Using Bulk Tool Configuration, you can indicate the course components that you want to import. These settings are used when you run the Bulk Course Create process.
Bulk Tool Configuration appears in the Admin Tools menu after you enable Bulk Course Create and have the Manage Settings permission on Bulk Course Create.
- From the Admin Tools menu, click Bulk Tool Configuration > Bulk Course Create.
- Do one or more of the following:
- Verify that the Inbox Path shows the location where you place the input CSV file.
- Verify that the Outbox Path shows the location where you want the CSV file to move to on completion.
- If no paths currently exist, click Change Path to browse to the appropriate directory path locations.
- Select the course components that you want to include when you create a new course based on an existing course.
- If you are importing content from Blackboard Learning System Web Course Tools, select the WebCT® settings that you want to use.
- If you want courses to be active at creation time by default, select the Set the course to active at creation time option. If you specify Active status in the CSV file, the value in the CSV file is used instead.
- If you do not want to link the course to an existing template by default, clear the Link to template option. If you specify the Link to existing option in the CSV file, the value in the CSV file is used instead.
- Click Save.
Specify course offerings to create
You can specify the course offerings to be created in one or more CSV files located in the inbox folder. After Bulk Course Create processes a CSV file, it moves the file to the outbox folder.
Each line in the CSV file represents one course offering to create. There is no header row.
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Field
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Description
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Accepted values
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Course offering code
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Code for the course offering.
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Valid course offering code (created if it does not exist).
It is expected that this is a unique code – if the code does exist, content will be copied into the existing course – a new course is not created.
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Course offering name
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Name of the course offering.
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Valid course offering name (created if it does not exist).
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Semester code
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Semester code for the course offering.
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Valid existing semester code (Optional. If required, obtain necessary codes from your organization).
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Template code
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Template code that the course offering belongs to.
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Valid template code (created if it does not exist).
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Template name
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Name of the template that the course offering belongs to.
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Valid template name (created if it does not exist).
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Department code
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Department code that the course offering belongs to.
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Valid existing department code (required).
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Course package path
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Path that the Bulk Course Create executable uses to locate a course package to import for course materials. If you provide only a filename, the executable uses the inbox path that you specify in Bulk Tools Configuration.
If you use the value “none”, the executable creates only the course shell.
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“None” or valid filename.
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Active status
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Sets whether the course is active at creation. If you specify this value, it overrides the setting in Bulk Tools Configuration.
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True, False (case insensitive, optional).
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Link to existing
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Sets whether course is linked to an existing course template. If you specify this value, it overrides the setting in Bulk Tools Configuration.
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True, False (case insensitive, optional).
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Sample CSV file for Bulk Course Create
These CSV samples show several ways to create courses.
Math101,Math101 – Introduction to Math,Q1-2011,Math101,Math100,Math,\Content\BulkTools\CoursePackages\Math101.zip,False,
Math201,Math201 – Intermediate Math,Q3-2010,Math201,Math200,Math,None,False,True
PSCI104D,The European Union,Q4-2010,PSCI104,PSCI100,PSCI,\Content\enforced\12345-PSCI104D\PSCI104D.zip,,
PSCI104D,The European Union,Q4-2010,PSCI104,PSCI100,PSCI,None,True,True