Blackboard End of Spring 2012 Procedures
- Spring 2012 courses in Blackboard will become unavailable to students on Saturday, May 19 at 8:15 a.m.
- A banner has been posted in Blackboard to let students know last access date.
- The Distance and Online Learning Help Desk 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 Spring 2012 students given a grade of I (Incomplete) will be able to access the Spring 2012 courses again in Blackboard after grades are posted by the Registrar
- Students who have an I (Incomplete) will remain enrolled in their Spring 2012 Blackboard course until either the grade converts or 30 days into the Fall 2012 semester.
- If faculty have assigned any student a grade of I (Incomplete), they must keep their Spring 2012 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 Saturday, May 19 at 8:15 a.m. If you want to grade from the discussion board area please plan to grade your discussion before Saturday, May 19 at 8:15 a.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).
Blackboard 8 Going Away!
IMPORTANT: Blackboard 8 is going away after the end of the Spring 2012 semester on June 15, 2012. Please export and import anything that you need from Bb8 to Bb 9.1. This includes any development (Z) areas as well. If you need Z shells created, please email DLHelp@hvcc.edu and we will make them for you.
To get to Blackboard 8 you need to log into Blackboard 9.1.
On your Home page you will see a module that says:
LOOKING FOR BLACKBOARD 8?
If you have not Exported/Imported your course(s) or organization(s) from Blackboard 8, it is available for faculty and staff use through June 15, 2012. To access your material on Blackboard 8, click here.
You may get a prompt that says there is a problem with this website’s security certificate. Click on Continue to this website (not recommended) even though it says not recommended.
Please call or email the Distance Learning Help Desk at 629-7070 or DLHelp@hvcc.edu if you have questions or need assistance.
Published: Fri, 04 May 2012 11:43:53 +0000 by s.gallagher