Blackboard - University of Houston

Start of Semester Procedures

Blackboard Faculty Course Request Form - needs to be completed for each Blackboard course each semester

Use the Blackboard Faculty Course Request Form - Look for "Add TA/Instructor" at the top of the page

Starting 4-5 days before the start of the semester, student enrollments and unenrollments are added to and removed from the Blackboard course Grade Centers based on information from the PeopleSoft Student Administration system.
Since processing is only done once a day in the early morning, it may take 1-2 days for enrollment changes to appear in Blackboard.
Send an email to blackboard@uh.edu if you want students loaded earlier than 5 days before the start of the semester.

In Blackboard Learn, the instructor controls when students will see the course after students have been added into the course grade center.
Students in the Grade Center will not see a Learn course until the instructor makes the course available.
To make the course available, go to the Course Control Panel - Customization – Properties. Change Course Availability to Yes. Press Submit.

In Blackboard Vista, courses become available on the first day of the semester.
To make the course available earlier, send an email to blackboard@uh.edu with the date you want the course to be available to students.

For more information about Blackboard at UH, including workshops and support, go to Blackboard Faculty Help

If you need assistance, send an email to blackboard@uh.edu or call 713-743-1475 option 2 Monday-Friday, 9 am-5 pm.