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.
Before you combine courses:
Courses that overlap in enrollment, such as labs and lectures, should not be combined.
Courses that already have student submissions should not be combined. Student work that has been done already becomes trapped in the child courses.
Courses with content will not retain their content when merged with the Section Maintenance Tool, but we can do this for you.
What happens when instructors create 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.”
A supersection looks like this in Blackboard: 202010-SS-CIT-100-001-CIT-100-002
The individual sections, or “child courses”, contain the enrollment for the supersection. Instructors do not 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)
What happens when a student drops a course?
Enrollments continue to sync with Banner, so if anyone drops or adds, they will do so in Blackboard.
Can instructors still import grades into myBama from a supersection?
Yes. You can still import final and midterm grades for your course using the Import from Blackboard Learn button in MyBama.