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Blackboard Manager - Activating and/or Copying a Single Course
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Below are instructions for activating and/or copying a single course in Blackboard.
Getting Started:
- Login to Blackboard.
- Select My NDSU on the top right.
- Click the “NDSU Course Activation” tab on the light green banner of Blackboard.
- Click “Login to Bb Manager” link.
- Log into CAS using the same credentials you use to log into NDSU computer labs.
- At the Course Wizard, Click the correct term, Click “Single Course” and “Next”.
- Select Single Course if you are teaching only 1 section of a course or if you want to keep different sections of the same course in separate Blackboard course shells.
- The Campus Connection course(s) where you are listed as instructor will appear for you to activate. You only need to activate the courses you wish to use Blackboard for.
- Click on a course to activate it.
- A prompt appears verifying you want a “stand-alone course” (not merged sections), click OK to continue. If not correct, click Cancel and click the Course Creation Wizard to start over.
- If you DON’T want to copy any content, click the Skip the Copy Step and proceed to the validation page.
- A final validation appears. If everything is correct, click Submit Request.
- Click on the name of the course to copy from.
- Note: the “Course Id” displays the class number of the course, make sure it is from a previous course. This information assists in choosing the correct course to copy from.
- A final validation appears. If everything is correct, click Submit Request. If you “copied content”, the Copy Source ID will also display.
- Note: The Course should be the current semester course and the Copy Source should be your previous course number.