iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/22/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of April 22nd is Copyright Crash Course: How Can I Stay on the Right Side of the Law? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/copyright-crash-course-stay-on-the-right-side-of-the-law-14693-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   

Other Professional Development Opportunities 

• North Shore Community College’s 2019 Visiting Writer. Oompa is a nationally acclaimed, Roxbury-born slam poet, hip-hop artist, and self-described “hood, queer, black, womynist, orphan, sister, friend, and teacher.”  She is the winner of the 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam and a finalist at the 2017 National Poetry Slam.  She has been featured in magazines such as The Huffington Post and DigBoston and has appeared at colleges such as Boston University, Boston College, and the Berklee College of Music. You can find out more about Oompa on her website oompoutloud.com, including sample audio and videos. The event will take place on Monday, April 22nd Tuesday, April 24th, at 9:30am and 11:00am in the President’s Board Room (LS328) on the Lynn Campus and on Tuesday, April 23rd at 9:30am and 11:00am in the Library on the Danvers Campus. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/faculty-staff/bulletin/04-08-19.html#oompa. Please direct any questions to John Zamparelli at jzampare@northshore.edu.    
• 42nd Forum on Tolerance: The Intersection Between Human and Animal Rights. This year, the Forum on Tolerance will be Wednesday, April 24th and Thursday, April 25th. The April 24th event will take place in Danvers, DS106B, from 11:00am to 1:45pm and the April 25th event will take place in the Lynn Gym from 8:30am to 12:30pm. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/faculty-staff/bulletin/04-16-19.html#humanimal.     

Resources

• Copyright Crash Course, http://guides.lib.utexas.edu/copyright 
• Fair Use Checklist, https://copyright.columbia.edu/basics/fair-use/fair-use-checklist.html
• Copyright in Online Courses, http://citl.illinois.edu/citl-101/online-strategy-development/develop-or-revise-an-online-course/online-course-in-a-box/designing-your-course/legal-issues-span/copyright-in-online-courses

     

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development OpportunitiesIf you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/15/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of April 15th is What 5 Play-based Activities Can I Use to Create an Active, Learning-centered Class? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/what-5-play-based-activities-to-create-an-active-learning-centered-class-15160-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   

Other Professional Development Opportunities 

• Annual Law Day Lecture. This year’s Law Day topic is Victims Rights and Restorative Justice. The keynote speaker is Karen Baratta from Concord Prison Outreach, the oldest volunteer-driven prison education program in Massachusetts. The lecture will be held on Thursday, April 18th from 7:30am to 9:00am in the Danvers Campus Math & Science Building, DS119 and will be teleconferenced to the Lynn Campus Gym. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/news/2019/free-law-lecture.html. 
• North Shore Community College’s 2019 Visiting Writer. Oompa is a nationally acclaimed, Roxbury-born slam poet, hip-hop artist, and self-described “hood, queer, black, womynist, orphan, sister, friend, and teacher.”  She is the winner of the 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam and a finalist at the 2017 National Poetry Slam.  She has been featured in magazines such as The Huffington Post and DigBoston and has appeared at colleges such as Boston University, Boston College, and the Berklee College of Music. You can find out more about Oompa on her website oompoutloud.com, including sample audio and videos. The event will take place on Monday, April 22nd Tuesday, April 24th, at 9:30am and 11:00am in the President’s Board Room (LS328) on the Lynn Campus and on Tuesday, April 23rd at 9:30am and 11:00am in the Library on the Danvers Campus. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/faculty-staff/bulletin/04-08-19.html#oompa. Please direct any questions to John Zamparelli at jzampare@northshore.edu.       

