When you wish to restrict a student’s access to your Blackboard course due to a drop or withdrawal, you have two options: hide or remove the user.
The official system of record for course rosters is in Enterprise Self-Service. Please always check your roster before hiding or removing student users.
Option 1: Hide the Blackboard Course from Student, but Retain Student Grades
- Go to the Control Panel and click on Users and Groups > Users.
- Select “Username” and “List All” in search options and click Go. All users will be listed.
- If you have more than 25 students, click on the “Show All” button in the lower right corner of Blackboard to view all students on one page.
- Hover over the name of the student whose access you wish to restrict, and click the dropdown arrow.
- Choose “Change User’s Availability in Course.”
- Under “1. Available (this course only),” select “No.”
- Click Submit.
- The student will no longer have access to your Blackboard, but will be visible in your Grade Center.
To hide a student in your Grade Center:
- Go to Control Panel.
- Click on the dropdown arrow next to Grade Center.
- Click on Full Grade Center.
- Click on the “Manage” button, and select “Row Visibility.”
- Check the box next to the student that you wish to hide.
- Click on the “Hide Rows” button.
- Click “Submit” to save your changes.
Option 2: Delete student from Blackboard and delete student’s work
Removing a student from your Blackboard course roster also removes his or her grades from the Blackboard Grade Center.
If you would like to remove a student from your course, you can do so by following these steps.
- Go to the Control Panel and click on Users and Groups > Users.
- Select “Username” and “List All” in search options and click Go. All users will be listed.
- If you have more than 25 students, click on the “Show All” button in the lower right corner of Blackboard to view all students on one page.
- Hover over the name of the student whom you wish to delete, and click the dropdown arrow. (This will also delete all grade records in Blackboard for that student.)
- Choose “Remove Users from Course,” and click “OK.”
If you need assistance to hide or remove students from your Blackboard course, please contact COLRS (http://www.uis.edu/colrs/contact.html)
Short URL for these instructions: http://go.uis.edu/hidestudents