Blackboard Instructors: Are you ready for the Spring 2013 semester?
In preparation for the Spring 2013 semester please review the Prepare Your Course for the Semester informaton which can be found at:
https://www.hvcc.edu/deptweb-dlweb/preSemesterPrep.html
Patience — Submit once and wait!
Please remember that many people are exporting and importing courses in preparation for the Spring 2013 semester in a short period of time. This results in a queue of export and import requests on the Blackboard server, as Blackboard will process these requests in the order in which they come in.
If you do not see immediate results after hitting the “submit” button when you export or import, please be patient and wait for the Blackboard e-mail message. DO NOT keep hitting “submit.” Even though it might seem that nothing is happening, the process has been set in motion. Hitting “submit” again or clicking through the “export” or “import” process again results in multiple requests for the same course before the process fully executes. This will result in problems with your course and has at times created problems system wide for everybody.
Publisher material
If you use PUBLISHER CARTRIDGE MATERIAL (such as McGraw-Hill Connect), you may need to follow DIFFERENT STEPS to prepare your course. Please contact the Distance and Online Learning Help Desk for further assistance, dlhelp@hvcc.edu or 518-629-7070.
Blackboard Training
Please call 629-7070 or email DLHelp@hvcc.edu for assistance or to set up an appointment.
Don’t Forget to Make Your Course Available
Once the semester begins, students will only have access to a course that has been made available by the course instructor. You must set the availability of your course/s in Blackboard. To set the course availability, follow these steps:
- 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
Please call 629-7070 or e-mail DLHelp@hvcc.edu if you have any questions or concerns.
Have a great semester!
Published: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:36:26 +0000 by l.ryder