Enroll a TA Manually

1. From the "Control Panel", select "Users and Groups" > "Users".
2. Click "Enroll User" > "Find Users to Enroll".
3. Enter the TA's Andrew ID under Username and change the role dropdown to "Teaching Assistant".
4. Click "Submit".

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Make a Course Available

Students won't see a course until the instructor makes it available:

1. Within the course's Control Panel, select "Customization" > "Properties".
2. Select "Yes" under "Make Course Available".
3. Click "Submit".

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Setting up an Assignment...

Instructors can download all assignments at once through the Grade Center spreadsheet.

How to set up Assignments

Retrieve old Dropbox files

Get a Blackboard Demo

We provide Blackboard demonstrations for instructors. Contact us if you would like to schedule a Blackboard overview demonstration, find out more about a particular feature, or need troubleshooting assistance. We are happy to help!

• Email — bb-help@andrew.cmu.edu
• Phone — 412-268-9090

Export/Archive a Course

Instructors, save a copy of a course to a local machine by using the Export/Archive function in Blackboard.

Note: Contents of the course archive are only readable once imported back into Blackboard.

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Known issue: IE 10 and the Grade Center

April 2013: Several instructors have reported that when using Internet Explorer 10, the Grade Center does not display properly.

IE 10 shows only the header row in the Grade Center and the student rows appear missing.

We have reported this bug to Blackboard. In the meantime, we suggest you try one of two possible workarounds:

1. Change the "Document Mode" in IE10. See How
2. Or, use a different browser; we suggest Firefox.