Blackboard instructors,
As shown above, Blackboard will be unavailable from Saturday, Aug. 20 at 12:01 a.m. until Wednesday, Aug. 24 at 4 p.m.
Please review the Prepare Your Course for the Semester information, which can be found at:
https://docs.hvcc.edu/dl/?p=1199
Remember, as you are exporting and importing courses, the process may take a while depending on how many other courses are queued. Please DO NOT submit multiple times or it will take even longer. Call the Center for Distance and Online Learning if you need assistance.
Also, if you do not use Bb Collaborate Tools, please do not select them as items to export or import, or else you will get a “failure” notice even though your course successfully imports.
Don’t forget to make your course available! However, please wait until after the transition to SaaS (Aug. 24 at 4 p.m.). This is necessary because sometimes the setting reverts to “unavailable” during an upgrade.
Once the semester begins, students will have access only to a course that has been made available by the course instructor. You must manually make your course(s) available in Blackboard in order for students to see them.
To set the course availability, follow the steps below.
From the Control Panel of your course:
— Select Customization
— Select Properties
— Locate Step 3: Set Availability and select Yes, “Make Course Available”
— Select Submit
A green confirmation bar will appear indicating that the properties have been updated.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact the Center for Distance and Online Learning (629-7070 or DLHelp@hvcc.edu) if you have any questions.
Published: Thu, 18 Aug 2016 16:45:11 +0000 by s.gallagher