Modifying a user
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In Blackboard, each user role has a specific set of permission levels:
- Course Builder - has access to all features except Assessments and Course Tools.
- Grader - has access to the grade book and is able to create and modify assessments.
- Guest - has access to course materials, but no access to the Communication or Assessment areas.
- Instructor - has access to all course functions. This includes adding and modifying content, controlling user and group functions, creating assessments and entering grades, and controlling discussion boards and virtual classroom functions.
- Student - has access to all course content but cannot modify content. This is the only role able to take assessments and have grades recorded in the grade book.
- Teacher Assistant - shares the same level of access as
the Instructor, but is unable to copy a course.
In this tutorial you'll learn how to navigate to the List/Modify Users area, how to select the user to be modified, and how to change the user's role.
1. In the Control Panel area, on the left under User Management, select the List/Modify Users link.
2. In the text field provided, type in the last name of the user you want to modify and click on the Search button.
3. All users with that last name enrolled in your class will be displayed. Find the user you wish to modify and click on the Properties button to the far right of the user's name.
4. On the Modify User Properties page, in the Role and Availability area select a role for this user by clicking on the appropriate radio button. For the purposes of this tutorial select the Teacher's Assistant role.
comments about the site to: Malaika Boyd: mboyd@mail.utexas.edu.
