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At the end of each semester, it's a good idea to download your course
grade book (if used) and download a backup of all materials and course
activity. Then reset the course to clear out course activity (resetting does
not remove course content, just student activity). Resetting benefits your
students as well, since they typically don't want to see old class in their
course list.
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Backups can not be opened locally
on your computer. They must be restored to a Blackboard
CE
server.
Contact
cti@uidaho.edu if you need to have a
course restored from a backup.
This is one of the reasons why it's a good idea to download your Grade
Book separately. If you would like to download your Files in the Manage
Files area of your course, see the File
Manager Tutorial.
Grade Challenges: In accordance with
Records Management policies, Blackboard course backups are retained by CTI
for one year to facilitate grade challenges and incompletes.
Designers and instructors cannot restore their own courses.
Contact
cti@uidaho.edu to have courses
restored.
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RESET clears the following:
- Student Submissions
- Grade Book Records
Columns/Calculations are retained
- Chat, Discussion, & Mail Messages
Discussion Topics are retained
- Custom Calendar Entries
- Course Registration Number
- Student Groups & Presentations
- Page Tracking Records
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If you used the Blackboard Grade Book tool it's a good idea
to keep a record of the grades locally on your computer. These
instructions guide you in downloading a text file of your Grade
Book which you may open in Microsoft Excel for future
reference.
- Under the Teach Tab, click on Grade Book.
- Click on Export to Spreadsheet.
- Set Members to Export: All Members
- Set Export Format: Comma-Delimited
- Press Export
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Save the file to your hard drive
Windows XP Users: You may
initially be given a warning at the top of the
browser. It is safe to allow the download.
NOTE: A complete course backup is
generated automatically when you reset
your course.
Course Restore:
Instructors
cannot restore
their own backups. Please contact the
CTI
to have us restore your backup to a Blackboard server.
To Reset your course:
- Under the Teach tab, click on Manage Course
- Click on Reset
- Leave the Section Designer and Teaching
Assistant unchecked. This will make
sure you don't accidentally unenroll yourself.
How to Unenroll TAs or other
Instructors? See the
Course Roster Tool help.
- To reset the course, click Continue. You will be returned to
your course list.
NOTE:
Resetting a course may take from a few
seconds to an hour or so. The course will be unavailable for
all users until the reset is complete. When the Reset is complete you'll be able to click the
Refresh Page button on your Web browser to access the
course again.
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It's a good idea to keep a local copy of your course so that if there are
grade challenges, or other unforeseen circumstances in the future, we can
restore your course. While the CTI keeps a copy of all course backup files
for one year, you may wish to keep a local copy longer, and have your own
redundant copy.
Note: Backups can not be opened locally
on your computer. They must be restored to a Blackboard CE
server.
Contact
cti@uidaho.edu if you need to have a
course restored from a backup.
This is one of the reasons why it's a good idea to download your Grade
Book separately. If you would like to download your Files in the Manage
Files area of your course, see the File
Manager Tutorial.
- Under the Build Tab, click on Manage Course
- Click on Backup
- Click on the
ActionLinks
icon, and select Save as File
- Click OK
- Under the Build tab, go to the File Manager Tool
- Click on the
ActionLinks
icon next to the backup file and select Download
- Restoring Course Backups: In
accordance with Records Management policies, Blackboard course backups
are retained by CTI for one year to facilitate grade challenges and
incompletes. Contact
cti@uidaho.edu to have courses
restored.
Designers and instructors cannot restore their own courses.
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