Blackboard Tip: End of the Semester Check List

Following some recommendations and tutorial refreshers for the end of the semester:

•     Download course Grade Center.
•     Clean out unnecessary assignment files. (Important)
•     Make your courses unavailable
•     Hide old courses from your “My Courses” module list on AWConline page.

                                                                              

Download course Grade Center:

-          From the control panel click Grade Center- Full Grade center, click Work Offline - select Download.

The tab is located in the Full Grade Center. This tool allows the instructor to download the Grade Center as an Excel file to save to the computer or flash drive.

-    On the Download Grades page under Data, select Full Grade Center, and under Options keep the option section as default, click submit.

     Click the Download button and choose where to save the file.

The file will be saved with excel 2003  *.xls extension.

Video Tutorial: http://ondemand.blackboard.com/r91/movies/bb91_grade_center_working_offline.htm

Tip:  You can use course to course navigation to jump from one place in a course to the exact same place in the other course. Click the course to course down arrow  near the  home icon  located on the upper left of the screen  .

                                                                   

   Clean out unnecessary assignment files. (Important)

Deleting large unnecessary Assignment files can significantly reduce the space your course uses, helping to avoid Disk Quota errors.  To delete assignment: from the course Control Panel –click Full Grade Center

Click the Chevron next to the assignment title bar.  Select Assignment File cleanup

Check the box next to the User.  Click Delete

 Note: Once  a grade has been recorded, you can delete one or more student submission files to save space in their course..  

Video from Blackboard On demand

http://ondemand.blackboard.com/r91/movies/bb91_grade_center_clean_assignment_files.htm

Make your courses unavailable:

If you no longer want students to access the course after the end of semester, please make your course unavailable through Control Panel-Customization-Properties-Set Availability – Check No- Click Submit

 Note:   Blackboard will state when the course is unavailable to students

Hide old courses from your “My Courses” module list on AWConline page.

-Click the “Manage My Courses Module Settings” gear tool on the My Courses title bar.

Tip: You need to bring your mouse curser to the upper right of the box for the gear tool to show.

- Uncheck the courses that you have completed teaching.

- Click Submit