How do I make a course open/available or closed/unavailable to students in Blackboard?

Courses created in Blackboard are available by default to Instructors, TAs, and Course Builders to allow time to work on course updates before students have access to it.

Students cannot access a course set to CLOSED, but they will see it listed on their Courses page.

Requesting Change to Course Availability Dates

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.

Course duration 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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Open your Ultra course.
Select Course Settings in the top right corner.

Image 1 - Click on Course Settings in the top right corner of the Course page

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

Image 2 - Toggle the close course settings to change from green to gray - this opens the course.

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

ALTERNATE PATH TO COURSE SETTINGS - From the Courses Page

Go to the Courses page.
Enable the Course Card view by clicking on the grid icon.

Find your course.
Click on the overflow menu (...) to select Course Settings.

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