Exporting your course site makes a copy of your course contents so you do not have to create the course from scratch in the future. It is important to note that, unlike the Archive Course feature, Export Course does not include any user interactions with the course—it only includes the course content and the tools. Export Course feature creates a package of the course content that can later be imported and used to teach another course with the same content. You should always export or back up your Blackboard course. Exported courses will be saved as .zip files. Exporting a course does not remove it from the Blackboard system. Instructors can export their courses at the end of every semester for future use. |
Step 1
1. Log into your course.
2. Go to the Control Panel.
3. Click Packages and Utilities
4. Choose Export/Archive Course.
5. Click either Export or Archive at the top of the page.
a. If you choose Export - You will be prompted to select the materials / areas you would like to include in the export file.
b. If you choose Archive – It will save everything in your course, including enrollment and grades.
6. Select the Submit button.
7. You will be re-directed to a page that will read “This action has been successfully queued. An email will be sent when the process is complete”. Click the OK button.
Step 2
The system creates the course package. When the package is complete, the Instructor who initiated the operation receives an email. After the email is received:
The system creates the course package. When the package is complete, the Instructor who initiated the operation receives an email. After the email is received:
1. Repeat steps 1 though 3
2. The export or archive file will be listed on the Export/Archive Manager page
3. Click on that link and you will be prompted to save or open the file
4. Click on the Save button, rename you’re the course file to something descriptive and choose a location on your computer to save the archived course **The export and archive files is a zip file and can only be used in the Blackboard environment**
**The export and archive files are compressed .ZIP files and are imported in the same format. Do not unzip an Export zip file or remove files from the zip file, otherwise the zip file will not imported correctly.
**The export and archive files are compressed .ZIP files and are imported in the same format. Do not unzip an Export zip file or remove files from the zip file, otherwise the zip file will not imported correctly.
ALWAYS MAKE BACKUP COPIES (digital files and hard copies) OF IMPORTANT FILES AND SAVE THEM TO YOUR NETWORK U DRIVE.
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