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.
NOTE: Course duration start dates are set by default to 2 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. Faculty can change this to another date in Original courses. If your students do not see the course after you've made it available, please verify the dates under Duration. See → How do I change the start date for my Blackboard course?
Ultra courses must be manually updated by Instructional Technology. If you would like to make an Ultra course available prior to the default start date for the term, please Open an RT ticket to request a course availability override.
Example of how to change the start date in a Blackboard course. NOTE: This feature is only available in Original at this time.
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There are 3 ways to make your course available:
| OPTION #1 | |
Set the course status from the Course list page. Choose Open when you're ready for students to participate. |  |
| OPTION #2 | |
Use the Make Available tool from your Original course's Home Page.
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 - ORIGINAL COURSES ONLY | |
Modify the course's properties.
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