Make Your Blackboard Course Available for Students

[Faculty] Blackboard courses are set to private by default. Non-instructors cannot access private courses. Non-instructors can access completed courses but cannot participate in graded items.

Make a Blackboard (Bb) course private or open for student participation on the Bb Courses page. Courses are set to private by default and are not open to non-instructors. 
 

Navigate to Courses

1. Open https://blackboard.towson.edu in a browser.
2. Log in with your NetID Username and Password.
3. Select Courses on the side navigation menu. All your current, non-hidden courses appear on your Courses page.
    

Make a course available

1. On your Courses page, locate the course you wish to make available.
2. At the right end of the course card, select the triple dot icon. A drop-down menu will display.
3. Select Complete or Make course private. The lock symbol by the course name indicates the course is private.
4. A pop-up menu will appear, prompting you to select either Make Course Private or Complete Course.
   • Make Course Private removes access from all non-instructors enrolled in the course.
   • Complete Course allows non-instructors to access the course content but prevents them from participating in graded items.