Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Batch Enrollment

At the start of a new semester, instructors have two options for enrolling students into Blackboard courses:
  1. Request a batch enrollment from the Teaching and Learning Center (form available from the Quick Links area of the Teaching & Learning Center web page)
  2. Manually enroll students from the Users area of the Blackboard course (more about this topic will follow in next week's blog post)
Some tips when choosing to request a batch enrollment:
  • Ensure all former students have been removed from the course - failure to remove former students will result in adding the new/current students to the roster of former/past students in the same site
  • Know where to find your 4-digit class number (eServices roster or class schedule) and Blackboard Course ID (Customization > Properties) 
  • Batch enrollments are completed in the order they are received and cannot be completed at a specific time or on a specific day
  • Change course availability to "No" within Customization > Properties if your batch enrollment is processed before you want students to see the course
IMPORTANT: A batch enrollment is a snapshot of your eServices roster at the time the batch enroll was processed - there is no link between the roster in eServices and the roster in Blackboard.  
  • It is best to request the batch enroll no earlier than one week before the class is scheduled to start to ensure a more accurate roster.
  • If your class enrollment changes, you must add or remove students manually (or change a user's availability) within the Users area of your Blackboard course.  
Learn more about batch enrollments on our Beginning A Semester Blackboard guide.  Next week we'll cover the topic of User Management.


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