After the migration from Blackboard to Brightspace, it is important to carefully review your course to ensure all content, tools, and settings are properly configured in the new Learning Management System. Below is a list of items to consider when reviewing your course.
The Course Readiness Checklist helps you review and update key items before your course begins.
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Review Areas
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Description
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Resources
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Notification Preferences
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Review and update your notification preferences.
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Course Syllabus
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Review and update your course syllabus.
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- Be sure to go through your syllabus and look for any references to Blackboard and update to reflect the new LMS (Brightspace D2L).
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Discussion Due Dates
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Review all due dates for assessments (Assignments, Quizzes, and discussion.)
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Course Announcements
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Transfer as drafts but require new dates.
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Grade Book
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Verify Gradebook for no duplicated columns. Grade center columns will transfer but will default to a points-based grading system. Confirm your Grade Book matches your grading policy and syllabus. If weighted grades are required, this must be set up manually after content is transferred. Delete any unused Grade Center columns.
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| Respondus LockDown Browser Exams |
Re-enabled Respondus LockDown Browser on exams. |
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In the table below, please review all your content in your Brightspace course, and update any references to Blackboard to reflect the new Learning Management System, Brightspace D2L.
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Review Areas
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Resources
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Course Module and Pages
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Review each course module, sub modules and pages to ensure all content appears as expected.
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- Review your modules and pages and look for any references to Blackboard and update to reflect the new LMS (Brightspace D2L).
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Visibility Status
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Review the visibility status (published/unpublished) of all course content in Brightspace. Brightspace migrates hidden items in your course as visible.
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Release Condition
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If using adaptive release in Blackboard, check restrictions in Brightspace and update if needed.
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Content Links
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Check all web links and images to ensure they are valid.
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Lesson Presentations/Embedded Hyperlinks/Web Videos
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Review lesson presentations and add embedded hyperlinks or web videos to module area as needed.
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Update Images
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Review images in course
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Accessibility
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Confirm that all alternative text and descriptive hyperlinks for images were transferred over to Brightspace.
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Panopto Videos
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Review Panopto videos availability.
Confirm all videos have captions enabled.
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Content Collection
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Delete unneeded files and folders. Review course for any duplicated content.
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Tools not transferable from Blackboard to Brightspace:
Brightspace does not transfer blogs, journals, or wikis. Journals can be created through the Assignments tool, blogs and wikis can be created using the discussion tool. Third-party tools links will break, be sure to update and relink publisher’s and LTI integrations.
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Tools
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Recreate Items
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Resources
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Blogs
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Recreate blogs. Blogs are not available in Brightspace; however, they can be recreated through the discussion tool.
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Journals
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Recreate journals. Journals are not available in Brightspace; however, they can be recreated through the assignment tool.
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Wikis
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Wikis in Brightspace are not transferable and can be recreated using the discussion tool.
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- Discussions for Wikis
- If interested in recreating wikis in a collaborative document, contact your Instructional Designer.
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Awards
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Recreate Achievements using the Awards tool.
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Rubrics
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Rubrics will migrate but need to be reviewed and updated.
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| Hypothesis |
Recreate Hypothesis Assignments |
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Transferable Tools:
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Tools
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Review Items
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Resources
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SCORM Packages
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It can be transferred from Blackboard to Brightspace, but some cleanup is necessary.
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Discussion Threads
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Discussion will migrate properly, however review threads if necessary.
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Test Questions
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Update test questions. Some question types in assessments will not transfer. These question types include hotspot questions, file responses, ordering, or either/or question types. Existing random block questions which pull randomized questions from test pools will also not transfer. Delete unneeded quizzes.
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| Pool Questions |
In Brightspace, pools do not exist as a separate entity like in Blackboard. Instead, the imported pools are added to the Question Library, which serves as a central repository for managing quiz questions. Some question types or settings may require manual adjustments due to differences in how each LMS handles formatting, question randomization, and metadata. Review the Question Library after migration to ensure all questions are transferred correctly and are organized as needed. |
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YouTube Mashup videos
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Replace any YouTube Mashup videos.
If you had a YouTube video embedded within an Item in Blackboard, the content should have migrated. Make sure that all videos have captioning.
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Plagiarism Tool
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Please be aware: SafeAssign does not exist on Brightspace. Brightspace uses the Turnitin plagiarism checker. The Blackboard assignments that used SafeAssign are still migrated as Assignments, but they must be updated using Brightspace plagiarism tool Turnitin.
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Student View Mode
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Once the course has been reviewed and edited, please review the course in Student View Mode. Note: all locked items and unavailable assignments will be restricted to the Test Student.
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Resources: