Here are some simple things to do to make managing your course in Blackboard easier.
Logging in as a student to your classes
You can do this to see how a test works or what your students see:
Username: your username followed by _student e.g. aflmh_student or lmhenrikson_student
Password: your 30-million UAA ID no. followed by _student e.g. 34567890_student
Logging out of Blackboard
To log out of Blackboard, click on the little door with an arrow at the top of the screen. Just closing the window doesn't log you out. When switching between your faculty account and your student account, you need to log out! If you see the control panel in a course, you are logged in as an instructor.
Hiding Grade Center Columns from Students
In the Grade Center, just because a column is hidden from your view, doesn't mean it's hidden from the students. Log in as a student and see what they see.
a. If there are columns that you don't want them to see, go back to your instructor account and go to the Grade Center.
b. If necessary, unhide the column from your view by going to Manage > Organize Grade Center.
c. Select the columns you want to see, select show columns, then click submit.
d. Back in the Grade Center, click on the chevrons in the column heading, select modify column. In section 3, click the radio buttons for no. Then click submit. You will now see a red slash to the left of the column title.
e. You can hide the column from your view again if you want.
Customizing your courses list
Is your course list too long in the UAA Courses list? You can hide the courses that you don't want to see.
a. Click on the pencil at the top of the listing on the right.
b. Uncheck the names of old courses you don't want to see anymore (you can still see them in the Courses tab if you want to).
c. Only do one page at a time.
d. Click Submit.
