A supersection is when you combine two or more Blackboard courses. Using the Blackboard Learn Section Maintenance tool in MyBama, instructors of record can combine courses to be more efficient. Often cross-listed courses, individual sections, or lab sections are combined.
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Before you combine courses:
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What happens when an instructor creates a supersection?
When you combine your courses into a supersection, you create a new shell in which you add content. Blackboard calls the supersection a “master course“Parent Course.”
A supersection course name looks like this in Blackboard: 202010 202240-SS-CIT-100-001-CIT-100-002
The individual sections, or “child courses”, contain the enrollment for the supersection. Instructors do not cannot add content to these sections. Your students will still access the individual courses but will see content from the supersection.
Child Courses look like this:
202010-CIT-100-001 (unavailable- Child course of 202010-SS-CIT-100-001-CIT-100-002)
202010-CIT-100-002 (unavailable- Child course of 202010-SS-CIT-100-001-CIT-100-002)courses do not appear on an instructor’s Courses page.
Guidelines for combining courses
Conditions for courses that CANNOT be combined
Courses that are coded OL (Online - DL/Gadsden Students) with any sections not coded as OL.
Courses with overlapping enrollment, such as labs and lectures.
Courses containing student data/submissions. Student work that has been completed does not transfer to the newly created supersection.
Courses with content. The supersection will not retain the content when merged with the Section Maintenance Tool. Contact CIT to transfer course content.
What happens when a student drops a course?
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