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Import Blackboard Course Settings and Content

After you have exported Blackboard® course settings and content to a file, you can import the file into one or more Blackboard courses that are not linked with MindTap.

Important Don't import into a Blackboard course that is already linked with a MindTap course.
  1. Navigate to the course into which you want to copy your exported course data.
  2. In the Course Management panel, click Control Panel > Packages and Utilities > Import Package / View Logs.
  3. Click Import Package.
  4. Click Browse My Computer and select the export package you downloaded.
  5. Under Select Course Materials, click Select All.
  6. Click Submit.

    Because this can take some time to complete, Blackboard queues it for processing in the background so you can still do other work.

    When complete, you will be notified per your notification settings.

  7. Navigate to the copied content area in your new course.

    The MindTap links from your original course are shown, but your new course has not yet been created in MindTap.

  8. To create your MindTap course, click a MindTap link.

    You can click either a link to the course itself or to a specific activity.

To link a MindTap section you already created:

(for example, with course masters and sections)

Note Course templates, courses with student enrollments, and courses that are already linked to an LMS can't be linked.
  1. On the Course Option page, select Link to a course that was already created.

    Your unlinked courses with no student enrollments for the selected title are listed.

    1. Select the course you want to link.
    2. Click Continue.

To create a new MindTap section:

  1. On the Course Option page, make a copy of your course.
    1. Select Copy an existing course.

      Your courses for the selected title are listed.

    2. Select the course you want to copy.
    3. Click Continue.
  2. On the Course Details page, specify the course name, dates, and other information for your MindTap course.
    Field Notes
    Course Name Include the academic term in the course name.
    Time Zone

    Assignment dates and times are based on the time zone you select.
    Course start date

    Set the start date to the first day of class. It is the first day students can access your course and the beginning of your students' temporary access period. It cannot be changed after students access the course.
    Course end date

    To allow your students to view their grades and complete late work, consider setting this 1 week after the last day of class.
    1. Click Finish.
  3. Optional: Select Copy all activity dates from course.
  4. Click Continue.