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Courses 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 Courses page.

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NOTE: Course duration start dates are set by default to 3 weeks prior to the start of the term. A course will not be open to students until the actual date it is set to open. 

Both Original and Ultra courses must be manually updated by Instructional Technology. If you would like to make a course available prior to the default start date for the term, please Open an RT ticket to request a course availability override.


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There are 2 ways to access the Course Settings to make your course available:

OPTION #1 -

Ultra OR Original

Go the the Courses page.

Within an Ultra Course

1. Open your Ultra course.

2. Select Course Settings in the top right corner.

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OPTION #2 - From the Courses Page

1. Go to the Courses page.

2. Enable the Course Card view by clicking on the grid icon.

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3. Find your course.

4. Click on the overflow menu (...)

to set the course status.Choose Open Course when you're ready for students to participate.

to select Course Settings.

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MAKING YOUR COURSE AVAILABLE

Once you open the Course Settings page, toggle the setting for Close Course so it changes from green to gray.

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After the course is opened, you will see a blue OPEN indicator on this page as well as on the main course page.

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Example: Open indicator on Course Settings page

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Example: Open indicator on Course landing page


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OPTION #2 - Original Only

Use the Make Available tool from your Original course's Home Page.

  • 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.


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