Blackboard (Bb)- Adding students to Bb Course

This page will explain how to import your student information to set up your Blackboard courses. Teachers who want to use Blackboard as part of their student management for posting Announcements, providing a site for information, or conducting assessments in a secure environment will need to enroll their students into Blackboard. The steps below will walk you through the process of enrolling your students from the KS Connect site and enrolling them into Blackboard.

How to upload your classes to Blackboard via KS Connect

Here is a PDF handout on how to upload students to Blackboard by using KS Connect:
Upload-students-to-Bb-via-KS-Connect (Handout)

***If you have a previous course from last year, you will need to complete a bulk delete prior to enrolling your new students.

Please follow the directions to bulk delete via this handout before beginning the steps below:
Bb-Bulk_Delete_KSConnect_Enroll

Step 1: Login to KS Connect. Select Information to now view your courses. Use the drop down menu to find more courses.

Step 2: Scroll to the bottom of the list and click on Blackboard ID List

You should see a page similar to pic below with your student’s usernames. Copy this list by using your shortcut method “Command + A” to select all students, or at the menu items at the top go to Edit–>Select All, then either select Copy from the menu, or use the shortcut method “Command + C” to copy the list of students.

Step 3: In your Blackboard course, go to Users and Groups, then down to Users.

Step 4: In the Users section, select Find Users to Enroll

Step 5: Paste your KS Connect list into the “Username” box by using the shortcut “Command + V“, or going up to Edit and select “Paste“

Step 6: Select [Submit] on the bottom right corner to complete enrollment

Repeat steps 1 through 6 to add other classes into your Blackboard course

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