Blackboard Faculty FAQs
Please browse the Frequently Asked Questions by the topics listed below. For Student FAQs click here.
WebCT Availability
Semester Preparation
- How long are Blackboard courses available?
- How do I make my courses available to my students?
- When are the next semester courses available?
- How do I transfer my current semester course into my future semester course?
- I am the instructor of record but do not see my course. What do I do?
System Requirements
- What are the system requirements and/or system recommendations for using Blackboard CE 8?
- What are the browser related issues with Blackboard CE8?
- What are the MAC OS related issues with Blackboard CE 8?
- I am having problems downloading files created from Microsoft Word and PowerPoint. What do I do?
- How do I set Internet Explorer into compatibility view?
Course Administration
- Can development courses be deleted?
- How are rosters managed in Blackboard?
- What happens to an unenrolled student’s content?
- What happens to a student that is manually enrolled by the instructor?
- If a student is unenrolled by the instructor, will Banner add him/her back in?
- What happens to students that are not part of the academic roster?
- How does cross-listing work?
- How does merging courses work?
- What happens if a course is listed with a TBA instructor?
- How do I back up my Blackboard course?
- How do I back up and download my grade book?
- Can I request Blackboard courses be deleted that I am not using?
- How do I add individual users to a course?
Blackboard Tools
- My grade book has disappeared.
- My students are attaching files with a .lnk extension. What is this?
- I am using a Mac with Snow Leopard and the HTML editor is not working. Why?
- I am having problems uploading files with the My Computer icon. What do I do?
- How do I change the order of the course in my Course List?
- How do I hide or un-hide a course on my Course List?
- When I click on the Syllabus from the Student View tab I receive the following message: “The Syllabus has not been selectively released to you.” What do I do?