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Blackboard Course Shell Retention Practice Changes
Posted February 14, 2024
by IDLT
As previously announced, there will be an upcoming change to the retention practice for Blackboard course shells.
The current retention practice for SIUE's learning management system is:
- Course shells will be kept in Blackboard for 5 semesters plus the current semester (https://kb.siue.edu/128959).
- Course shells that are outside of the 5 + 1 retention window will be removed from Blackboard each fall, spring, and summer semester and retained for one year.
Beginning in the SP24 semester:
- Course shells will be kept in Blackboard for 5 semesters plus the current semester (https://kb.siue.edu/128959).
- Course shells that are outside of the 5 + 1 retention window will be removed from Blackboard each fall, spring, and summer semester and no archive will be retained.
ITS will inform faculty via email which semester's course shells will be removed from Blackboard. Faculty will be notified approximately two weeks before the course shells are permanently deleted from Blackboard. Faculty are responsible for downloading and keeping copies of older course shells (https://kb.siue.edu/53717); no backups of deleted courses will be retained by ITS. Additional information about best practices related to 5+1 is available in the ITS KnowledgeBase (https://kb.siue.edu/128959).
Faculty can contact ITS at (618) 650-5500 or via email at bbhelp@siue.edu with any questions.
