Creating Backup Copies of Your Old Course:
Symptoms: Your older course is going to be removed or you wish to have a
backup of your Blackboard course. You do not need to back up courses
for the current term or the last year unless you want to!
Steps:
- Enter the Blackboard course as the instructor. Go into the
Control Panel area and select Export Course from the Course
Options area in the lower left side.
- From the Export Course menu, mark the boxes next to the areas of
your course you want in the archived course. Press Submit.
- Follow the Receipt directions to right click (option+click for
Mac users) on the created link and download the backup copy of the course to
your computer.
- Choose a location on your computer where you can easily find the file
later. It will be named something like "ExportFile_CourseName.zip"
The following is a link to a program "bFree" written by UNC Chapel Hill that
will allow you to peruse your exported course file and create a set of pages
with links based on your Blackboard course files. Use
bFree to open a Blackboard™ course export or
archive file and display the content of the course. Preview and select the
content items that you want to extract, then extract them as a set of files and
folders or as an independent Web site. Step-by-step instructions are included in
the application. This link is provided as a courtesy. Longwood's
User Support Services does not offer support for this program.
http://its.unc.edu/tl/tli/bFree/
You can use the "Import Package" option from the Control Panel
to restore the information into your newer course. | 
