| Step-by-Step
Guides |
| The guides listed below provide Step-by-Step
instructions on each specific function. Also included in the
guides is a short explanation of the feature and a series of
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's). |
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Due the changes in the Blackboard system, instructors have much less
responsibility in terms of user management. Students are automatically
enrolled in course sites, and their personal information changes are
handled through the SDSU Web Portal, rather than in Blackboard.
Introducing Students to Blackboard
Although many students on campus have used Blackboard, it is important
to introduce Blackboard to your students at the beginning of each
semester. It is recommended that, if possible, you introduce your course site to your students as well as well as the Blackboard Student Support site and Student FAQs.
Modify User
The Modify User function is used to change a user's role in the
course. This feature is used mainly to give access to Teaching Assistants
or additional instructors. Instructors must ask the Blackboard Administrator
to add the additional users to the site, then they may change the
role as desired (See Step-by-Step Guides above).
Note: Students who are officially enrolled in the course
may not be made TA's in the Blackboard site as the nightly data
feed from the Registrar's Office will automatically change their
status back to student (See Step-by-Step Guides above).
Working with Groups
Creating, modifying and removing Groups is much the same as working
with individual users. From the Control Panel, click on the Manage
Group link in the User Management section.
Frequently Asked Questions
What do I do if a student doesn't know his/her username or
password?
All student user names (RED IDs) and passwords for
Blackboard are the same as they use for the SDSU Web Portal. If a student does not know this information, they
need to contact the Registrar's Office. Student passwords can be reset directly in the SDSU Web Portal as well.
What can I do if a student does not want his/her email listed
on the Student Roster?
Blackboard does not list any email addresses in the roster unless
a student chooses to do so. To make email addresses visible to the
rest of the class, students must go into the Personal Information
area from either the Student Tools area of the course, or from the
Tools box on the My SDSU page and click on Privacy Options. They
can then choose what information to share with the rest of the class.
Blackboard also uses what is called a "suppressed list"
for email sent from within a course site. This means that the email
will be sent to all the people you choose, but nowhere in the resulting
email, will addresses be listed. This allows student email addresses
to remain private. However, if you as the instructor, want a list
of all addresses, you will not be able to get it from Bb, unless your
students all choose to make this information public.
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