We would be happy to host your course on our server Elisabeth.
Sounds like it would be a useful resource for our staff as well!
If you get Bb to create the archive we can import it in one fell swoop.
Otherwise you'll have to rebuild it I guess.
Let me know and I will create the site and your account etc.
ben
Elisabeth Coughlin wrote:
> First of all, thanks to Arthur Loughran for his detailed info about the Bb
> discussion group.
>
> Secondly: The days of free course hosting are over. (see copied posting
> below). Not totally unexpected of course - free course sites with no strings
> attached and no intrusive advertising - a bit too good to be true. But $295
> rental per year!!!! This is not in keeping with the spirit of Christmas!!!!
>
> My lovingly created 'Introduction to Teaching & Learning in a VLE' self-
> paced, interactive, staff development module will be no more at the end of
> February 2002. A cruel fate! Is there a compassionate institution out there
> who would make room on their Bb server until such time when my
> institution invests in a VLE? ;-)
>
> Elisabeth
>
> The information below was put up over the weekend on the notice boards of
> all courses at http://coursesites.blackboard.com
>
> "In order to improve service on Coursesites.blackboard.com, at the
> beginning of January 2002 Blackboard will introduce two important
> changes:
> Course registration on Coursesites. Register a course Web site for $295
> and receive:
> Unlimiteduse of a course Web site for one year
> 25 MB of storage space for course materials
> Technicalsupport for the course instructor
> An online transaction form for registering courses will be available on
> Coursesites in January.
> Non-registered courses will expire after 60 days. Courses that are not
> registered within 60 days after the date they were created will expire and
> become unavailable to students. Instructors will still be able to enter an
> expired course to retrieve course materials or to export the course for use
> on another system. For those courses that are already on the system at
> the beginning of 2002, the 60 days will start on January 1, 2002."
>
> ____________
>
> Elisabeth Coughlin
> Teaching & Learning Research
> Room D001
> University of Luton, LU1 3JU
> Tel: 01582-734111 Ext: 2053
> Fax: 01582-743400
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