Summer 2011 Blackboard Course Activation Available February 22, 2011!

Contributed by Mary Jo Watts

Attention Faculty: As of Tuesday, February 22, 2011 you can create your Blackboard course shells through HomerConnect for Summer 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 Summer 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 your section in Blackboard, go to http://courses.ithaca.edu

Please contact the Helpdesk if you have any questions.

ITS Helpdesk
helpdesk@ithaca.edu 
607-274-1000