BlackBoard Question of the Week

Q. I am a leader of a Blackboard organization and I have enrolled persons who are full-time faculty, part-time faculty and graduate students.  I have set up groups so that I can send targeted e-mail messages.   Now I want to post content but somehow limit access to the content based upon group membership — can I do this? 

A. It is possible to limit access to content based on group membership using an adaptive release rule. Here’s how:

1. From the control panel, post a content item in any content area.
2. Select Manage next to the item.
3. Select Adaptive Release.
4. On the Adaptive Release page under Membership, select the group(s) you want to give access to.
5. Scroll down and click Submit.

 Now the content will appear for the group(s) you selected, but others will not see it.