3- MATERIAL Y MÉTODOS
3.2 Manipulaciones Quirúrgicas
Overview
This chapter covers the features for creating a course and enrolling Students and assigning staff.
In this chapter
Chapter 2—Creating Courses and Enrolling Users includes the following topics.
Topic Description
Create Course This topic covers the Create Course page. Administrators can create a course from this page.
Batch Create Courses This topic covers the Batch Create Courses page. Administrators can create many courses at once by uploading a batch file.
Batch Enroll Users This topic covers the Batch Enroll Users page. Administrators can enroll many Students and assign many staff into many different courses by uploading a batch file.
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Create Course
Overview
Administrators create course Web sites from the Create Course page. If an Administrator disabled the Create Course function for Instructors or requires Instructors to submit email requests for course creation, this is the only way new courses can be created.
Note: Administrators can assign the Administrative User Role of Course Creator to certain users. Users with these privileges can access the Create Course function on the System Control Panel. This is helpful if Instructors are not allowed to create courses and the Administrator cannot respond quickly to requests for new courses.
Find this page
Click Create Course from the Courses section of the System Control Panel.
Fields
The table below details the entry fields on the Create Course page.
Field Description
Course Information
Course Name: Enter a name for the course.
Course ID: Enter a Course ID. The Course ID should not have any spaces or characters other than numbers and letters, dash (-), underscore (_), and period (.). Do not use special characters. Special characters include: %&#<>=+ as well as spaces. When creating attributes a good rule to follow is only use alphanumeric characters, underscores, dots, and dashes.
The Course ID must be unique and remain static. It cannot be modified.
Description: Enter a description of the course. The description will appear in the listing with the course name and ID. A summary and enrollment instructions should be included in the description.
Course Design Select background
color for navigation: Click selected will appear as the background to the Course Pick to select a color from the palette. The color Menu.
Select highlight
color for navigation: Click selected will appear as the text color in the Course Menu. Pick to select a color from the palette. The color Course Options
Guest Access: Click one of the options to determine course availability to guests.
Available: Click Yes or No to control the course availability. If the course is not immediately available, the Administrator can make the course available at a later date through the Properties: Course page. Also, the Instructor can set the course to available from the Course Control Panel. Select Course
Catalog Category: Select a Course Catalog category for the course. The course will be listed under the selected category. Course Cartridge: Enter a valid Access Key to download course materials
from a Course Cartridge to the new course Web site. Warning: ProtectedCourse Cartridge content cannot be exported or copied. You must reenter the publisher’s access key to download the content again. Open Access cartridges may be exported and copied.
Instructor: Enter the name of the Instructor for this course. The Instructor named will be able to customize the course Web site through the Course Control Panel. Clicking New Instructor will bring up the Create New User page after clicking Submit at the bottom of the page.
Course availability
If the course is set to unavailable, access is determined by Course Role:
Students: Courses set to Unavailable will not appear at all in the Student’s My Courses module on the My Institution tab, or in the Student’s Course List on the Courses common area. Students may not access a course Web site that is set to unavailable.
Instructors: Courses set to Unavailable will appear in the My Courses module and in the Course List on the Courses common area. The course will be
indicated as Unavailable, but will still be accessible by the Instructor.
Course Builders and Teaching Assistants: Courses set to Unavailable will appear in the My Courses module and in the Course List on the Courses common area. The course will be indicated as Unavailable. The course is still accessible by course builders and teaching assistants.
Graders: Courses set to Unavailable will appear in the My Courses module and in the Course List on the Courses common area. The course will be indicated
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Batch Create Courses
Overview
Administrators add large numbers of courses from the Batch Create Courses page. Using a batch file, courses are entered into the system quickly and without having to go through the Create Course page to add each course.
Note: If using a batch file created for a previous version of Blackboard Learning
System, verify that the fields are in the correct order for the current version. If
necessary, rearrange the fields before processing the batch file.
Find this page
Click Batch Create Courses from the Courses section of the System Control Panel.
Fields
The table below details the entry fields on the Batch Create Courses page.
Field Description
File Upload
File Location: Enter the location of the batch course file. Or, click Browse to open up the file directory then locate and select the file. The field will populate with the path to the selected file.
File Delimiter: Select the file delimiter used in the batch course file. If Automatic is selected, the batch file will be analyzed and the delimiter determined based on the frequency of that character in the file.
Default Button
Style: Select a default button style from the drop-down list. This style will appear in all courses that do not have a button style in their record.
Creating a batch file of new courses
Batch files are .delimited files holding large quantities of new courses to upload to the system. Batch files cannot contain any course content other than one announcement. Batch course files must contain a Course ID and Course Name, and may also contain a Course Description, Button Style, and Initial Announcement, appearing in the following format:
“Course_ID”,”Course name”,”Course Description”,”Button_Style”, ”announcement”, “announcement title”
The following rules apply to batch course files: Fields must be enclosed in double quotes.
Example: “Eng_201”
Each field must be separated with a delimiter. Commas, colons, or tabs may be used, however, you may not use more than one as a delimiter in a batch file.
Example: “Eng_201”,”English Literature”
Each record must be separated by a hard return. Example: Eng_201”,”English Literature”
”ENG_202”,“Transcendentalist Works”
Each batch file should not exceed 500 records due to time out restrictions associated with most browsers.
