Combined Course Tool User Manual
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1. copied to the combined course will remain in the combined course after the association is removed If the original association was made in error then the copied enrollments will have to be manually removed from the combined course As a best practice it is recommended that the combined course be removed if any association error is made Of course this should only be done if there is no data associated with the combined course If you have already started uploading content to or assigning grades in the combined course then obviously you do not want to remove the combined course You will have to manually remove the copied enrollment by hand 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 8 of 9 Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Remove Combined Courses If you wish to permanently remove a combined course that you are teaching from the system follow the steps below Note that this operation is final and cannot be undone When a combined course is removed all associated content items assessments grades discussion board postings etc are permanently deleted 1 From the Manage Combined Courses interface check the checkbox that appears on the left hand side of the row of any combined course you wish to remove You may select more than one combined course at a time 2 Click the Remove Selected Combined Courses button that appears in the action bar at the top of the page You will be prompted and asked if you are sure t2. the course as an instructor e The course must be of the same term and year as the combined course This is only applicable if the term year options were available during the combined course creation phase For each source course that you wish to add to the combined course click the checkbox on the left side of the course s row in the search results You may select more than one course at a time Once all the source courses have been checked click the Associate Selected Courses button at the top of the page E Associate Selected Courses E Show courses that can be associated with this course Go Course Course Name Starts With GO v bd v Course ID Course Name Instructor User id 2007Fall course 01 2007Fall_course_01 bc_faculty_01 2007Fall course 02 2007Fall_course_02 bc_faculty_01 2007Fall course 03 2007Fall_course_03 bc_faculty_01 Items Per Page 25 Go This will associate the courses with the combined course and return you to the courses already associated with this course view From here you can disassociate courses that are currently associated with the combined course 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 7 of 9 Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Disassociating Courses from a Combined Course When in the courses already associated with this course view you can disassociate or more source courses from a combined course To disassociate a course chec
3. you first access Combined Course tool all combined courses Courses you are teaching will be listed below the search form If you are teaching many combined courses you can use the search form to filter the results Modify a Combined Once you have created a combined course you can manage it by Course clicking the Manage button that appears on the right hand side of the course s row This is how you associate the combined course with source courses Remove Combined Remove 1 or more combined courses that you are teaching Note that Courses this action is final and cannot be undone You will lose all data associated with the combined course 26 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 2 of 9 Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Create a New Combined Course COMBINED COURSES Combined Courses Lech oar CEDE Selected Combined Course s reate a New Lombine ourse emove selecte ombine oursels n inn LS Course Course Name Starts With AND Year Term ALL ALL GO Exit Combined Course Tool When you click the Create a New Combined Course button on the Combined Courses page you are taken to the combined course creation form Combined course creation is the first step in setting up a combined course association with one or more existing source courses PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Course Id The course ID of the combined course An identifier will be appended
4. 26 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 5 of 9 Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Modify a Combined Course From the Manage Combined Courses click the Modify button next to a combined course as shown in the image below COMBINED COURSES ES Combined Courses Dlacktoant Cf Create a New Combined Course Mg Remove Selected Combined Course s Course Course Name Starts With AND Year Term ALL al ALL M GO E vw vw Course ID Course Name Instructor User Id faculty combined 01 CC faculty combined 01 Combined bc faculty 01 Items Per Page 25 z This will take you to the area where you can associate and disassociate source courses with the combined course When you first enter the area a list of the courses that are currently associated with the combined courses is displayed This is known as the courses already associated with this course area If there are no associations an appropriate message will be displayed COMBINED COURSES gt COMBINED COURSE FACULTY COMBINED 01 CC ES Remove combined course s from faculty combined 01 CC Diackboart Ma Disassociate Selected Courses Show courses already associated with this course Go There are no source courses associated with this combined course Click here to associate courses with this combined course Items Per Page 25 z To add source courses to the combined course you must switch to the courses tha
