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User Management Overview

In the User Management area of Blackboard, instructors can add/drop students from a course, enroll users in the course and remove users in a course during the add/drop period or if the student has withdrawn from the class during the semester and manage groups within the course. The process of adding / deleting students should automatically occur within 24 - 48 hours after the student initiates the process. Please do not add/drop a student from your section during this time. Shippensburg University has an automated enrollment process eliminating the need to create a user, therefore, the Create User button has been turned off and grayed out in all Blackboard Course Shells.

List / Modify Users

The List/Modify Users tool in the User Management area allows instructors to view a class list and update/modify student information in that list. Instructors can change a student's role, for instance, granting them teaching assistant privileges, change a student's password and send an email to a user. Student access to the course can be denied through this area by modifying a student's properties. Instructors may decide to deny access to students if they have withdrawn from their class. When student's access has been denied, an icon will appear next to the student's record that looks like a book with a red circle symbol and a slash through it. Instructors can search for a user by last name, user name or email, search for a user name alphabetically or by a particular activity/date. The instructor also has the option of viewing the entire list of students enrolled in the class.

Blackboard List / Modify Users Tutorial Files

List / Modify Users		Create User and Modify User
Change Password

Enroll User

In the Enterprise version of Blackboard students are automatically enrolled in courses. Although the Enroll option is available to instructors, we ask that faculty do not enroll students in their classes.

The Enroll User tool is used by instructors to enroll an existing student. Instructors can search for the student by last name, user name or email or search for a user name alphabetically. The List All feature in the Enroll User tool will list all the students currently enrolled in the Blackboard Learning System. When you enroll students, place a check in the box next to the student name. If more than two pages of students appear as a result of your search, you must check the box next to the student name and submit the request before going to the next page. The Blackboard Learning System does not work like a shopping cart and will not remember the name you checked on the first page once the second page has been selected.

Blackboard Enroll Users Tutorial Files

Enroll Users

Remove Users from Course

The Remove User tool allows instructors to completly remove students from a course. All information associated with that student will be deleted including Gradebook information. Please back up your course grades before completing this process. The information associated with a removed user CANNOT be restored to the course. The user must be adding back into the course by using the Enroll User tool. As a safety precaution, a check box must be selected by the student's name and the word "Yes" must be typed in a text box at the bottom of the page. Instructors can search for the a student by last name, user name or email or search for a user name alphabetically.

Blackboard Remove Users from Course Tutorial Files

Remove Users from the Course

Manage Groups

The Manage Groups tool allows instructors to build study or project groups and create an individual student group that can be used as a journaling tool. The Group area is private and provides access to the discussion board, virtual classroom, file exchange and group email function for only the group members and the instructor. Removing a Group from the Blackboard Learning System removes the group and all information associated with that group. The action is irreversible. Once a Group is created an instuctor can add, remove or modify groups of users. It is helpful if instructors place the team member names in the Add Group > Description section so that group names appear

Blackboard Managing Groups Tutorial Files

Manage Groups		Add Users to Group
Add Group / Group Properties		List Users in Group
Modify Group		Remove Users from Group