For more information,
please contact:
Monique Terrell
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monique-terrell@ouhsc.edu

Start-of-Semester Best Practice

At the beginning of a semester, that last thing most of us want to do is more paper work or - in the online environment - more "clicking" work. However, several best practices for managing Bb courses have been identified that can increase both the security and reusability of your hard work throughout the semester. For questions about these or other procedures, please contact your CHaLK team member or web-courses@ouhsc.edu.

These best practices generally fall into three (3) areas:

Request a Course

To request a Blackboard course for any academic semester click the "Request Course" tab located at the top of the page. Due to the way that Bb is integrated with our course student information system, faculty must currently request a new course - or a copied course - using the request courseform each semester. If you would like to request a Bb site not associated with a catalog course, please utilize the Request a Bb Community form.

Click here to "Request a Course"

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Course Availability

It is recommended that each Bb course be set to available at the start of each semester. After a course is made available, students will be able to see the course in their list courses at login. Student will then be able to access and participate in the class online. Making a course available will ensure that students have access to your course content, assessments, etc. at the start of the course semester.

How to make a course available:

  1. Click the Settings link in the Course Options section of the course Control Panel
  2. Click the Course Availability link.
  3. In the Set Course Availability section, click the Yes radio button. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Submitbutton.

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Review Course Roster

To start your course off right take a moment to review your course roster and ensure all required students are listed.

How to access the course roster:

  1. Select the List/Modify Users link in the User Management section of the course Control Panel.
  2. Select the List All tab, then click list all button.

  3. View roster.

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