It is time again for the normal clean-up of Blackboard. Summer 2010 (SU10) course areas in Blackboard have been identified and marked for removal. The removal date for those course areas has been set to August 11th. Although the VCCS does maintain an archive of your courses, it is recommended that you maintain a copy of your course by exporting the course content. All archived courses will be available through the VCCS for about 2 years after they are removed from Blackboard. You should also download a copy of your grade center from Blackboard for each course as back-up as well, if you have not done so already. (Downloading and Uploading from the Grade Center--Video Tutorial)
If you have taught online, login to your "MySVCC" page and click on "Blackboard" to see which courses you are enrolled in as an instructor. From your SVCC tab or Teach tab, you will need to click on the circular icon (looks similar to a gear) found on the upper right corner of your "My Blackboard Courses" module. This will allow you to see all courses that you have taught that are currently in Blackboard, even if you have chosen to not have them display in your "My Blackboard Courses" module. The criteria for removal at this stage is:
1. Course ID's ending in "SU10"
2. Or created before May 1, 2010
You should export content from any courses planned for removal and save the zipped files on your computer for future use. (Please make sure that you save these files in a logical place. You need to remove where these files are located on your computer or flash drive.)
Click on the link below, scroll down to "Course Management and Navigation". Look for the handout "Export Course" to either view or download/print instructions on how to export your content from within the Blackboard 9 environment.
Directions to Export Course Content
Showing posts with label Summer 2010 Courses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Summer 2010 Courses. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Summer Course Shells and Blackboard 9
Summer? What happened to the Spring semester?
It is time to start organizing and arranging your Blackboard course areas for the upcoming Summer session. Course shells are up and instructors enrolled. Remember that students will not be enrolled until the day before the Summer session begins, and they will be enrolled for all 5-week and 10-week courses. You should not be enrolling any students manually.
When your course areas were set-up, they were set as "unavailable" to students. You will have to make it available when your session is ready to begin. (I will send you updated instructions before the start of the summer session.) As you know, Blackboard will be upgraded from version 8 to 9 on May 15th, so if you are teaching a summer course using Blackboard...be prepared to do so with Blackboard 9.
Even with this upgrade, you can follow your normal course set-up procedure and go ahead and begin putting your course together, but keep in mind that you will need to check it with a fine-tooth-comb after the upgrade. Blackboard will be down for at least 24 hours beginning at 12:00 AM on May 15th to complete this update. After all is completed and you are able to access your course areas, you will need to double check all content and areas of your summer course(s). Be prepared for some clean-up, although hopefully any problems will be minor. : ) You should export (not archive) a copy of your course(s) before the 15th as a back-up, and I will send a reminder out with instructions as we get closer to the date.
Remember that we are offering a series of Blackboard 9 training sessions throughout April. Go to our Technology Training Site for more information and to register to attend a session. A Blackboard 9 Basics workshop has been added on the Christanna Campus for April 14th from 2:00-3:30 due to a conflict with the original session time. If you would like to attend, please click the link above to sign up.
It is time to start organizing and arranging your Blackboard course areas for the upcoming Summer session. Course shells are up and instructors enrolled. Remember that students will not be enrolled until the day before the Summer session begins, and they will be enrolled for all 5-week and 10-week courses. You should not be enrolling any students manually.
When your course areas were set-up, they were set as "unavailable" to students. You will have to make it available when your session is ready to begin. (I will send you updated instructions before the start of the summer session.) As you know, Blackboard will be upgraded from version 8 to 9 on May 15th, so if you are teaching a summer course using Blackboard...be prepared to do so with Blackboard 9.
Even with this upgrade, you can follow your normal course set-up procedure and go ahead and begin putting your course together, but keep in mind that you will need to check it with a fine-tooth-comb after the upgrade. Blackboard will be down for at least 24 hours beginning at 12:00 AM on May 15th to complete this update. After all is completed and you are able to access your course areas, you will need to double check all content and areas of your summer course(s). Be prepared for some clean-up, although hopefully any problems will be minor. : ) You should export (not archive) a copy of your course(s) before the 15th as a back-up, and I will send a reminder out with instructions as we get closer to the date.
Remember that we are offering a series of Blackboard 9 training sessions throughout April. Go to our Technology Training Site for more information and to register to attend a session. A Blackboard 9 Basics workshop has been added on the Christanna Campus for April 14th from 2:00-3:30 due to a conflict with the original session time. If you would like to attend, please click the link above to sign up.
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