Blackboard Learn Access for Teaching Assistant (TA) Enrollment Managers

Modified on: Thu, Feb 6 2025 9:51 AM

This article overviews the features of Blackboard Learn access for Teaching Assistant (TA) Enrollment Managers at California Baptist University. Blackboard as an educational tool is provided and supported by Information Technology Services in partnership with the Teaching and Learning Center.

If you have additional unanswered questions, please contact the Help Desk using any of the following methods:

Phone: (951) 343-4444
Email: helpdesk@calbaptist.edu
In-Person: James 160
Hours: 8:00am-5:00pm (Monday - Friday)

Access Overview

TA Enrollment Managers may access the following areas of Blackboard Learn for their respective school or college programs in a read/write capacity. Access is typically provided for two weeks prior to, and two weeks following, the start of a given semester.

Access Area	Instructions	Suggested Uses	Additional Information
Courses	In the left-hand navigation menu, select Admin. Under heading Courses, select Courses. Search for a course using the provided methods. Example: Course ID contains 2025-SP Select the blue text Course ID to view the course.	Discover if a course has been generated in Blackboard. Discover who is the Instructor of the course, by viewing the Instructor Name column. Discover courses using Original versus Ultra view. Discover if a course is available for students. Red circle with white X in the Status column means students cannot view this course, even if they are enrolled. Example:
Course Enrollments - Add TA	In the left-hand navigation menu, select Admin. Under heading Courses, select Courses. Search for a course using the provided methods. Example: Course ID contains 2025-SP Select the blue text Course ID to view the course. In the left-hand navigation menu, expand Users and Groups, and select Users. A list of current course enrollments by role is displayed. Select Find Users to Enroll to access the enrollment tool. Enter the username of the person to enroll as a TA. If you aren't sure what their username is, select Browse to search for a user. The Role field will default to: Teaching Assistant - no enroll. There is no need to change this. Select Submit. A purple banner will appear at the top of the screen confirming the enrollment was successful.	Enrolling Teaching Assistants on a per-course basis.	There is a known issue where faculty who were previously the primary instructor of the course, were removed, and now need to be granted access as a TA, cannot be added. If you encounter this case, please submit a ticket via the ITS Helpdesk.
Course Enrollments - Remove TA		Removing TA enrollments on a per-course basis.	Access to remove TA enrollments is not provided for this role. If a TA needs to be removed, please place a ticket through the ITS Helpdesk.