How do I get my students to enroll?

You set the enrollment type via Control Panel > Settings > Enrollment Options.

There are two basic ways to enroll students in a course:

1. Instructor enroll is when you add the students to your course one by one via Control Panel > Enroll Users.  Do this is if you want to have complete control over the enrollments for some reason.
2. Self-enroll is when you set the course to allow students to enroll in it themselves. They do this by searching for the course id or name and clicking the enroll button. See the main Blackboard FAQ for how they do this.

These are recommended settings for enrollment: Self-enrollment with an Access Code.