Blackboard (Faculty) - Course Availability: Make Course Available

This document provides an overview of how to make a Blackboard course available for students.
  1. Log into Blackboard.

  2. Click on Courses in the menu and locate the course.

  3. A course that is unavailable will show "Private" with a lock. Click on the 3 dots to the right of the course name.

    Private lock displays class is unavailable

  4. Select Open Course in the menu

    menu with Open course option

  5. A pop up box will ask to "Open Course?" Click Open to Students.

    Pop up window confirming open course.
  6. The lock will disappear.
  7. Alternately, inside the course, you can click the padlock icon in the top right corner.

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Doc ID:
59705
Owned by:
Center I. in Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Created:
2016-01-13
Updated:
2025-04-08
Sites:
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville