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| Summer/Fall 2024 - End of Original Course ViewBlackboard Original course view (OCV) was the standard format for courses created between 2003 - 2023 (including Spring '24 courses created in November/December of 2023). From January-June 2024, all new Blackboard courses and organizations were initially created in the new Ultra course view by default, with some flexibility to convert back to OCV by instructor request. As of July 2024, all new Blackboard courses/organizations are |
all created , . Courses created for the Fall '24 semester and forward must be delivered in Ultra and cannot be converted to |
original course viewOCV format. Older Blackboard courses/organizations created in |
original course view OCV format have been archived and are still accessible to instructors for reference and copying of course materials. ITS Online Learning Services offers a range of training and support resources for copying and updating content from archived OCV courses/organizations into Ultra course view. Please email help@syr.edu if you have further questions about the transition from Blackboard original to Ultra. |
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Archiving of Original View Courses
As of the 2024-25 academic year, all SU instructors will still have full access to the original course shells for all of their older courses in Blackboard, regardless of format. Instructors/TAs can access these old courses for record-keeping and content copying purposes. Student users will no longer have access to archived courses or their contents, and student users cannot be added to archived courses except in exceptional circumstances (such as resolving an incomplete).
Original Course View Answers Pages
OLS will continue to provide support to instructors working in original view courses for the purposes of accessing, copying, and updating old Blackboard content into Ultra format. Answers pages about Blackboard OCV are still available, but have been archived , and no longer appear in the page index in the left-side navigation bar or in basic search results. Archived OCV pages can still be accessed through Answers advanced search. Open advanced search, then under [+ More Filters] on the right, check the box for “Show archived content.” Enter your search terms and include “OCV” to search archived Blackboard Answers pages.
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