Instructors in the Course Catalog are users who have a primary or secondary that has been set to one of the roles configured as "Instructor" in the Platform Extensions Manager.

Create instructor accounts

  • Instructor accounts are created in Blackboard, not in Course Catalog. See the Create user instructions to add an instructor account to Blackboard.
  • When the instructor account is created, the user's primary or secondary Institution Role must be set to one of the roles configured as "Instructor" in the TDM v2 configuration in Platform Extensions Manager. The System Role is set to "none."
  • The Course Catalog Instructor record includes a field for Job Title, which is filled when the instructor’s Blackboard account is created. This field is displayed in the Instructor Profile but can only be updated through the Blackboard Admin interface, not in Course Catalog.

The Instructor Management screen

You must access the Instructor Management screen for to add, update, or delete instructor profiles.

  1. Sign in to Course Catalog.
  2. Select Administration.
  3. Select Instructor Management.

Add an instructor profile

Before instructors can be associated with courses, they must have an instructor profile.

  1. Select Add Instructor Profile at the top of the Instructor Management screen.
  2. Type the name of the desired instructor in the search box or choose from the list. Click the plus sign on the instructor row to add the instructor profile to Course Catalog. The plus sign will turn into a green checkmark once the instructor has been chosen.
  3. Add a profile image for the instructor by dragging a file to the drop zone or selecting Upload to navigate to the file.

The recommended dimensions for the profile image are 300 pixels wide x 300 pixels high, with a max file size of 3 MB. The file must be in JPG, PNG, or GIF format.

  1. Complete the instructor profile by filling out the Categories, Language (required), Summary, About Me, and Credentials fields. The First Name, Last Name, Username, and Job Title will be imported from Blackboard.
  2. Click the purple plus sign to configure another language for the instructor profile.
Select the plus sign
  1. Choose the new Language at the top of the screen.
  2. Type the Summary, About Me, and Credentials in the new language.
  3. Select Save to save the instructor profile in Course Catalog.

Search for an instructor profile

Navigate to the Course Management screen and type the name of the instructor you are looking for into the search box at the top of the list of instructor profiles.

Update an instructor profile

On the instructor management screen, select the ellipsis icon on the instructor row and choose Edit. Change the desired information about the instructor and select Save.

Delete an instructor profile

On the instructor management screen, select the ellipsis icon on the instructor row and choose Delete. Select Delete in the confirmation dialog.

Deleting the Instructor Profile only deletes the Course Catalog profile. Deleting or otherwise changing the actual instructor account can have various effects that should be considered.