When to Use?
Instructors can manage course access state settings through the Course Settings page.
If your course remains closed after you changed the setting to "open", please use these options to refresh the course setting:
- Refresh the Courses page — This should update the course status to display as “Open.”
- Log out of Blackboard and log back in — This should also correct the display.
- Refresh the browser — Instructors can use Ctrl+R on Windows or Command+R on a Mac, or select the refresh button in the browser toolbar.
Procedure
Instructors or users with appropriate privileges can set the course state from Course Settings. This functionality was previously called Course is Open/Private and found in the Details & Actions panel.
Course access states are as follows:
- Open. Course content is available to students.
- Closed. Course content is not available to students. Previously called Private.
- Complete. No changes can be made by students or instructors.
Image 1. The Course Settings page now has a section called Course Access where instructors can set a course as Open, Closed, or Complete.
At the top of a course, the current course access state is displayed as a colored pill next to Course Settings. This change makes it easier for instructors to manage course states.
“Open” a course
1. Navigate to your course content page and click Course Settings.
2. In the Course Access section click the button next to "Open" to open the course.
3. Close the course settings window and the course should now display as “OPEN” and available to students.
“Close” a course
1. Navigate to your course content page and click Course Settings.
2. In the Course Access section click the button next to "Closed" to close the course.
3. Close the course settings window and the course should now display as “CLOSED” and unavailable to students.
Image 2: At the top of a course, there is now an indicator that displays whether a course is Open, Closed, or Complete.
Additionally, instructors can access Course Settings from the Courses page. From the three dot menu, the instructor can select Course Settings.
Images 3 and 4. Course Settings option from the course card edit menu and the course list view menu.
