Bb+Course+Management

**WebEnhanced Courses**
Web enhanced courses are turned on by the instructor. To turn on a web-enhanced course, go to Control panel, setting and then choose Course availability and click the available radio button to "yes"

**Quarterly Course Copy**
To do a quarterly course copy click the System Admin tab and then under Blackboard Learning System click, __Courses__. Near the upper right/hand portion of your screen you will need to choose Copy Course from the + Select drop down menu and then click Go! You will have three underlined choices at this point:
 * 1. Copy Course Materials into a New Course.** Browse for the Course ID that you would like to copy and click Submit and then create the course for the Destination Course ID and click submit. Next you will want to select everything you want to copy over. I copy over everything unless the instructor only asks for specific items. Never copy over enrollments.
 * 2**. **Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course.** Browse for the Course ID that you would like to copy and click Submit and then browse for the Destination Course ID and click submit. Next you will want to select everything you want to copy over. I copy over everything unless the instructor only asks for specific items. Never copy over enrollments.
 * 3. Copy Course with Users (Exact Copy)** *Not recommended and always check with Andy first*

**Shell Courses**
Shell Courses are empty classrooms that are created for instructors or faculty. This allows the instructor to create/design their course or to remove/copy/save content
 * 1) To create a Shell course click the System Admin tab and under under the Blackboard Learning System click, Courses.
 * 2) Click the + Courses tab in the upper left corner.Course Name: Choose an appropriate course name that begins with Shell, for example: Shell ENGL 101 Summer 2006.Course ID:
 * 3) Next choose a Course ID that follows this naming convention: SHELL.ENGL100.> Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Submit.
 * 4) Open the classroom and enroll the instructor.
 * 5) Change the default role from student to instructor. Go to Control Panel and then choose List/Modify users. Search by instructor's last name and change the role to instructor.
 * 6) Be sure and email the instructor and let them know the shell has been created.

**Grade Book Only Courses**
A grade book only course is designed for instructors to post grades and for students to view their grades in Blackboard. All of the other features in Blackboard are removed or disabled leaving only the Gradebook feature available. >>
 * 1) To create a Gradebook course, add the course to Distance Learning's database and choose the Gradebook mode.
 * 2) Submit the information to registration and wait for the integration process to be completed (within 24/48 hours)
 * 3) Do a "Copy Course Materials into a Existing Course" and Browse for the Course ID SHELL.GRADEBOOK and then browse the Destination course that you created.
 * 4) Copy over Content and Gradebook Items only and click submit.
 * 5) Quick enroll yourself into the course and then go to Control Panel and Manage Course Menu. Remove or make unavailable the following areas: Announcements - Course Info - Staff Information - Course Documents - Assignments - Communication - Discussion Board - External Links
 * 1) When you reach the "Tools" area, click Modify and make unavailable the following areas: Address Book - Calendar - Copyright Permissions - Digital Dropbox - Glossary - Homepage - iTunesU - My Scholar Home - Personal Information - Scholar Course Home - Tasks - The Electric Blackboard - User Manual then click Submit.
 * 2) Quick un-enroll yourself out of the course and email the instructor log in instructions.

**Non-Credit Courses**
Non-Credit courses are recognized with the following naming convention: NC.NameofCourse All users enrolled in a non-credit course are manually added users **See Temporary Accounts. Here is a current list of all of our Non-Credit courses NC.DLPROJECTS.ANDY NC.PROJ.ManageProjectTeam NC.PROJ.MonitorControlClose NC.PROJ.MSPRojectBasics NC.PROJ.PlanningScheduling NC.PROJ.UsingSoftwarePM NC.SUBSTANCEABUSE.ChildrenAdmin** *
 * These courses are entered with a special password of cacourse and new students are requested by Bill Cleaveland.

When Instructors Request to Have Courses Removed
We can remove instructors as a user from their courses but the only problem we ran across is that when they want to have access to them again and want to be re-enrolled it is not easy for us to locate them again for them and harder for us to re-enroll you in these courses. The better way is for you to go to your “My Blackboard’ page and remove those courses from your viewing. Here are more specific instructions:
 * 1) Go to “My Blackboard” page
 * 2) Under “My Courses” click the pencil icon near the upper right-hand corner
 * 3) Unclick the box near the course you would no longer want displayed under your list “Display Course Name”

T-Numbers and copying course information
When you open a archived CD click the "View" tab and then List and you will see the ArchiveFiles listed with this naming convention i.e. ArchiveFile_F05T001sec.1.zip You will compare this number to the T-Numbers document on our database T001 and it will let you know the DL Course # and the instructor who taught that class.**
 * Courses that were from Fall '05 and older sometimes are listed in the archived CDs with T-Numbers. T-Numbers are located on the Distance Learning drive in the Blackboard Master DataBase under DL Course Schedule: _T#s.

Schedule Change Form

 * When a course is not listed in the Academic Class Schedule online and an instructor wishes to change a classroom mode course to an online course, they will need to contact their Division Chair and submit a schedule change form with the correct SBTC code. We also need to update Distance Learning Database to ensure we have a record of all our online courses.**

**GradeBook Tips/Tricks in Blackboard**

 * How to hide test/assignment grades from student's view in Blackboard**
 * 1) **Go to Control Panel**
 * 2) **Under Assessment click Gradebook.**
 * 3) **Click the name of test/assignment you would like to have hidden.**
 * 4) **Under Item Options, click Modify Gradebook item.**
 * 5) **Under #2 Options, click "**NO**" to make item available to users.
 * 6) Click submit and then the students will not be able to view their score on this test/assignment.