About "Guests"

When a student officially drops a class (through EKU Direct), that student's enrollment in Bb is automatically changed from the "Student" role to that of a "Guest" who is also "Unavailable" in that course.

To view a list of ALL users in your Blackboard site, click Users and Groups > Users. On the results window, students who have dropped from your class are labeled with the role of Guest.

Users with this status cannot enter your course site and do not appear in the Grade Center or on most selection menus in your course. Any records of their activities are preserved, so that if you need to review their grades or participation, you can change the role back to Student.

Instructors generally can simply ignore the inclusion of Guests, because they are "ghosts" from the registration system.

Notes for Instructors

1. If a dropped student becomes re-registered, the Bb status will change automatically back to Student (within about one hour).
2. If you delete Guests, they will not be automatically re-enrolled (as Guests), when the official drop occurred more than one day ago. This means that you can delete Guests, and those who dropped any time before yesterday will not reappear in Blackboard. (We improved this aspect for handling dropped students as of Summer 2012.)
3. If a student stops attending class but does not officially drop, your best strategy is to go to the Grade Center and "hide" that student from your view. To do this, in the Grade Center, click the down-arrow for that student's entry and select Hide Row. To restore a previously hidden row, go to Manage > Row Visibility.