To add a Teaching Assistant (TA) to your course in Blackboard, please do the following:
  1. Within your course on the BbLearn system, on the Control Panel, expand the Users and Groups section and select Users.
  2. On the Users page, access the Enroll User menu and select Find Users to Enroll.
  3. Type the username of your TA into the Username field.
  4. Select the Teaching Assistant role, and verify Enrollment Availability is set to Yes.
  5.  Select Submit.
•    Users with the Teaching Assistant role have access to most of the course. If the course is unavailable to students, teaching assistants may still access the course.
•    The teaching assistant is not included in the course description in the Course Catalog.
•    Teaching assistants can't remove an instructor from a course.

You can also add secondary instructors with this method and the Instructor role.  However, DO NOT add students to your course with this method. The Banner/BbLearn integration takes care of student (and primary instructor) enrollments.  If added with this manual method, the integration WILL NOT work for them.

If you have any questions, please contact the Campus Support Center at 479-968-0646 or [email protected].