On May 18, 2006, OIT will create an empty Blackboard course shell for all summer 2006 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes with assigned instructors. Courses that don’t have assigned instructors will be created as courses are added to the Schedule of Classes by the Registrar’s office. Students will be automatically enrolled in all Bb courses as has been done in the past.
Any faculty member who wants to use Blackboard simply needs to login via myUMBC or http://blackboard.umbc.edu and follow the instructions on the Blackboard Help Tab. If you do not wish to use Blackboard, do nothing. By default, all UMBC Blackboard course "shells" remain unavailable to students until the instructor of record makes his or her course available. Starting this semester, we will also turn off the student “self enrollment” feature in all new Blackboard shells. This can be turned back on by instructors if so desired. Please Note that self enrolling in a Blackboard course does not constitute official registration in a UMBC course.
NOTE: An online instructor manual is available inside every Blackboard course in the course's "Control Panel" and on the Blackboard Help Tab.
If you have any questions or concerns, please contact John Fritz (fritz@umbc.edu or 5-6596) or Bob Armstrong (rarmstro@umbc.edu or 5-3885), or send email to blackboard@umbc.edu.