Interesting Articles

• Tell Me a Smart Story: On Podcasts, Videos, and Websites as Writing Assignment, https://www.chronicle.com/article/Tell-Me-a-Smart-Story-On/246083?
• Recipe for Teaching: Cue-Do-Review, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/recipe-for-teaching-cue-do-review/ 
• Strategies for Creating a Safe and Supportive Classroom, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/strategies-for-creating-a-safe-and-supportive-classroom/
• A Tool Kit for Teaching About Research, https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2019/04/17/tips-engaging-students-your-classes-research-opinion

   

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development OpportunitiesIf you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/8/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of April 8th is How Can I Most Effectively Fulfill My Citizenship Requirements? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-do-i-promote-civil-and-thoughtful-engagement-in-the-classroom-14532-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   

Other Professional Development Opportunities 

• Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Assessment Conference. NSCC faculty are invited to attend the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Assessment Conference on Friday, April 19th from 8:00am to 3:00pm in Marlborough, MA. The conference will take place at the Best Western Royal Plaza Hotel & Trade Center at 181 Boston Post Road West, Marlborough, MA. The featured speaker is Dr. Gianina Baker, Assistant Director, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) on the Intersectionality of Equity and Assessment. And the program will include expert workshop presenters from colleges and universities focused on two tracks: new assessment approaches and building assessment skills. If interested in attending, please contact Cate Kaluzny for the link to register.   

      
Interesting Articles

• What is ‘Swift Trust,’ and Why Do I Want it in My Classes?, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/what-is-swift-trust-and-why-do-i-want-it-in-my-classes/
• Flexing Between Course Modalities, https://www.league.org/node/19436
• Great news! OER courses can boost engagement, https://www.ecampusnews.com/2019/04/04/great-news-oer-courses-can-boost-engagement/

  
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
If you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/1/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of April 1st is How Do I Promote Civil and Thoughtful Engagement in the Classroom? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-do-i-promote-civil-and-thoughtful-engagement-in-the-classroom-14532-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   

Other Professional Development Opportunities 

• Shakespeare’s: The Taming of the Shrew. North Shore Community College and the Liberal Arts Division present Shakespeare’s: The Taming of the Shrew directed by Matthew Woods. This student-driven production will take place April 5 at 7:00 pm, April 6 at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm, and April 7 at 3:00 pm at Lynn Museum / Lynn Arts, Inc. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/news/2019/taming-shrew.html.
      

Upcoming Webinars of Interest 

• The OER Connection with Dual Enrollment [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, April 4, 2019 from 3:00pm-4:00pm. “Join us to hear faculty and administrators describe why and how they selected OER for their dual enrollment classes, how OER is a good fit for that setting, and lessons learned from the process of adopting and using OER in dual credit classes. After we hear from our speakers we will have a panel discussion, so bring your questions.” Register at  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/2865e6b2c9e0674e8c34be5db4a05ad8.
       

Interesting Articles

• Time Management Strategies for the Flipped Classroom, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/blended-flipped-learning/time-management-strategies-for-the-flipped-classroom/
• Discussion Boards: Valuable? Overused? Discuss., https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/03/27/new-approaches-discussion-boards-aim-dynamic-online-learning
• Scaffolding Online Student Success, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/scaffolding-online-student-success/
• 16 Open Learning Resources that Go Beyond the Textbook, https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/03/22/16-open-learning-resources-that-go-beyond-the-textbook.aspx
• Best Sources for Free Digital Textbooks and More, https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/03/25/best-sources-for-free-digital-textbooks-and-more.aspx
    

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
If you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop - NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (3/25/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of March 25th is How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the Classroom? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-can-i-leverage-force-multipliers-in-the-classroom-14596-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   

Other Professional Development Opportunities 

• (LS)^2 Spring 2019 Lecture. This semester’s Liberal Studies Lecture Series is “Seeing is Believing? The Deception of Perception” and will take place on Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 12:30pm-1:45pm in the Lynn Gym. Join Dr. Fred Altieri, professor of Philosophy, as he discusses the nature of perception and its relation to truth.
     

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development OpportunitiesIf you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (3/18/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of March 18th is How Can Improving Student Feedback Improve the Quality of Each Educational Encounter? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/what-are-five-methods-that-help-students-become-more-effective-learners-15123-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   
 
Other Professional Development Opportunities 

• Statewide OER Regional Training Event. Do you want to learn more about OER (open educational resources) and how they can improve teaching and learning? There is one more statewide OER regional training event in March – March 20th at Roxbury Community College. Faculty who attend will have the opportunity to review an open textbook and receive a $200 stipend. If you are interested, please register for the workshop at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqspR-6sYBLcVAHnUnhneqP6KvzgIaUrhEBsq9YzbWZOcVRQ/viewform. To learn more about Massachusetts Open Education - Achieving Access for All, visit http://www.mass.edu/strategic/oer.asp.

