How do Blackboard Template Courses work?
A Blackboard template course can be requested by an instructor who would like to build their course earlier than the assigned course becomes available.
Note: Credit Blackboard Learn course shells are created 45 days before the semester start date indicated in PeopleSoft. Non-Credit course shells are created 30 days before the course start date indicated in PeopleSoft. Instructor and student assignments are automatically provisioned via the PeopleSoft/Blackboard integration.
How do Instructors use the template once they receive the assigned course?
These steps explain the process instructors use to move content from a template into their assigned course sections once they become available.
- Instructors request a template here: Template Service Request
- The Blackboard team creates the template using a naming format "JDOE.BI101.TEMPLATE"
- The instructor builds content within the template when they have time. As years go by they groom materials to keep them relevant, using the template as a source for any additional sections of said course they will teach in the future.
- When new courses are assigned by PeopleSoft, the instructor copies from their template to their respective sections. More info here: Course Copy Instructions
- Templates will not be removed from Blackboard, thus preserving any work that an instructor would like to use in the future.
- If a majority of work has been done within an assigned Blackboard course, an instructor also has the option to request a template, then course copy into the template so their work is preserved.