5. COMBINED COURSE TOOL USER MANUAL RELEASE 1 9 7 v1 Blackboard Blackboard Inc Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Revision History REVISION DATE AUTHOR CHANGE 1 9 7 v1 28 August 2007 Burt Blair Initial document release 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page ii Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Table of Contents Revisi n HIStOFV Pet IL IntFOdUC BOB rai did ii D Commonly Used o SES 1 Manage Combined Courses sosacssessscssinssetacssssoxcssccostsnceoeceescevens sven cvrsevessexstvesouavonenstennassencesensstesners 2 Create New Combined Colitis titi ito 3 Search f r Combined Courses S ic 5 Modify a Combined Course iecore ds 6 Associating Courses with a Combined Course uiae t etnies ane s ta hkad ni s 6 Disassociating Courses from a Combined Course eese eene 8 Remove Combined Courses iii a dicas 9 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page iii Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Introduction The Combined Course Tool allows instructors to create courses that are defined by an association with one or more existing courses When a combined course is created and linked to an existing course all enrollments from the existing course are automatically copied into the combined course After the association has been established updates made to enrollments of the existing course
6. are automatically copied to the corresponding enrollment in the combined course If a new enrollment is added to an existing course after it has been linked to a combined course it too will automatically be copied to the combined course The end result is a combined course that contains all of the active enrollments of each associated course Note that only enrollment information is copied and maintained by this tool Grades content etc are never copied from an existing section to a combined course Also note that changes made to a combined course are never reflected in any of the existing sections that are associated with the combined course Commonly Used Terms combined course Also referred to as a target course a combined course is special course that can be created only by this tool It is defined by an association with one or more source courses Changes made to the enrollments of source courses are automatically reflected in the combined course Source course A source course is any course that is associated with a combined course Changes to enrollment information in a source course are automatically reflected in the associated combined courses 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 1 of 9 Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Manage Combined Courses The Combined Course Tool is accessed through a portal module deployed to a tab in the user interface The exact tab and module title is de
7. associate it with a course section from the Spring 2008 term The year and term of a source course is determined by the source course s course ID Availability Combined course can be created as available or unavailable If created as unavailable students will not have access to the combined course nor see the course listed in their My Courses module until it is made available through the course control panel After you fill out the form click the Submit button to create the new course If there are any errors they will be displayed at the top of the page and will have to be corrected to successfully create a new combined course If the creation is successful you will be returned to the Manage Combined Courses interface and your newly created combined course will be listed as the only course just below the combined course search form To add source sources click the Modify button on the right hand side of the row COMBINED COURSES ES Combined Courses Biachboert Successfully created course sample_combined_course_01_CC In the list below click the Modify button on the right hand side of the course s row to begin associating existing courses with the combined course Fi Create a New Combined Course Mo Remove Selected Combined Course s Course Course ID Equals sample combined course 01 CC AND Year Term 2007 y Fali GO RA vw Course ID Course Name O sample combined cour
8. fined by the system administrator If you are unable to locate the module contact the system administrator for more information The image below is an example of how the Combined Course Tool module upper right corner might appear when deployed to the My Institution tab ur Institution AO INIVE f UNIVERSITY Home Help Logout My Institution Community Content Collection Welcome Faculty Modify Content Modify Layout My Announcements Combined Course Tool 3 Announcements No system announcements have been posted in the last The combined course tool allows you to associate one or B Calendar 7 days more courses that you are teaching with a combined E course that contains all ofthe enrollments from the toam No course announcements have been posted in the last associated course s Ex View Grades 7 days Bd Send E mail amp User Directory a Bi Address Book My Calendar My Courses EE Personal Information No calendar events have been posted in the last 7 days Courses you are teaching more KA 2007FALL MATH101 1234 Announcements No Announcements Click Here to Create and Manage Combined Courses Once you enter the Combined Course Tool you may take the following actions ACTION DESCRIPTION Create a New The Create a New Combined Course button that appears in the Combined Course toolbar at the top of the page takes you to the combined course creation form Search for Combined When
9. hat you want to permanently remove the selected course s 3 If you are sure click the OK button in the popup Your courses will be removed from the system Click the Cancel button to abort the process 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 9 of 9
