Blackboard How To Series Export & Import Course Content

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1 Export Course Content to Save for Future Use Blackboard How To Series Preserving all the hard work & effort you ve put into each course at the end of the semester so you could reuse it next time would be wonderful wouldn t it? Bb offers the ability for instructors to Export their course shells so the data can be reused in future semesters. There is also the ability to Archive all data within a course shell, student info & grades included. This document outlines the process to do both. START POINT: To create or post any information, you must be in a course shell with Edit Mode ON. STEP 1: Click on Packages & Utilities > Export/Archive Course in the control panel menu to the left of the screen. STEP 2: To preserve course data only click Export. If you wish to preserve all student information associated with the course, click Archive. STEP 3: Make sure you are working with the desired course. It is listed as the Source Course. Select the course materials you d like to preserve for future use by check marking the boxes. You are free to choose as many or as few as you d like. STEP 4: Click Submit. 1

2 STEP 5: The next screen returns you to the Export/Archive main screen, but you ll see a green ribbon above the menus. You will receive an once the export file is ready for download. STEP 6: Once the export file has been created & you have received an , return to the Export/Archive area in Bb. You will see a file link with your course code. STEP 7: Right click on the link & choose Save Link As. Choose a location on your computer to store the file. **Your course shell has been saved as a compressed ZIP file. The contents will not display in any application other than Bb. To view or reuse the data, please refer to the Reuse Course Content document.** 2

3 Reuse/Import Course Content Preserving all the hard work & effort you ve put into each course at the end of the semester so you could reuse it next time would be wonderful wouldn t it? Bb offers the ability for instructors to Export their course shells so the data can be reused in future semesters. Once the data has been exported & saved, instructors can import the data back into an empty course shell in future semesters. This process saves a lot of time & effort! START POINT: To create or post any information, you must be in a course shell with Edit Mode ON. STEP 1: Click on Packages & Utilities > Import Package/View Logs in the control panel menu to the left of the screen. STEP 2: Click the Import Package button. STEP 3: Make sure you are working in the course you wish to load the content. It is listed as the Destination Course. Click Choose File & locate the ZIP file that was created from an earlier Export or Archive. 3

4 STEP 4: Select the course areas that you d like to reuse by placing a check mark in each of the boxes. You are free to choose as many or as few as you d like. STEP 5: Click Submit. STEP 6: The next screen returns you to the Import Package/View Logs main screen, but you ll see a green ribbon above the menus. You will receive an once the export file is ready for download. STEP 7: Once the import file has been created & you have received an , return to the Import Package/View Logs area in Bb. You will see a log file that indicates the import has taken place. You do not need to do anything with this file. STEP 8: (NEW PROCESS WITH Bb 9.1) Next you will need to link the attached files to your course. In the Packages & Utilities menu, click the Move Files to Course Files. This will add any of your attached files to the Course Files area so that they can be linked with the appropriate items in Bb. This is a new step with Bb 9.1 & is mandatory for your data to be available as it was the last time you used it. 4

5 STEP 9: You can now enter the various content areas & view the imported data. NOTE: Remember to change any adaptive release dates or due dates that may be set for the last time the course data was used. 5

6 Additional Support If you have any further questions or concerns, please contact Alissa Bigelow, Instructional Technologist in the Centre for Teaching and Learning by at This includes general training and orientation, working through a How do I.. question, or to get new ideas on what features could work for a particular course you are teaching. Please contact the IT helpdesk at x1732 for any non-blackboard issues such as login or account problems, laptop issues, network issues, etc. Alissa Bigelow Instructional Technologist Centre for Teaching and Learning Georgian College, Barrie Campus , ext