Blackboard End of Semester procedures:
Student Access
Fall 2016 student access to Blackboard courses will end the morning of Saturday Dec, 17 2016.
It is a process that takes some time, so if you want to have all students in your course disabled at exactly the same time, you can make your course “Unavailable” at the date and time that you determine. (For example, if you want them to lose access Friday at midnight or even Thursday.) However, if you choose to make your course “Unavailable” earlier than Saturday, it would be helpful to post that information or email your students, so they are not confused by different access policies between multiple courses.
Incompletes
All Fall 2016 students given a grade of I (Incomplete) will be able to access the Fall 2016 courses again in Blackboard after grades are posted by the Registrar. Students who have an I (Incomplete) will remain enrolled in their Fall 2016 Blackboard course until either the grade converts or 30 days into the Spring 2017 semester. If faculty have assigned any student a grade of I (Incomplete), they must make their Fall 2016 course set to be “Available” in the Course Settings area in the Control Panel or the student will not be able to access the course.
Blackboard Updates
Blackboard will be conducting updates and fixes with rolling restarts on Dec 20 between 3 and 6 a.m. Blackboard continually will be available, however, faculty should avoid imports/exports and other major course or organization construction during that time.
Please contact DLhelp@hvcc.edu or call 629-7070 if you have any questions or need assistance.
Published: Thu, 15 Dec 2016 13:10:52 +0000 by s.gallagher