Beginning with In the 2021-2022 academic year, DoIT will be moving shifted to a more routine, annual basis of retiring older Blackboard course shells.
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- The current/upcoming academic year
- The last three (3) historical academic years
For example, during the 20212022-2022 2023 academic year, the following terms are available to faculty:
- AY2022-2023
- AY2021-2022
- AY2020-2021
- AY2019-2020
- AY2018-2019
Courses that will be retired on an annual basis include:
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For example, at the beginning of the 20222023-2023 2024 academic year, the following terms will be retired:
- AY2018AY2019-20192020
- Any course shell still on the system before Fall 20182019
| Time | Task |
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| April / May | Faculty are reminded of the course retirement process |
| June / July | DoIT staff work with Blackboard to properly archive and retire courses |
| August / September | Courses are successfully retired and off-loaded from production |
| Warning |
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Before courses are retired, faculty can export their Blackboard course shells to be later imported back into Blackboard. |
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