Fall 2011 courses in Blackboard will become unavailable to students on Friday, Dec. 23 at 11:59 p.m.
- A banner will be posted in Blackboard to let students know the last access date.
- The Distance and Online Learning Help Desk will have extended hours;someone will be available in the evening from 5 to 9 p.m. via e-mail or phone during final exams.
Incompletes
- All Fall 2011 students given a grade of I (Incomplete) will be able to access the Fall 2011 courses again in Blackboard as soon as grades are posted by the Registrar.
- Students who have an I (Incomplete) will remain enrolled in their Fall 2011 Blackboard course until either the grade converts or 30 days into the Spring 2012 semester.
- If faculty have assigned any student a grade of I (Incomplete), they must keep their Fall 2011 course set to be “Available” in the Course Settings area in the Control Panel or the student will not be able to access it.
Grade Center Tutorials:
- Download Grades to a Spreadsheet file
- Entering Manual Grades
- Manually Grade Tests
- Grading Assignments (Assignment Tool)
- Grading Discussion Boards – Please Note: you will not be able to grade using the discussion board grading tool after students lose access to courses. This means that you will lose access to grade directly from the discussion board on Friday, Dec. 23 at 11:59 p.m. If you want to grade from the discussion board area, please plan to grade your discussion before Friday, Dec. 23 at 11:59 p.m.
Archive Your Old Course
It is recommended that you archive your course; it can serve as your historical record of course work. The archived course contains the course material with the student course submissions (discussion, Bb quizzes/tests and assignments). It is recommended that you archive at the end of each term, once you’ve submitted student grades.
— In your course, select Control Panel.
—Select Archive Course under Course Options.
—Select Archive from the tool menu.
—Select Submit, and then select OK on the next screen.
—You will receive an email from Blackboard when the Archive is complete on the system.
—From the Control Panel in the course you are archiving, select Archive Course again.
Note: Yes, you do have to enter the Archive Course area for a second time.
—Select the link for the most recent archive file.
—Select Save and choose a location to save the archive file to (i.e. your desktop or your H: Drive). The archived file will be saved as a compressed file (.zip format).
Please contact the Distance and Online Learning Help Desk if you have any questions or concerns at (518) 629-7070 or Dlhelp@hvcc.edu
Susan Gallagher
Director of Distance and Online Learning
Published: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 12:48:33 +0000 by s.gallagher