Blackboard course codes generally consist of
[RISIS programme or module code]-[academic year][Blackboard suffix]e.g.
- MM276-19-0MOD
- AP2A20-20-1MOD
- UFMSCISLT-19-0PR
- Supplementary courses may be assigned an artificial course code e.g. ICMABSC-19-0SUP
- New code for Teaching and Learning Resource for Staff. For example CS_SWS_TLR. These courses are for staff use only
| Course Suffix | Meaning |
| 18-9, 19-0, 20-1 | Academic year in which the course ran. |
| 19-0MOD | Blackboard course which brings together the taught occurrences of a RISIS module.
Typically this is the only version of a module which staff will see in Blackboard. The MOD course automatically merges student enrolments from RISIS occurrence codes including: A, H, J, K, V (bringing together Study Abroad / Visiting / Attendance Only students with the main student cohort). MOD is also used where two or more separate module codes are combined into a single course in Blackboard. In this case, the course name in Blackboard will include ‘Merged Course’. |
| 19-0A | RISIS occurrence code: first (or only) offering of a module in the given academic year.
These A occurrence courses will automatically be merged into the main MOD course in Blackboard. Staff will not normally see A occurrences as separate courses in Blackboard. |
| 19-0B | RISIS module occurrence code – the second offering of a module in the given academic year, with a later start date than occurrence A.
B occurrences are NOT automatically merged into the main MOD course in Blackboard. Staff will see B occurrences as separate courses in Blackboard. |
| 19-0MA, 19-0MB, 19-0MC | Module being taught at the University of Reading Malaysia campus.
MA is the first (or only) offering of a module in Malaysia, in the given academic year. MB and MC represent the second and third student cohorts in the given academic year. |
| 19-0SUP | Supplementary Course, which is being used in addition to an individual RISIS modules or programme. |
| 19-0PR | Degree programme. |
| 18-9NR | Courses that are not recorded in RISIS. From 2020/21 such courses will be set up with a SUP suffix. |
Page last updated on August 31, 2023 by Asif Muhammad
