While Blackboard (Bb) courses are automatically created for all courses, they are initially set to unavailable. If you plan to use your Bb course, you must make it available so that students will see it. To do this, within your course go to Control Panel, then Customization, then Properties. Scroll down if necessary to locate 3. Set Availability and click “Yes” and then “Submit”. The message saying “Course is unavailable to students” should no longer appear in the top left by the Home icon.