So we've created courses. Our next step is to add users to a course. Blackboard Learn calls this step enrolling; this gives users the key to access the virtual home or apartment within our Blackboard Learn environment that we will use for a course. While instructors have the ability to provide access to users, administrators are also given the same ability. Our enroll options are listed in the course search area when we click on the Courses link in the Courses module in our System Admin tab. When we want to enroll users we have two different options—either add users one at a time, or batch-enroll users using a text file.
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Most organizations that use enrollment software such as Student Information System (SIS) or Student Records Systems (SRS) enroll users with the Blackboard Snapshot or SIS Framework integrations. These processes allow us to automate the enrollment process and keep enrollments up to date. We will discuss these options in Chapter...