On November 30, 2007, OIT created an empty Blackboard course shell for all Spring 2008 courses listed in the UMBC Schedule of Classes (SOC) with assigned instructors. Using the Auto Enrollment" process, only officially registered students will be automatically enrolled in all Bb courses as they officially register. Courses that don't have assigned instructors will be created as usual and instructors will be enrolled as they are assigned. Auto enrollment of students and instructors is done four (4) times a day.
To request creation of a WT2008 Blackboard course shell, please use the "Request A Course" link on the Blackboard Help tab before or after you login via myUMBC or directly at http://blackboard.umbc.edu. Remember: Due to the planned upgrade Jan. 15 to 17, all WT2008 courses will be run on the "alternate" Blackboard server at http://bbss.umbc.edu. When you complete the WT2008 course request above, your course will be on the alternate server.
Note: Because some students (and faculty) have mistaken enrollment in a Bb course shell as official UMBC course registration, OIT has turned off the "self enrollment" function in all Blackboard shells. Also, faculty should not manually enroll students who “say” they will officially register (sometimes they don’t). If you or your students have any questions or concerns, please send email to blackboard@umbc.edu.
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OIT does not have auto-enrollment of students enabled on the WT2008 server (http://bbss.umbc.edu). As a result, students will be manually enrolled into the appropriate Bb course shells by the Blackboard administrator on the following dates:
If you have questions or concerns, please send an email to blackboard@umbc.edu.
Posted by Bob Armstrong | December 19, 2007 10:51 AM
Posted on December 19, 2007 10:51