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development OpportunitiesIf you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/11/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of February 11th is What Brain-Based Techniques Can I Use to Engage Students During Class? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/what-brain-based-techniques-can-i-use-to-engage-students-during-class-15172-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   
   
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities If you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/4/2019)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of February 4th is What Behavioral Changes Can I Make to Inspire Enthusiasm in My Classroom? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/what-behavioral-changes-can-i-make-to-inspire-enthusiasm-in-my-classroom-15167-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   
     
Resources

• Harness the Power of Emotions to Help Your Students Learn
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/harness-power-emotions-help-students-learn/ 
     

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities If you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Spring 2019 Schedule

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20 Minute Mentor. The goal of the 20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the 20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for spring 2019. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• January 28th - What Can I Do to Manage and Reduce Academic Job Stress?
• February 4th - What Behavioral Changes Can I Make to Inspire Enthusiasm in My Classroom?
• February 11th - What Brain-Based Techniques Can I Use to Engage Students During Class?
• February 18th - How Can I Effectively Supervise Teaching and Research Assistants?
• February 25th - What are 10 Tips to Collaborate with Colleagues?
• March 4th - Why is Intercultural Competence Important and How Can it Improve my Teaching?
• March 11th - What are Five Methods that Help Students Become More Effective Learners?
• March 18th - How Can Improving Student Feedback Improve the Quality of Each Educational Encounter?
• March 25th - How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the Classroom?
• April 1st - How Do I Promote Civil and Thoughtful Engagement in the Classroom?
• April 8th - How Can I Most Effectively Fulfill My Citizenship Requirements?
• April 15th - What 5 Play-based Activities Can I Use to Create an Active, Learning-centered Class?
• April 22nd - Copyright Crash Course: How Can I Stay on the Right Side of the Law?
• April 29th - Why Should I Migrate from Traditional Resources to OER in My Courses?
• May 6th - How Can Preparing to Teach Online Improve My Face-to-face Teaching?
• May 13th - How Can I Plan (or Revise) My Courses More Efficiently?

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu.

Preparing for Spring 2019 Courses in Blackboard Learn

As you start to think about your spring courses, we wanted to share with you the following important information that will help you prepare your course site in Blackboard Learn.

Copying a Course
To copy a previous course site into a new one in Blackboard Learn:

1. Go into the course site that has the content to copy. In the Control Panel, expand the "Packages and Utilities" section and click Course Copy.
2. On the next screen, in the “Select Copy Type” section, make sure Copy Course Materials into Existing Course is selected in the drop down menu.
3. Now, in the “Select Copy Options” section, next to the Destination Course ID field, click Browse. Then, find and select the Course ID for the new course (the one you want to put the content into). Click Submit.
4. Select the Course Materials that you want to copy over to the new course. Usually, Select All is the best choice, although you might not want to copy announcements.
1. If Select All is not used, make sure to include Grade Center Columns and Settings if Assignments and/or Tests are being copied.
2. Also, under Discussion Board, select Include only the forums, with no starter posts if threads are not created by the instructor for students to respond to. If not, all student threads will copy over as anonymous and they will need to be deleted.
5. In the “File Attachments” section, keep the default settings.
6. Click Submit.

Please note: When a previous course site is copied over into a new course site, any new or changed content areas will be added to the bottom of the course menu.

Make Your Course Available
All Blackboard Learn course sites are unavailable to students by default. Here are the directions for making the course site available to your students. If you are in your course site, you should see a lock icon up at the top of your course site (to the left of Edit Mode). If you click that lock icon, it will make the course available to students. 

If you do not see the lock icon, here are the directions for making it available to your students.

To open your course:

1. Go into the course site.
2. On the Control Panel, expand the "Customization" section and click Properties.
3. On the next screen, in the "Set Availability" section, select Yes to make the course available.
4. Click Submit.

Preparing a Blackboard Learn Course Site for a New Semester
Please check out this handy reference at http://goo.gl/pZbUZ8 to help you prepare a  Blackboard Learn course site for a new semester.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Blackboard Learn Helpdesk at bbhelp@northshore.edu if there are any issues with Blackboard Learn.