Blackboard Learning System
Tutorials for SLIS Instructors and Students
SLIS Blackboard Tutorials > Asynchronous Communication > Manage Forum Users
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Manage Forum UsersInstructors can give discussion board privileges to site members.
To begin, click enter the Discussion Board area and click the Manage button:
By default, instructors and teaching assistants are given the role of Manager. All other users are given the role of Participant. By default, Participants are allowed read and write privileges in the forum.
To change a user's role, click the drop down menu for a selected user under the Forum Role column.
The following roles are available:
- Manager
A forum role that grants all privileges. By default, this is given to Instructors. - Moderator
A forum role that grants Participant privileges as well as the ability to modify, delete, and lock posts. If a Moderation Queue is used, the Moderator may also approve or reject posts in the queue. - Reader
A forum role that grants the user the rights to read the contents of a forum. Users with this role may only view content and cannot add or respond to posts. - Blocked
A forum role that blocks the user from accessing the forum.
Upon changing a user's role, click the OK button to save the role change.
NOTE: The Grader role is not available on this version of Blackboard.
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