Dear All, Thanks for the replies. I've got it working. All I now need to do is write the guide - it's such an intuitive system, one click and its done ;-) Thanks again Andy --On 19 October 2004 14:47 +0200 "Valkenburg, Willem van" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There are three separate places in the course control panel where guest > access needs to be enabled: > Guest access needs to be enabled at the course level: > - Go to the Control Panel. > - In the "Course Options" area in the lower left, click on "Settings". > - Click on "Guest Access". > - Choose "Yes", and click the Submit button. > > Guest access needs to be enabled for each tool area to which guests > should have access. > - Go to the Control Panel. > - In the "Course Options" area in the lower left, click on "Manage > Tools". > Click on "Enable Blackboard Tools". > - In the "Allow Guest" column, click on each of the available boxes. > (Many tools, such as discussion board and gradebook, will show "n/a" in > this column, because those tools are not available to guests.) > > Guest access needs to be enabled for each content area to which guests > should have access. > - Go to the Control Panel. > - In the "Course Options" area in the lower left, click on "Manage > Course Menu". > - You will see a list of the content areas for your site. To enable > guest access to a particular content area, click on the corresponding > Modify button. > - Click on the box for "Allow guest access" if it's not already checked, > and click the Submit button. > > *********************************** > ir. W.F. van Valkenburg > Delft University of Technology > Dienst Technische Ondersteuning > Systems for Education and Research > Mekelweg 6 - LB 2.900 > 2628 CD Delft > The Netherlands > T +31 (0)15 27 86825 > F +31 (0)15 27 86359 > E [log in to unmask] > *********************************** > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Namens AJ Ramsden, Learning > and Research Technology > Verzonden: dinsdag 19 oktober 2004 14:41 > Aan: [log in to unmask] > Onderwerp: Guest Access to courses > > Dear All, > > Any light on the following would be appreciated. > > Currently, course instructors are enrolling people as guests on their > course. I've set the system setting to allow Guests Access and to allow > Guest Access to course. However, Guests can access the course but > nothing is displayed (apart from the course map). The menu buttons all > allow guest view. It appears that the Allow Guest access within the > Control Panel >> settings is greyed out. > > The question is ... am I missing something? > > We are using 6.1.5.5-AppPack1 > > Thanks in advanced > > Andy > > > ---------------------- > Andy Ramsden, > Learning Technology Adviser, > LTSS > University of Bristol > > e-mail: [log in to unmask] > tel: 0117 928 7152 (direct) > web: http://www.ltss.bris.ac.uk/ ---------------------- Andy Ramsden, Learning Technology Adviser, LTSS University of Bristol e-mail: [log in to unmask] tel: 0117 928 7152 (direct) web: http://www.ltss.bris.ac.uk/