Add Permissions for a User or a Group of Users

Adding selecting users or a group of users to a folder allows the user or users to access the folder according to the permissions set.

Add User page for Permissions

Follow these steps to open the Add User page for a folder.

Step 1 Open the Blackboard Learning System Administrator Control Panel.

Step 2 Select Manage Content under Content System.

Step 3 Select Modify next to a folder to be modified. The Modify Folder page will appear.

Step 4 Select Permissions. The Manage Permissions pages will appear.

Step 5 Select Add Users.

The Add User for a folder page and the Add User Group to a folder page include the following fields:

Field	Description
Choose User(s)
Username(s)	When adding a user or users, individual users can be added by entering each user’s User Name (separated by commas) or using the Browse function to find each user to include.
Set Permissions
Permissions	Check each box for the permissions that will be applied to the user or users. For a full description of each permission please see Manage Permissions.
Folder Options
Apply to this folder only	Selecting this button applies the permissions only to the folder and its items. Users will not have access to subfolders unless permissions are set for the users on that subfolder.
Apply to this folder, files within this folder, and all sub-folders and their files	Selecting this button applies the same permissions to this folder and all the items and subfolders nested within the folder.
Overwrite any existing permissions for this user list	Check this box to have these permissions replace any existing permissions for the user or users that already exist.