When I go to "Student View" for my merged courses, it doesn't show anything that is in the "parent" course. Why is that?
What method did you use to merge the course? The IPSIS section association has some great documentation and a great learning course: https://community.desire2learn.com/d2l/home/14794
https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4661-merge-courses-using-the-ipsis-section-association-interface
Could you clarify what you mean by "doesn't show anything that is in the "parent" course"? when a course is merged via ipsis section association, it either creates a new course or merges the courses into one of the existing courses as the destination course.
Thank you, Brian.
This is my first time using the merged course option in Brightspace, so I've been struggling--slightly-- with how things are suppposed to be and appear, as it works differently than our previous LMS.
One thing that is happening is that whenever I click to view as student, it takes me to one of the other sections. It confuses me and makes me think something SHOULD be there (that is what prompted my question).
So I guess my real question is: Did my creation of content in one of the sections pre-merge cause "View as Student" to default to showing that "pre-merge section" instead of the merged course? (I hope this makes sense. I'm haven't been able to find any documentation on the merge process from the standpoint of an instructor. I did find some one thing, out of many attempts, via Google search).
I may need to clear my cache so that doesn't happen. I'll try that. If it doesn't solve the problem, I'll be back.
Here is one site that gives some of the instructor perspective of merging.
https://www.montana.edu/ecat/help/instructor_tutorials/course_management/merge/index.html
I think this portion of this page discusses something that might be at the root of my problem:
In my situation, I requested the merge six weeks ago, but it was just completed yesterday-- probably due to situations out of everyone's control--but I couldn't wait to create content. I had outlines prepared but transferring outlines to actual content still is labor intensive, especially when you have other courses beyond the ones that you want to merge.
Hello,
What was your previous LMS if you are okay with sharing? We are looking at D2L as a possible replacement for Blackboard. Trying to get some more of our peer's feedback on this.
Thanks in advance
Hi @Linda.Black-Ochsenbein527
I've shared this feedback with your Customer Success and Technical Account Management Teams.
I'm not an expert in this area- but I've asked those team members if the difference may be in when you import content to the merged course.
You make a good point about the effort and time it takes to move from outline to fully written course. My sense is that if you import the content after the merge has taken place, the access to content wouldn't be an issue- but connecting with your CSM and TAM will likely help to clarify.
If you believe an error has taken place during the merge, and require assistance from support, but are unsure of how to reach your help desk please reply back and we can help to connect you with their contact details.
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