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Exporting content from Blackboard

Exporting content from Blackboard

Below are steps for common needs relalted to exporting content from Blackboard.

 

Export the Entire Package (course)

  1. Login to Blackboard
  2. In Blackboard, access the course you want to transfer
  3. Go to Control Panel > Packages & Utilities > Export/Archive Course
  4. Click Export Package
  5. Leave the default selections under File Attachments
  6. Click Select All under Select Course Materials
    • We recommend exporting all content because you can select what to import on the Canvas side. The export file then becomes a backup and if you change your mind about what to import you don’t have to export again.
  7. Click Submit
  8. The Blackboard system will send you an email when the package is ready to download
  9. Click the grey Refresh button on the Export/Archive screen
  10. Click the link
  11. Save the file

 

Export just the Files

  1. Login to Blackboard
  2. In Blackboard, access the course you want to transfer
  3. Go to Control Panel > Content Collection > (the ID for your course)
  4. If there are multiple pages of folders/files scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Show All
  5. Click the check box in the grey bar next to File Type to select all of the folders and files
  6. Click Download Package
  7. Locate the file on your computer, usually in the Downloads folder, and open it
    • All of the files attached to Items, Files, Assignments, etc. in your Blackboard course will be inside that folder. We recommend that you remove any duplicates or old files that you no longer need, such as syllabi from previous semesters, prior to uploading this content to Canvas.

 

Download Student Assignment Files (submissions)

  1. Find the column for the Assignment in the Grade Center and click the contextual menu icon next to the name in the header. Select Assignment File Download on the menu.
  2. A list of students will display along with check boxes next to the names of those who submitted the Assignment. To select everyone with a submission click the box at the top of the list of names. Click Submit.
  3. On the Download Assignment screen you will be provided with a link to download a zipped package of all of the files for that Assignment.

 

Download the Grade Center

  1. In the Full Grade Center click Work Offline > Download.
  2. Select the information to be downloaded. At the end of the semester we recommend downloading the Full Grade Center, including any Hidden Information. Click Submit.
  3. On the Download Grades screen click the Download button. You will be prompted to Open or Save the file.
    Since grades are FERPA protected data you need to store this file on a secure file storage area such as your UNO Box account.