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Hi,

I would approach it in the opposite way. Rather than trying to defend why they shouldn’t have admin rights.

Get them to detail what they need to be able to do and then defend why they need to be able to do it. Once they have defined this you can look at solutions, like the mentioned building block, or reduced admin roles using the roles and privileges.

In BB9 it is possible now to assign the ‘Quick Enroll’ privilege to system roles (Course/Organization Control Panel > Quick Enroll) so they can do the jump into and out of a course.

 Regards

Garry

 

From: Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robert Lahner
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 10:28 AM
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Subject: Re: Administrator rights?!?

 

Hi Tyone

 

I endorse what Merv and Volker have said regarding the need for more than 1 Admin, but not for curriculum auditing purposes.

 

At top level we grant full Administrator rights to the VLE Administrator, myself  and Network Manager.

 

We have modified the 'System Support' role to allow our ILT Champions, key LRC staff, and desk-side/helpdesk IT staff to more easily manage courses (copy, restore, archive, rename etc) and check enrolments etc.

 

We have created a custom, non-admin, 'Course Audit' role for curriculum managers , which allows them guest access to any course, using course search or course catalogue.  They can then use the Self Enrol button if they need to see grade books or blogs etc.

 

Hope this helps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kind Regards

Bob Lahner

Head of E-Learning

Havering College

01708 46 2802


>>> Tyrone Knight <[log in to unmask]> 03/02/2010 17:28 >>>

Dear All

 

I have very recently taken over the Blackboard Administrator Post at my College, and due to a hasty last minute hand over, I am finding a lot of questions and well timed challenges coming my way.

Most important at the moment is the point regarding who & how many people should have Administrator rights. My predecessor firmly believed that there should only be one Administrator in the college, and I agree.

There are a lot of department heads raising the issue that they should all have Admin rights, whether it is because of their position or because they don't have a full understanding of Admin or Tutor access/roles on Blackboard.

The problem I am facing is the lack of views and paperwork to backup this argument.

Can anyone please advice or feedback, as this would be much appreciated.

 

Tyrone Knight

ILT Agent / Blackboard Administrator

 

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