Using special characters
The following special characters should never be used in an attribute such as a User Name, password, database user, Course ID, and so forth.
%&#<>=+
These characters are only safe to use when adding content into a text box, such as adding the description for a course.
When creating attributes a good rule to follow is to only use alphanumeric characters, underscores, dots, and dashes (do not use spaces!).
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Batch Enroll Users
Overview
Administrators enroll large numbers of users into courses from the Batch Create Users page. Using a batch file, users are entered into courses quickly. A batch file for adding users can add many users into many different courses. If a Course Role is not
assigned in the batch file the default value is Student.
If quotation marks appear in a field, it is necessary to use an escape character so the process knows that the next character does not mark the end of the field. The escape character is a backslash (\). For example, "\"NICKNAME\"".
Note: If using a batch file created for a previous version of Blackboard Learning
System, verify that the fields are in the correct order for the current version. If
necessary, reformat the file so that the fields are in the correct order before processing the batch enroll.
Find this page
Click Batch Enroll Users from the Courses section of the System Control Panel.
Fields
The table below details the entry fields on the Batch Enroll Users page.
Field Description
File Upload
File Location: Enter the location of the batch user file. Delimiter Type of
Your File: Select the delimiter option to be used on the batch user file entered in the File Location field. If Automatic is selected, the batch file will be analyzed and the delimiter determined based on the frequency of that character in the file.
Create batch file
Batch files are .txt files that hold large quantities of information to upload to the system. Each batch utility contains specific instructions on creating the batch file. The following batch file standards are universal.
Fields must be enclosed in double quotes. Example: “John”
Each field must be separated with a delimiter. Commas, colons, or tabs may be used, however, you may not use more than one as a delimiter in a batch file.
Example: “John”,”Smith”
Each record must be separated by a hard return. Example: “John”,”Smith”
“Larry”,”Smith”
Each batch file should not exceed 500 records due to time out restrictions associated with most browsers.
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Chapter 3—Course Utilities
Overview
This chapter reviews the features for deleting, moving, and backing up courses.
In this chapter
Chapter 3—Course Utilities includes the following topics.
Topic Description
Remove Course This topic covers the Remove Course page that Administrators use to remove a course.
Copy Course This topic covers the Copy Course page used to add content from one course to another. Copy Course Materials into a
New Course This topic covers the Copy Course Materials (but not users) into a New Course page. This page is used to create a new course with content from another course.
Copy Course Materials into an
Existing Course This topic covers the Copy Course Materials (but not users) into an Existing Course page. This page is used to add content from one course into another.
Course Copy with Users (Exact
Copy) This topic covers the Course Copy with Users (Exact Copy) page. This page is used to create a duplicate course including users and
enrollments.
Import Course This topic covers the Import Course page used to add a package containing an exported course from this page.
Export Course This topic covers the Export Course page used to create a package of course content for use at a later time.
Archive Course This topic covers the Archive Course page used to create an incremental backup of a specific course.
Restore Course This topic covers the Restore Course page used to add a package of an archived course to the system from this page.
Batch Import/Export/Archive/
Restore Course This topic covers the command line tool for batch import/export/archive/restore operations.
Batch Copy Course This topic covers the command line tool for batch copying courses.
Adding File Types for Use with
Content Items This topic covers the recognized file types for attachments to Content Items and how Administrators can add additional recognized file types.
What is the difference between export, archive, copy, and recycle for a course?
The Blackboard Learning System includes several tools for reusing courses and course
content. The tools are:
Export/Import: Export takes course content and puts it in a package that can be used in another course at a later date. One or more course areas can be included in the package. This is an effective means of reusing a course or parts of a course to teach another set of students next semester or for backing up content without keeping Student interactions.
Copy: Course Copy adds content from one Course to another. This is useful when teaching the same Course during the same term to different sets of Students. Course Copy is the best way to share content across multiple sections of the same course. Recycle: Recycling a Course removes User interactions with the Course while keeping the content intact. This is useful when teaching the same Course to a new set of Students.
Archive/Restore: The Archive Course function creates a record of the Course including User interactions. It is most useful for recalling Student performance or interactions at later time. The archive package is saved as a .ZIP file that can be restored to the system at another time. In effect, Archive/Restore acts as a backup tool at the individual course level (although it is not a replacement for a fully formed, server-side backup and restore process!).
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Remove Course
Overview
Courses can be removed from Blackboard Learning System through the Remove Course page. Courses that are removed cannot be restored to the Blackboard Learning
System unless the course was archived or exported prior to removing it.
Keep in mind that archiving a course will preserve not only course content but also user enrollments and interactions with the course. For information on archiving a course prior to removing it from Blackboard Learning System, see the Archive Course topic. Exporting a course will only preserve the content in the course. For more information, see the Export Course topic.
Find this page
Click Remove Course from the Courses section of the System Control Panel.
Search for courses
The Remove Course page contains a search function at the top of the page. The following search tabs are available:
Search: The search parameters on this tab can be used separately or in tandem to further narrow the list generated. Follow these steps to use this tab:
Step 1 Select the Course ID, Instructor, or Title/Description option.