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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| title | Requesting Change to Course Availability DatesNOTE: 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 - Within an Ultra Course1. Open your Ultra course. 2. Select Course Settings in the top right corner.  OPTION #2 - From the Courses Page1. Go to the Courses page. 2. Enable the Course Card view by clicking on the grid icon.  3. Find your course. 4. Click on the overflow menu (...) to select Course Settings.  MAKING YOUR COURSE AVAILABLEOnce you open the Course Settings page, toggletoggle the setting for Close Course so it changes from green to gray.   After the course is opened, you will see a blue OPEN indicator on this page as well as on the main course page.
Example: Open indicator on Course landing page widget 
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