I've just completed the process of creating courses in Blackboard 5.51 using course codes as listed in our MIS. However, we also have come courses being built by tutors whose course ID's are nothing like the MIS codes and those tutors want to use their content with students under the new MIS codes.
I considered creating an Archive of the course and then re-importing it back over the new MIS code. Blackboard complained that the code already existed and wanted to create a course with an 'a' after the course ID. I canceled the operation as I didn't want this - I'd got all the enrolments in as well.
Am I over looking something, or do other people think you should be able to load content like this from one course to another?
I then thought, if I delete the course with the right code and then copy the old course to the new course ID I can always do the enrolments again. However, Blackboard copied the course but came back with an error saying that I should contact Blackboard Technical due to some data processing errors.
I've compared the two courses and they seem to match but I'll get the tutor concerned to review it.
I know everyone's still waiting for the definitive solution to year-end rollover from Blackboard themselves but has anyone got any better suggestions for what I'm attempting here? Also, if the system appears to be working OK is it worth me getting in contact with Blackboard Technical?
Peter Edge
Web Developer
City College Manchester
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