Make your Course Available to Students
Each semester you must make your Blackboard course available to your students. You can manage course access by clicking the three dots to the right of the Course Card for your course and selecting Course settings (This is available in list view as well by clicking on the three dots to the right of the name of the course.) You can also access these options by clicking on the Course Settings link located in the upper right hand corner of any course.
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Once the Course settings panel is open, under the Course Status section, click on the checkbox next to Open to open the course.
Click the X in the upper left hand corner to close the Course settings panel. Your course should now have an OPEN label in the upper right hand corner.