Official student access to courses in Blackboard is managed exclusively by the Records office (records@ric.edu).
These roles can be added by request of the Instructor for the course:
- Participant: Read Only Access to Content & Discussion Boards - (no access to the Grade Center, Tests, and Assignments).
- Teaching Assistant: access is similar to Instructor
- Course Copier: Read only for content copying
- Instructor: Full Access
To make a request, please submit the following:
- The first and last name (or ID) of the user to be added
- The exact Blackboard Course ID from your Blackboard course list (example: 1202-RICOL-ABC-000-00).
- The role you are requesting from the list above
*Your Course ID is shown in your Blackboard course list, and also under the Content Collection menu item for that course.

