The FA2008 course shell duration date will expire on January 15th by default. After that date, students will no longer have access to the courses even though courses appear available to instructors. This feature has been set up so that students do not accumulate links to large numbers of old Blackboard courses on their “myBlackboard” page.
If you would like to give students continuous access to the course shells, you can change the duration date by going to the course Control Panel – Settings – Course Duration, modify the date and click Submit.