Chapter 3—User Record Properties and Privileges

 

Overview

This chapter details the features for managing the user account attributes and the privileges assigned to each role in the Blackboard Academic Suite. There are three types of roles that can be applied to each user:

 

·          Portal Role

·          Course Role

·          Administrative User Role

 

 

In this chapter

Chapter 3—User Record Properties and Privileges includes the following topics.

 

Topic

Description

Portal Roles 

This topic explains the roles that determine access to portal content.

Administrative User Roles 

This topic covers the different roles available that grant access to the System Control Panel.

Course Roles 

This topic covers the roles available in a course.

Admin User Accounts Created at Install 

This topic covers the three accounts that are automatically created for Administrators at the time of install.

Customize User Profile

This topic covers the Customize User Profile page. The attributes for user accounts can be renamed and a link can be set to another administrative system that users can access to change their account information.

User Privileges

This topic covers the User Privileges page. This page lists the roles that are assigned to each privilege. Privileges can be modified to grant access to different roles.

Modify Privilege

This topic covers the Modify Privilege page. From this page Administrators can change the roles that have access to a privilege.

 


 



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