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Adding or Removing Users

Adding Users | Modifying User Level Access | Removing Users

Since the integration of the Banner Information System and the SPU Blackboard system, instructors and students who register for and withdraw from courses are automatically added to or removed from course sites.

WARNING:  Please do not manually add instructors or students to or remove them from your course. Doing so will cause that person’s account to be disabled for that site. Instead, if an instructor or student needs to be added to a course site, please work with Student Academic Services to add that person to the course in Banner first.
You still may manually add people to a course site as a Teaching Assistant (TA), if desired.

Adding a User (i.e. TA) to Your Course Site

  1. Log into your course site.

  2. Click the Control Panel.

  3. Under User Management, click Enroll User.

    screen capture of Enroll User link

  4. Enter the user's last name, and click Search.

    screen capture of user name search box

  5. A list of users will appear who match your search.
    Check the box next to the user you want to add.

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  6. Click Submit. The user now has access to your course site.

Note:  Some users may have more than one account in the system. The word invalid next to a username means that username is no longer in use.  If you do not see the user listed that you need to give access to, contact us so that we may assist you.

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Modifying a User’s Level of Access


To change the level of access a person has within a course site (i.e. from student to TA), please do the following:

  1. Log into your course site.

  2. Click the Control Panel.

  3. Under User Management, click List/Modify User.

    screen capture of list modifiy users link

  4. Enter the user’s last name, and click Search.

    screen capture of list/modify users screen

  5. Click the Properties button to the right of the person's name.

  6. Scroll down to Role and Availability.

  7. Click the button next to the level of access the person should have.

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  8. Click the Submit button.

WARNING:  Do not change a person's access to instructor as their account will be disabled for the course site unless they are officially listed as an instructor for the course in Banner.

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Removing a User from Your Course Site

  1. Log into your course site.

  2. Click the Control Panel.

  3. Under User Management, click Remove Users from the Course.

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  4. Enter the user’s last name, and click Search.

  5. A list of users will appear who match your search.
    Check the box next to the user you need to remove.

  6. Type the word “Yes” in the box to the lower right of the page.
    Be sure to capitalize the letter "Y" in the word “Yes”.

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  7. Click the Submit button. You will be cautioned that this action cannot be undone. If you want to continue, click OK. The user no longer has access to your course site.

Note: Before removing a teaching assistant, their status in the course may need to be changed from teaching assistant to student.

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