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New Course Retention Practice Blackboard Course Shells

At present, course shells for the previous 17 semesters, dating back to FA15, are stored in Blackboard.

Best Practice

All Blackboard course shells have a maximum limit of 2 GB. Exports cannot be generated for course shells that exceed the 2 GB limit so, as a result, backups of these courses cannot be created.

Export Bb Course Shells

Faculty are encouraged to export Bb course shells to keep a copy for future use.

Store Backup Files

Faculty are encouraged to export Bb course shells to keep a copy for future use ( https://kb.siue.edu/53717 ). While faculty can store course backups locally, ITS recommends storing these export packages in one of several solutions to avoid storage issues and to maximize the availability of the course backup.

What does a password start with?

A password must start with a letter or a number. A password cannot contain any of the characters $&@=+"/ []:;|*,?<>~' or a space. A password cannot be a person's name, an e-ID or any word found in the dictionary.

How many characters are in a password?

A password must contain at least seven characters (letters or numbers) but no more than eight characters. A password must contain at least five unique characters. A password must contain at least one letter (A-Z or a-z) and at least one number (0-9). A password must start with a letter or a number. A password cannot contain any of the ...

Can a password be spelled backwards?

A password cannot be any of the following spelled backwards: a person's name, an e-ID or any word found in the dictionary. A password cannot have a repeating pattern (e.g. ababab or abcdefg). A password cannot have a pattern like 'ccNNNNNc' where 'c' represents any character and 'N' represents any number.