Numerous options exist for storing and deploying course content in Blackboard. A few Content Areas exist in the Course Menu by default, but faculty members can create additional content areas and provide unique names for their content areas.
After selecting the content area, the content to be added may be selected from the Build Content menu.
Course organization will vary from discipline to discipline. Some basic planning will save you from having to restructure once your course creation is underway. One recommended approach includes the following steps:
Courses will remain on the campus servers for a minimum of 13 months. After that time, faculty will be notified that courses will be removed from the system. Courses can be copied and reused/redeveloped an infinite number of times.
Uploading Camtasia or Articulate files into Blackboard can be done by following these steps:
Load Package into Blackboard
Add the Tutorial to a Content Area
At NIU, every course in Blackboard has a 2 GB quota set by the Division of IT. We recommend working proactively to minimize your course files to avoid exceeding the quota through the following measures:
If you have exceeded your quota, you can use the Content Collection to view and identify large files that you can move to other storage and then delete. Be sure to also remove them from the Recycling Bin to recover the space.
You can also request that your course quota be increased in 1 GB increments. You will need to submit the request separately for each course and again each semester.
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