Blackboard at Hamline University

Copying Your Blackboard 9.1 Course

Blackboard gives you the ability to copy course content and settings from one Blackboard 9 course into another one.  For example, if you have a course you teach repeatedly, you can copy the content, tools, settings, etc. into future courses. This PDF tutorial will help guide you through the process of copying your courses.  We strongly recommend that you request a development course shell that can be used as a master course to retain your Blackboard course content.

Making Your Course Available in Blackboard

When you finish preparing your Blackboard courses for the Spring term, you will need to make them available to your students.  Please follow the instructions below:

1. Navigate to your course.
2. In the bottom-left side of the course page, within the "Control Panel" click on the "Customization" Link.
3. In the sub menu, click on "Properties" link.
4. On the next page, find step 3, "Set Availability." Select "Yes" for the option "Make Course Available."
5. Click on the "Submit" button.