10. k the checkbox on the left side of the course s row and click the Disassociate Selected Courses button in the action bar at the top of the page Note that you can select more than one course to disassociate at a time COMBINED COURSES gt COMBINED COURSE FACULTY_COMBINED_01_CC ES Remove combined course s from faculty combined 01 CC Diackteerri M3 Disassociate Selected Courses E Show courses already associated with this course Go z v v Course ID Course Name Instructor User id v 2007Fall course 01 2007Fall course 01 bc faculty 01 Iv 2007Fall course 02 2007Fall_course_02 bc faculty 01 O 2007Fall course 03 2007Fall_course_03 bc_faculty_01 Items Per Page 25 Go After clicking the Disassociate Selected Courses the courses will be disassociated and the view will be refreshed The disassociated courses should no longer appear in the list COMBINED COURSES gt COMBINED COURSE FACULTY COMBINED 01 CC ES Remove combined course s from faculty combined 01 CC Diacktoart Ma Disassociate Selected Courses Q Show courses already associated with this course Go E b d b d Course ID Course Name Instructor User Id E 2007Fall course 03 2007Fall course 03 bc faculty 01 Items Per Page 25 Go Note that disassociating courses does NOT affect the state of either the combined course or the source course All source course enrollments will remain the same and all source course enrollments that were
11. se 01 CC sample combined course 01 Combined administrator v Instructor User id tnl Items Per Page 25 gt 50 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 4 of 9 Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual Search for Combined Courses When ever you access the Manage Combined Courses view all combined courses you are teaching are automatically listed at the bottom of the page If you are not assigned as an instructor to any combined courses then none will be listed COMBINED COURSES ES Combined Courses T rrkboart Cf Create a New Combined Course Mo Remove Selected Combined Course s Course Course ID Equals AND Year Term 2007 y Fall GO Course ID Course Name Instructor User id CO sample combined course 01 CC sample combined course 01 Combined bc faculty 01 Modify sample combined course 02 CC sample combined course 02 Combined bc faculty 01 Modify Under most circumstances the full list is manageable enough navigate If you wish to filter the results and search for specific combined courses use the yellow search form Simply enter your search criteria into the form and click the GO button To execute a full search leave the search form empty and click GO If you are not assigned as an instructor to any combined courses you will receive a message that your search yielded no results You will need to create a new combined course
12. t can be associated view This can be done by selecting the appropriate option as depicted in the image below and clicking the GO button This select list can be used to toggle between views at any time Ma Disassociate Selected Courses E Show courses that can be associated with this course Go Associating Courses with a Combined Course The courses that can be associated area contains a list of all courses that you are currently teaching The yellow search form allows you to filter the search results to either look for a 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 6 of 9 Release 1 9 7 vl Combined Course Tool User Manual specific course or reduce the number of courses in the list in the event that you are teaching a large number of courses COMBINED COURSES gt COMBINED COURSE FACULTY COMBINED 01 CC ES Add source courses to combined course faculty combined 01 CC Dlackbaardt Associate Selected Courses E Show courses that can be associated with this course y Go Course Course Name Starts With GO Course ID AM User ld C 2007Fall course 01 2007Fall_course_01 bc_faculty_01 O 2007Fall course 02 2007Fall_course_02 bc_faculty_01 1 2007Fall course 03 2007Fall course 03 bc faculty 01 Items Per Page 25 y 5 For a course to show up in the list it must meet the following minimum criteria in addition to any additional constraints you add to the search form e You must be assigned to
13. to the value that you provide in this form to distinguish the combined course from normal courses Be sure to choose a meaningful course ID so that the content of the course can easily be identified Course IDs can only contain letters numbers dashes and underscores You not use spaces in a course ID For example if you are creating this combined course to merge the enrollments of Biology 101 fall 2007 sections 1 4 into a single course a good course ID might be bio101 f07 A bad course ID would be something like bobs biology sections Course Name The course name can be anything you like however you should be sure to choose a meaningful name as described in the Course Id parameter description above 28 Aug 2007 11 15 00 AM Blackboard Inc Page 3 of 9 Release 1 9 7 v1 Combined Course Tool User Manual PARAMETER DESCRIPTION Year Term This option may not be present on all system If you do not see any Year Term options then you can ignore these parameters If the year term select lists are available you must choose the year and term for this combined course It is very important that you choose the correct year and term In the Associating Courses with a Combined Course section you cannot associate existing sections with a combined course if the existing sections do not belong to the same term as the combined course For example if your combined course belongs to the Fall 2007 term you cannot
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