Tell meCourses created in Blackboard are available by default to Instructors, TA's, and Course Builders to allow time to work on course updates before students have access to it. Students cannot access a course set to Unavailable, but they will see it listed on their My Courses widget. There are 3 ways to make your course available: | OPTION #1 | Use Qwickly on the My Blackboard tab for a 2-click solution to course availability. - Click Course Availability from the Qwickly Tools module, which is located in the upper left corner of the My Blackboard tab.
- Click ON to make a course available or OFF to make a course unavailable
|  | | OPTION #2 | Use the Make Available tool from your course Home Page. NOTE: This feature is NEW as of January 6, 2018. - Log into your course. By default, the Home Page is the first thing you will see.
- Click on the lock icon in the upper right corner.
- When unavailable, the icon appears as a closed lock outlined in red.
- When available, the icon appears as an black open lock outlined in black.
NOTE: This tool is ONLY available from the Home Page. If you change your course's landing page, you will not see this tool unless you go to the Home Page. |  | | OPTION #3 | Modify the course's properties. - Select and log into the course
- Select Customization from the Control Panel (lower left side)
- Select Properties
- Scroll to property #3 ("Set Availability") and select “Yes”
- Scroll to the bottom of the page Click Submit
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