A supersection is when you combine two or more Blackboard courses. Using 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 instructors create a supersection?
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How are Blackboard supersections made?
Instructors canmerge Blackboard sections together with the Blackboard Learn Section Maintenance tool in myBama.
Instructors can request that CIT merge sections with more than one instructor. CIT will ask for all instructors to send email permission for this process.
The managing department, like UA Online, will merge sections together per instructions from an instructor or a department.
What happens when a sections are combined into a supersection?
When courses are combined into a supersection, a new course is created in which you can add content. Blackboard calls the supersection a “master course“Parent Course.”
A supersection course name looks like this in Blackboard: 202010 202410-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.
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Guidelines for combining courses
Do NOT combine courses that match any of the following:
Courses with overlapping enrollment, such as labs/recitation 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 included in a supersection?
Enrollments continue to sync with Banner, so if . If anyone drops or adds, they will do so in Blackboardthe Blackboard course roster will match the Banner roster.
Can instructors still import grades into myBama from a supersection?
Yes. You can still import final and midterm grades into myBama for your course using the Import from Blackboard Learn button in MyBama.
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