Merge Courses

If you teach multiple sections of the same exact course, there is a merge tool available to merge the students from these sections into one course. You would then teach your course out of just the one merged container. The merge tool links the enrollments from the section containers that you merge into the one container that you choose to teach from.

Before you begin

* Decide which section container will be your Target container. The Target container is the container that will contain all the students from all the merged sections and will be the container you teach out of for the semester.

* Decide which section container(s) you want to merge into the Target container. These containers have students you want to be added to the Target container. We will refer to these as the Source containers.

* After the courses are merged, the Source containers that were merged into the Target container will be set to unavailable and students will not be able to see them.

Important!

DO NOT request that we unmerge courses with any assignments or tests submitted by students! All student work and grades for these students will be removed! They do NOT transfer to the source container. These students will no longer show in the Primary course.

The courses will be merged for the entire semester.

If you make a mistake, contact your campus Blackboard Specialist. They will arrange for IS to unmerge your containers.

Course Merge Tool

Log in to Blackboard and you will see the Course Merge Tool in the Tools section on the Welcome page. Click it to start the merge process.

Setup New Merged Course

Click the Setup New Merged Course button which is on the toolbar.

Select Source Course(s)

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Put checkmarks next to the course(s) that you want to merge into the Target container. These will be the courses you decided in the first step to be your Source containers. Do NOT select the Target container that you want to teach the course from (you will do that in the next step). Then click Submit.

Select Target Course

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Select the container that you want to teach the class from. This is the Target container that you decided on in the first step. The students from all the courses you merge will be put into this container. Then click Submit.

Success

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This screen will show that the merge was completed. Click OK.

One last chance to back out

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This screen will show you the courses that were merged. These are only the Source courses, not the main Target course. Click OK.

Manage Merged Courses

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The Manage Merged Courses screen will show the Target container that contains all the students. It also shows the Source container(s) that are associated with the Target course now.

The students are now listed in the Target course. The Source course(s) are automatically made unavailable. You will still be able to see the students in the Source course(s), but it is important from now on to use only the Target container for teaching, accepting assignments, exams, etc. You might even want to hide the Source containers from your welcome page so you don't accidentally use them.

Click OK.