Bb Learn 3200.0.1
Here is a simple, but critical, tip for faculty who are doing course exports/imports in preparation for the upcoming second Summer Session.
When you create an export file in our most recent versions of Blackboard, instead of having to check every individual check-box on the export file check-list (which was the case with earlier versions), you now can simply select the Select All button, which will automatically select every item on the check-list.
This feature is a welcome time-saver, but if you use it, you must be sure to un-select Duration, which is one of the items indented under Settings:
Why? Duration refers to the span of time between when a Bb course begins and when that course disappears from Bb 395 days later. If you keep Duration checked when you create your export file, the course that you import into will “inherit” the Duration begin-and-end dates of the course that you exported out of. The result will be that your new course will automatically become unavailable to students after 30 days into the academic session that you are teaching in.
To avoid this outcome, un-select Settings, which will un-select all of the indented items, including Duration. Next re-select Navigation Settings (which refers to any cosmetic settings that you applied to your course) and Banner Image (but only if you’ve created a banner for your course). The Settings section of your check-list will then look like this:
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Use the following link to view previous Bb tips of the week: BBTOTW-Archive
As always, please feel free to contact the Distance Learning Office (629-7070/DLHelp@hvcc.edu) if you have any questions about this.
Published: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 19:23:15 +0000 by m.petersen