BLACKBOARD START OF SEMESTER PROCEDURES
BLACKBOARD COURSES
- Blackboard courses are automatically created for every course listed within the Registrar's catalog.
- All courses are created in an “unavailable” state.
- The term “unavailable” means that you can view the course and your students cannot.
- The unavailable state allows you to test and develop your course without disclosing incorrect or unwanted course content to your students.
- You have to make your Blackboard course available to students in the course. **Instructions below**
MAKE YOUR COURSE AVAILABLE
1. Log into your course.
2. Go to the Control Panel.
3. Under Course Options module, click on Settings, then click Course Availability.
4. Select Yes and click on the Submit button.
5. All registered students will now have the ability to access your course.
COURSE ENROLLMENTS
Enrollments are updated every 24 hours via automated procedures. Students will have access to your Blackboard course approximately 24 hours after they have registered.
IMPORTING A COURSE FROM A PREVIOUS ARCHIVE /EXPORT ZIP FILE*
(*The zip file is a Blackboard specific zip file)
1. Log into the Blackboard System.
2. Locate and click on the course that you would like to place the zip file into
3. Go to the Control Panel.
4. Under Course Options module, click on “Import Package”
5. Select the “Browse” button and locate the Blackboard zip file on your computer
6. Click the open button
7. Select all the check boxes (or just the ones you want)
8. Select the Submit button.
9. You will be re-directed to a page that will read “This action has been successfully queued. An email will be sent when the process is complete”. Click the OK button.
The system will import the content. When the process is complete, the Instructor who initiated the operation receives an email. After the email is recieved:
10. Repeat steps 1 though 3
11. Review and make changes to your course content for the current semester.