availability. You can set your course availability in the Control Panel. Control Panel > Customization > Properties > Set Availability. In the Set Availability section, select Yes or No. Use Term Availability only appears if your administrator added your course to a term.

How can students view content but can't participate in a course?

You will be prompted to confirm your decision. Click "Open to students" to make your course immediately available. Option three: Log into Blackboard Learn and enter the course. In the Course Management menu under Customization, click Properties. Under Set Availability, check the radio button next to "Yes" for Make Course Available.

How do I make my course available to students?

Locate the course you want to make available/unavailable on your My Courses list and click the link of the course ID. After entering the course, scroll down and click “Customization -> Properties”. Scroll down to the SET AVAILABILITY area of the page and change the “Make Course Available” to “Yes” Then click Submit to save the change.

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How do I make content visible on blackboard?

Hiding/Showing entries on the Course Menu Each Course Menu entry has a drop-down menu to the right of its name. A menu item is hidden if it has a square with slash next to it (1). Click on the drop-down menu (2) and choose "Show Link" or "Hide Link" (3) to Show or Hide that content link.

How do I set up adaptive release on blackboard?

0:302:48How-to Set Adaptive Release in Blackboard - YouTubeYouTubeStart of suggested clipEnd of suggested clipTo set up adaptive release for a content item locate the content item that you want to control hoverMoreTo set up adaptive release for a content item locate the content item that you want to control hover over the item. And select the drop down arrow that appears next to that content's.

What are adaptive release rules for content Blackboard?

Adaptive Release allows you to make Blackboard course content available to students only when they have fulfilled certain criteria. Basic Adaptive Release allows for a rule to be created based on limited criteria, while the advanced function allows for multiple rules to be used.

How do I enable adaptive release?

To enable or edit advanced Adaptive Release settings for a content item, hover over the item, and click the button that appears to the right of the item title. From the menu that appears on screen, select Adaptive Release: Advanced.Feb 17, 2021

What does "unavailable" mean in Blackboard?

"Unavailable" means that an instructor has access to the course, but students will not be able to enter the course. Instructors have to make the course "available" to allow students access to the Blackboard Learn course. There are three options to make your Blackboard Learn course available:

How to change course availability on Blackboard?

In either view, open the course card's menu to change the course availability by clicking the three horizontal dots. Click the three horizontal dots (course menu) to change course availability. Click "Open course".

Instructions for USC Instructors Using Qwickly (current semester courses)

From the Blackboard Home screen, navigate to the Tools module on the left side of the screen and click the “Qwickly (Faculty/TA’s)” link,

Instructions for USC Instructors NOT Using Qwickly (current semester courses)

Locate the course you want to make available/unavailable on your My Courses list and click the link of the course ID.

Instructions for USC Instructors NOT Using Qwickly (while in current semester course)

From inside the course you wish to make available to students, in the upper right corner of the course, locate “lock” icon.

Instructions for USC Teaching Assistants

Under My Courses on the Home tab, click the name of the “NOT AVAILABLE” course that you want your students to be able to access.

About Course Availability

ITS automatically creates a Blackboard course for every course that is listed in the Schedule of Classes. All Blackboard courses are automatically hidden from students.

Sharing Echo360 Videos

There are a few different ways to share Echo360 videos with select students. You can create groups at echo360.org and share with select students or you can create adaptive release rules on a folder in Blackboard and share the videos in Blackboard. Read this post for the different ways to share Echo360 recordings with students.

Adding a Co-Viewer to a Kaltura Video

If you need a student to view a video that you have uploaded to Kaltura, you can add them as a viewer in Kaltura.

Add Content and Videos to Adaptive Release Folders in Blackboard

You can also use adaptive release rules in Blackboard, to make content and videos available only to select students of your choosing. You will first need to create a folder that has an adaptive release rule for membership and add the content to that folder.

For synchronous recordings

A note about synchronous/interactive class recordings: the recommended method for making synchronous sessions – those used for remote teaching – available to select students is to use Zoom to record because the recordings are automatically sent to Kaltura which allows for easy embedding and adaptive release in Blackboard.While it is possible to adaptively release content that is recorded with Collaborate Ultra, it is a lot more difficult to achieve because these videos are automatically published to the course and allow for students to view the content as soon as it is available.

Asynchronous Recordings

For asynchronous recordings there are two primary methods you can use.

Files and other Content

For all other content (files, weblinks, etc), you can simply upload to the adaptive release folder as you would in other course areas.

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