The Guest Access page is used to control whether or not Guests, those users not participating in the course, have access to the course. In order to allow guest access, first you must grant Guess Access to your course and second you must grant Guest Access to each section of your course, (there will be some sections for which you cannot grant Guest Access.) Finally, you must email the url of your course to anyone to whom you would like to grant Guest Access. It is no longer possible to browse through the college’s entire course offerings. The course instructor must send you the web address for his/her course.

Set Guest Access

1. Log into your Blackboard account.
2. Open the course that you wish to modify.
3. Go to the Control Panel.
4. Click Settings in the Course Options section of the Control Panel.
5. Click Guest Access.
6. Choose either Yes or No.
7. Click Submit.
8. Click OK to confirm Success and Return to Setting Menu.
9. Click OK to Return to Control Panel Menu.

Note: You may have to set each section of your course to allow guest access separately. This means allowing guest access for both the Tools and Content Areas in your course.

Change Participant Access

1. Log into your Blackboard account.
2. Open the course that you wish to modify.
3. Go to the Control Panel.
4. Click List/Modify Users  from the  Course Menu.
5. Click on List all to show list of participants in course or search for desired participant.
6. Once the student appears click on Properties.
7. Under Role ad Availability change the participants role to Guest.
8. Make sure drop down box states Yes Available for this course.
9. Click Submit.
10. Click Ok to confirm User Information Updated.
11. Click Ok to return to Control Panel Menu.

Set Tool Guest Access

1. Log into your Blackboard account.
2. Open the course that you wish to modify.
3. Go to the Control Panel.
4. Click Manage Tools from Course Option Menu.
5. Click Tool Availability.
6. Most of the Tools in Blackboard do not allow you to make them accessible to Guests, but a few do. You may select Guest Access for Announcements, Content Areas, Manual, and Staff Information.

Email the Course URL

1. Log into your Blackboard account.
2. Open the course you wish to share.
3. Click in the address box of your browser and copy the entire address. You may need to use the keyboard shortcut ctrl + C to copy the address.
4. Minimize Blackboard and open your email. Start a new message and address it to the person with whom you would like to share your course.
5. Paste the url into the email message and send it.