06/05/2024
By Patrick Connell and Donna Mellen
Fall 2024 course development for GPS and on-campus Blackboard courses opened on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. Faculty must add content to begin developing fall courses.
Empty course shells are automatically created and made available for all traditional fall 2024 courses. Non-traditional courses: competency, dissertation, independent study, internship, and thesis courses are automatically created but not made available. You can make your non-traditional course available on the Blackboard Course Management website.
Students receive access to undergraduate on-campus courses on Sept. 1. Graduate, online, and combined graduate/undergraduate courses open on the first day of term, Sept. 4, 2024.
Please follow the instructions below to add content and upload a syllabus to promote student success.
Instructions for on-campus (undergraduate) course development:
- You must copy content from a previous semester or add a blank template to begin developing your course. Follow the steps to make a content request. (required)
- How to merge your courses (optional)
Instructions for GPS (graduate, online, combined grad/undergrad) course development:
- Online instructors must copy content from a previous semester to begin developing your course. Follow the steps to copy an existing course into an empty course. (required)
- Those teaching on campus can either copy an existing course into an empty course or start adding content to an empty Blackboard course.
- How to merge your courses (optional – not available for fully online courses)
How can you get help?
- On-campus (undergraduate) courses:
Phone: 978-934-4357, 24-hour assistance
Email: bbhelp@uml.edu (answered during business hours)
Faculty Open Forums (schedule coming soon)
Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching (CELT) (fall 2024 workshops)
One-on-one consultations: Academic Technology & Instructional Design OnceHub Calendar - Graduate, Online, and Professional Studies (GPS) (graduate, online, combined grad/undergrad) courses:
Phone: 800-480-3190, 24-hour assistance
Email: onlinelearning@uml.edu (answered during business hours)
Please reach out to us if you have questions.