Course Cartridges are comprehensive collections of publisher-created content, available for import to Instructor-designed course Web sites powered by Blackboard Learning System. To download a Course Cartridge into a course Web site, Instructors and Administrators must follow a series of simple steps.
Follow the steps below to download a Course Cartridge.
Step 1 Select an appropriate textbook from a publisher and determine if the textbook has a companion Course Cartridge by browsing the Course Cartridge Catalog, located at http://cartridgecatalog.blackboard.com/catalog/
Step 2 Obtain the Instructor Download Key from the textbook publisher.
Step 3 Begin the course Web site creation process.
Step 4 During the course creation process, you will be prompted for the Instructor Download Key you obtained in Step 2.
Step 5 Click Submit to create your course.
Step 6 You will receive notification that your course was created and that you will receive an email when the Course Cartridge has finished loading into your new course.
Students must follow the steps below to access the Course Cartridge materials.
Step 1 Enroll Students in the Course.
Step 2 Instruct Students to purchase required textbook or other publisher provided materials that contain the Access Key.
Step 3 When first accessing the course Web site content, Students will be required to enter their Access Key. Once validated, Students will no longer need the Access Key.
Course Cartridges function in the following ways:
· Archive: When a course is archived all cartridge content in the course is saved with the archive.
· Restore: When an archived course is restored by the System Administrator, the cartridge content is included in the restored course.
· Export: When a course is exported, cartridge content is not included.
· Import: The only time cartridge content is included during a course import, is if it is part of the package. For example, if the course package was generated from an archive operation.
· Copy: Cartridge content is included during a course copy action. For example, if cartridge content is included in a Content Area, and Content is selected during Course Copy, the cartridge content will be copied.
Note: Content from only one Copy Protected cartridge may be copied into a course. If content from a second Copy Protected cartridge is copied (from another course) or imported, it will over-write the existing Copy Protected cartridge content.