Winter Session 2011 Blackboard Course Activation

11/09/10

Attention Faculty: you can now create the Blackboard course shells through HomerConnect for Winter Session 2011 courses!

Course Activation

To create a course "shell" in Blackboard, do the following:

• Go to HomerConnect and login using your HomerConnect ID and password
• Choose Faculty/Advisors and click the "Blackboard Application" link at the bottom of the page
• You will be directed to a page that lists terms and shows "Not Activated" and "Activate as...". Activation refers to whether or not a course shell has been created in Blackboard. Only activate those courses which will use the Blackboard system
• Choose the Winter 2011 term. The page will refresh showing all of the courses you are teaching. Courses that have not been activated in Blackboard will show up under the "Not Activated" heading.
• Instructors have the option of activating sections as either "Stand Alone" sections or as "Group A" or "Group B". "Stand Alone" sections are managed individually in Blackboard by the instructor. The "Group A" or "Group B" option can be used to group individual sections of the same course taught by the instructor together.
• Click on the button next to the section to activate the course in Blackboard and create the course shell
• The page will refresh and the section will move to the "Activate as" section
• Click the "Update" button at the bottom of the page
• Logout when you have finished activating sections

Courses are created in Blackboard at 8 am and 3 pm daily. To see the section in Blackboard, go to http://courses.ithaca.edu

• Login using your email username and password
• The activated sections will appear on the class list section of Blackboard
• Click on the appropriate course section to begin creating or importing content

Please contact the Helpdesk if you have any questions.

ITS Helpdesk
helpdesk@ithaca.edu
607-274-3282

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