Selective Release

One of the most powerful tools in Blackboard is the Selective Release tool, which allows you to control when and who can see items and folders that you add to the Course Content tool. Selective release allows you to control content by a specific date, identifying students, selecting groups or by what grade they received in the grade book.

Step 1. Selective the Teach Tab.

Step 2. Select the Selective Release.

Step 3. Click Set Release Criteria. You now have four criteria to choose from (date,
member, group, grade book): see the following instructions for specifics on
each criteria.

Step 4. Click Set Release Criteria.

You now have four criteria to choose from (date,member, group, grade book): see the following instructions for specifics on each criteria.

Add Date Criteria

A date criterion allows you to limit the availability of an item and control when and how
long students will have access to an item.

Step 1: After completing the steps from Specify Release Criteria. Click the Add DateCriteria button and a window will appear.

Step 2: To begin the availability of an item, select the date radio button and enter the available starting date and time, under Available Starting.

Step 3: To stop the availability of an item, select the date radio button and enter the ending date and time, under Available Until.

Step 4: Click Save.

Step 5: IMPORTANT! Click Save again when you return to the Set Release Criteria window or your work will have to be repeated.

Add Member Criteria

The member criterion enables you to control which students have access to an item.

Step 1: After completing the steps from Specify Release Criteria. Click the Add Member Criteria button and a window will appear.

Step 2: You have the option to specify who is granted access by selecting Equals or by specifying who should be denied access by selecting Does not equal. Choose an option and then continue.

Step 3: Select the check box next to the user id of the person(s) you will be granting or denying access
.
Step 4: Click Save.

Step 5: IMPORTANT! Click Save again when you return to the Set Release Criteria window or your work will have to be repeated.

Add Group Criteria

The group criterion is similar to the member criteria except that you can control student access by group associations.

Step 1: After completing the steps from Specify Release Criteria. Click the Add Group Criteria button and a window will appear.

Step 2: You have the option to specify which group(s) is granted access by selecting Equals or by specifying which group should be denied access by selecting Does not equal. Choose an option and then continue.

Step 3: Select the check box next to the user id of the group(s) you will be granting or denying access.

Step 4: Click Save.

Step 5: IMPORTANT! Click Save again when you return to the Set Release Criteria window or your work will have to be repeated.

Add Grade Book Criteria

The Grade Book criterion has an unlimited amount of possibilities, because you can apply it to multiple grade book columns, conditions and values. For example, you could grant only the students that score above 90 points on a quiz, to see the next learning module.

Step 1: After completing the steps from Specify Release Criteria. Click the Add Grade Book Criteria button and a window will appear.

Step 2: Under Criteria, select the grade book item that will be the basis of the condition.

Step 3: Under Condition, select the value that will determine the circumstance. For example, for Orientation quiz – could set the condition to “equals to 5 ”, so that anyone with a score that equals 5 points would be released to see the course.

Step 4: In the Value field, enter a value (if required by the condition value) that will satisfy the condition you are setting.

Step 5: Click Save.

Step 6: IMPORTANT! Click Save again when you return to the Set Release Criteria window or your work will have to be repeated.

Combining Criteria

Creating one criterion is only the beginning of creating criteria that control your content. If you combine criteria, you will have unlimited conditions in which to control your content. For example you could grant access to item based on the following: release the content immediately but stop access on Dec. 19, 2005, give one person access, give a group access and limit access to those that scored greater than 80 points on a project.

Step 1: After completing the steps from Specify Release Criteria, add multiple criteria
following the steps above, see Add Date Criteria, Add Member Criteria, Add Group Criteria or Add Grade Book Criteria.

Step 2: To insert a criterion below another criteria, click a criteria’s check box and then click an add criteria button.

Step 3: After you add multiple criteria, you will have a screen similar to this:

Step 4: IMPORTANT! Click Save when you return to the Set Release Criteria window after editing or adding a criteria or your work will be lost.