Center for Teaching Excellence at AU: Activating Your Blackboard Courses

Activating Your Blackboard Courses

1. Log on to the Portal, my.american.edu.

2. When your personal page appears (it says “Welcome” and gives your name), mouse click on “ACADEMICS,” a link found near the upper right hand side of your personal Portal page. Assuming all is well with the system, the ACADEMICS
page will appear.

3. Most of you will already be familiar with this page, since it is where we submit our grades. There are two columns of links, “GENERAL LINKS” (on the left) and “PERSONALIZED LINKS” (on the right).

4. In the PERSONALIZED LINKS column, click on “My Class Section Rosters.” The “Section Rosters Main page will appear.

5. On this page, following a set of instructions, you will see a tabulation of your courses, with columns labeled “TERM,” “SECTION,” “TITLE,” “ENROLLMENT,” “EARLY WARNING,” and “BLACKBOARD”. Those of you who have used this tabulation before will note that the BLACKBOARD column is new. In the BLACKBOARD column, next to each of your courses, the word “Enable” will be found.

6. When you click on Enable, it will become ENABLED.

7. That’s all there is to it. As the last message on the section roster pages says, your course should be activated in 24 hours.

Office
Teaching & Learning Resources

Location
Hurst Hall, Room 11

Hours
Mon - Fri: 10:00am - 5:00pm

Contact
Phone: (202) 885-3904
Alt Phone: (202) 885-3926
Email: blackboard@american.edu

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