Adding a Secondary Instructor to a Course

If you need to add another user as an instructor to a course:

  1. On the left-side menu scroll down to "Users and Group" and select "Users."
  2. On the next screen, click the chevron to the right of "Enroll Users" and select "Find Users to Enroll."
  3. You can add one or more NetIDs to the box, separated by commas.   Make sure the "Role" selection is set to Course Director/Instructor," and click "Submit."
  4. If you don't know their NetID, you can click the "Browse" button to the right of the Username box.  You can choose to search by First or Last name, Email address, or username.

    For instance, select "Last Name", enter their last name in the box, and select "Go."   Find their name in the list, check the box to the left of their entry, and click Submit.
  5. At this point, their ID will be inside the Username field on the previous page and when you click Submit again, they will added to the course.

Occasionally, differences in security settings may not allow you to add a particular user.  in the event that this occurs, please open a request in TechConnect and the Blackboard team will attempt to resolve the issue.

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Article ID: 136155
Created
Thu 10/7/21 10:03 AM
Modified
Wed 9/20/23 12:09 PM

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