Bb - Course Requests for Spring 2007

The Spring 2007 Course Request form is an Adobe Acrobat form. You will need the Acrobat Reader to complete the form and submit your request. Your computer is probably already configured with Acrobat Reader and you will be able to fill-out and submit this form. If your computer does not have Acrobat Reader you can download the free Acrobat Reader here.

Acrobat Reader is required to complete this form because of the scripts behind the buttons and fields. The form might open in a web browser -- if the Choose College from this list button does not show a list - STOP and download the PDF file to your hard drive. Open it in Acrobat Reader. When Reader opens the file, it will warn you the form information cannot be saved, but the form will really submit your request through the following Internet process:

1. Confirm you have Adobe Reader 6 or 7 (Tested for Windows and Macintosh)
2. Download the request form to a new folder on your hard drive
3. Fill out the page with your contact and course information information
4. Click the Submit to DB button to send your request to our database.

Features of this request form and process:

• New fields become visible depending on the type of your request
• Multiple requests can be submitted in serial fashion with the Next Request button
• Print a reference page with the Print This Page button

Before starting to complete this form, log in at

1. Inside OGS so you have easy access to your course information. If your class type is Online or Hybrid, please have your Orientation date, time, location and your web site URL handy because the form will ask for this information for the Online & Hybrid Courses Orientation Web Page.
2. Also, log into Blackboard to the Courses tab view so you can see the Course Title and the Course ID. (Hint: Course ID is a unique file name for your Bb course, it looks like this: college_email_COURSE300.)

Existing Blackboard faculty,


Here is the information for transitioning to the Spring semester. 
Important dates:


BEFORE January 3, 2007 - Download your gradebooks for each course and store 
them on your own computer.  Then make your course site unavailable to students.


December 14 + - Instructors can make modifications for 2007 by hiding newItems/Folders 
January 3 - Blackboard OFFLINE for archiving of Fall 2006 courses
January 4 - Blackboard upgrade to version 7.1 and server maintenance
January 5 - Removal of Fall students from course sites
January 6 - Blackboard ONLINE for instructors
January 6 - Instructors can continue making modifications for Spring 2007
January 11-13 - Spring students will be uploaded to existing course sites IF you have notified us to do so.


January 12 + - Instructors can make course sites available to students
So, don't wait until January 2007 to tell us what you need.  We have over 300 courses 
per semester on Blackboard and if everyone waits until the last few days there is NO WAY 
that we can create classes and enroll students before the term starts.  
PLEASE complete the course request form NOW and we can have it all set up 
and ready to go for you.

This page posted on December 15, 2006

Recommended weekly processes for Bb instructors:

1. Download your course gradebook as an Excel file
2. Match the Online Grading System Roster to your Bb User Lists
3. Review student activity via the Performance Dashboard in the Control Panel

Recommended processes for Bb instructors at close of semester:

1. Download your course gradebook as an Excel file - permanent record
2. View the users in your class, print these pages or copy the web page text to a Word document to save the email addresses of students

The new semester rosters will be linked to courses during Flex week.

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This page was last updated: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 3:56:05 PM