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There are two ways that users can/will be added to Blackboard courses. Once a Faculty Member requests a scheduled section, registered students will automatically be added to Blackboard courses; updates to the roster will appear daily and will be synchronized with Records and Registration data.

Faculty Members can also manually add additional users to a course through the Control Panel.

To enroll users manually:

  1. In the Control Panel, click User Management and then click Enroll User.
  2. Search for the user by last name (type in user's last name and click the "Search" button).
  3. Place a check mark in the "Add" box on the left hand side of the screen to add the user.
  4. Click the Submit button.

Note: Manually adding users will provide them with access to the course as students. In order to change User Role (i.e. to a TA) you must next select "List/Modify Users" in the Control Panel and modify the user properties.

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Last Updated: 10/08/2008