Blackboard and Tegrity deletions scheduled for January 10, 2014

To continue to be good stewards of university resources and preserve the performance of Blackboard and Tegrity, we will be performing our end of the semester Blackboard courses and Tegrity recordings purge process. Per our “Course Retention Policy”. The removal process will begin January 10, 2014.

What you can expect:

 
Blackboard courses that have a course ID starting with 2010M3, 2010W3, 2011M1 or 2011W1 will be be removed from the Blackboard system.

All Organizations and courses that do not match the criteria above will remain on Blackboard.

Tegrity recordings from the semesters of Spring 2013 (2012W2 or 2012M2)or prior will be deleted.

If courses or recordings need to be saved:
To keep content from Blackboard courses that meet the criteria mentioned above you can do one of the following:

1) Copy course content to a current semester course.

2) Send a request to the HelpDesk with the course id’s that you would like to keep     (helpdesk@smumn.edu, 507-457-7800, or Submit a HelpDesk Request Online)

3) Make an Archive of the course and save the resulting file.

To keep Tegrity recordings:

1) Move those recording(s) to a current semester offering.

2) Send a request to the HelpDesk with the course id’s that you would like to keep (helpdesk@smumn.edu, 507-457-7800, or Submit a HelpDesk Request Online)