Instructors may quickly add large numbers of users to the course from the Batch Create Users for Course page. Users can be added with any Course Role, most often Students, but it is possible to add users with a role of Teaching Assistant, Guest, and so forth.
If quotation marks appear in a field, it is necessary to use an escape character so the process knows that the next character does not mark the end of the field. The escape character is a backslash (\). For example, "\"NICKNAME\"".
Note: If using a batch file created for a previous version of the Blackboard Learning System, verify that the fields are in the correct order for the current version.
To open the Batch Create Users for Course page, click Batch Create Users for Course in User Management on the Course Control Panel.
Batch files are .txt files that hold large quantities of information to upload to the system. Each batch utility contains specific instructions on creating the batch file. The following batch file standards are universal.
· Fields must be enclosed in double quotes.
Example: “John”
· Each field must be separated with a delimiter. Commas, colons or tabs may be used; however, you may not use more than one as a delimiter in a batch file.
Example: “John”,”Smith”
· Each record must be separated by a hard return.
Example: “John”,”Smith”
“Larry”,”Smith”
· Each batch file should not exceed 500 records due to time out restrictions associated with most browsers.
The table below details the fields on the Batch Create Users for Course page.
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File Upload |
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File Location: |
Enter the location of the batch user file. |
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Delimiter Type of Your File: |
Select Comma, Tab, or Colon delimiter used on the batch user file entered in the File Location field. Select Automatic and the system will automatically determine what the delimiter is if there are two or more fields. |
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