1.0Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Readinghttps://sites.reading.ac.uk/tel-supportandyturnerhttps://sites.reading.ac.uk/tel-support/author/andyturner/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="WSXz4zn04h"><a href="https://sites.reading.ac.uk/tel-support/course-rollover/">Course Rollover</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://sites.reading.ac.uk/tel-support/course-rollover/embed/#?secret=WSXz4zn04h" width="600" height="338" title="“Course Rollover” — Blackboard Help for Staff - University of Reading" data-secret="WSXz4zn04h" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! 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Introduction Course rollover is the annual process whereby Blackboard courses from the current academic year are copied for use in the next academic year. Key dates: 8th July and 30th June 2023 Brief summary Course copying and the creation of new Blackboard courses will take place on Saturday 8th July 2023, with additional tasks completed over the following week. Blackboard will be unavailable to staff and students from 08:00 to 17:00 BST on 8th July. If you would like to make any changes such as “request an early course rollover, or opt out“, all requests should be submitted by close of play on Friday 30th June. The default position for Course Rollover is that any RISIS module or programme (a) which was used in Blackboard in the current academic year (i.e. in 2022/23), and (b) is scheduled to run again in the new academic year (i.e. in 2023/24) will be automatically copied forward as part of Course Rollover. The vast majority of Blackboard courses normally fall in this category, and no action is required for these courses to be rolled forward. Merged and Supplementary courses are also copied as part of Course Rollover. See details below. What action do I need to take? Module Convenors: In most cases, your course will be copied forward automatically. But please check if your course is scheduled to be copied by searching the Course Copy Status page. If any changes need to be made, please take appropriate action – see below. Blackboard courses for a single RISIS module Check course rollover status Request early rollover (if you need to start preparing course before 8th July) Opting out Merged and Supplementary courses Merged courses (requesting changes) Supplementary courses (requesting changes) RISIS modules Modules which did not run in current year Brand-new modules Change of module code Blackboard course codes explained What will be copied? Which parts of my course will be copied? What will not be copied? When will students be enrolled on courses? After rollover? Preparing your courses for the new academic year Blackboard courses for a single RISIS module Check course rollover status If your Blackboard course is used in 2022/23, and has been scheduled to run in 2023/24, then the 2022/23 course should be copied automatically to 2023/24 version on 8th July. However, just to be absolutely sure that your module is scheduled to rollover, please Go to Course Copy Status page Search for the module code and check that it is SCHEDULED. If so, no further action required. If not, check with Programme Admin that the module is scheduled to run in RISIS. Request early rollover If it is essential to have your 2023/24 Blackboard course created before the main Rollover day on 8th July Go to the Status page. Search for the module code. If it shows as SCHEDULED, click “Opt Out”. Then submit a Course Copy Request. In the “Additional Comments” section of the Course Copy form please add a comment e.g. ‘Early rollover please’ or ‘Needed by <date>’ Please note: Please only request early course rollover, where it is absolutely necessary to have the new course available before the actual course rollover date. No student enrolments will be pulled through from RISIS until the new academic year begins in August. Students will be enroled manually, or batch enrolments can be requested. Opting out You may wish to opt out (i.e. cancelling a scheduled course copy) of course copying for a number of reasons. You want to redesign your Blackboard course, so prefer to build your 2023/24 course from an empty course shell. The merged course you have been using, no longer required, i.e. want to have separate Blackboard courses for the individual modules. Supplementary course you have been using, no longer required. To opt out Go to the Course Copy Status page and search for your Blackboard course. If a course copy is already scheduled to take place, then SCHEDULED will appear in the ‘Status’ column. Press the Opt Out button in the final column. A confirmation message appears. If you are sure you want to proceed, press OK. You will see a confirmation page. If you return to the Status page you’ll see that OPTEDOUT now appears in the ‘Status’ column. We have not restricted the Course Copy or Opt Out forms to Module Convenors. But clearly these decisions are the Module Convenor’s prerogative / responsibility. We would expect action to be taken only by the Module Convenor or someone acting on their behalf – for instance by a Programme Administrator, after discussion with the Module Convenor. Merged and Supplementary courses Both Merged and Supplementary Courses will be copied forward by default. If you want your 2023/24 Merged or Supplementary course to be set up exactly the same as your 2022/23 course, no action is required. But please visit the Course Copy Status page to check that your course is scheduled to be copied. If one or more of the ‘child’ modules in your Merged course will not be running, you may have to manually request a course copy – please see the Merged Course Examples below. If you want to change which ‘child’ modules are included in your Merged or Supplementary course, you will need to cancel the scheduled copy, and manually request a new course copy – please see What if I need to make any changes? below. Merged courses Used when you have a set of closely related RISIS modules, and you want to administer them as a single course in Blackboard. A Merged Course always replaces the Blackboard courses for individual RISIS modules. Merged Courses are supported by the EMA Integration and can be used for summative assessment. A Merged Course is not appropriate if the same students are enrolled on more than one of the modules being merged. 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