Required Data Mapping (Advanced Blackboard)

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Course Section Mapping

The purpose of the course section mapping is to associate Blackboard courses with System Administration course sections using Course ID's.

Course ID Mapping

In Blackboard every course has a course ID that can be used to integrate with P&SS.

The Create Course page under Administrator Tools showing fields in General Information. Course name field shows 'Accounting,' and the course id field highlighted showing 'ACC 10125P2019.' Description text area appears below. Cancel and submit buttons appear at the bottom.

The Course ID must be added to the course section in System Administration in the section ID field.

  • Navigate to the Courses and Sections tab in System Administration.

  • To add sections manually, click Add New on the top right corner.

    The Add new menu open showing two options: add new course and add new course section.

  • Add a new course section and incorporate the Course ID (from Blackboard) into the Section ID as shown below. Note: Users can map either the child courses or the parent course in Blackboard to the corresponding section.

    The Add new course section page showing fields affiliated course set to 'Accounting 101,' course section number set to '2,' and section id field highlighted showing 'ACC 1012SP2019.' Term field shows 'Spring 2019.' Cancel and save buttons appear at the bottom.

  • If bulk import is preferred, click Import Data and Import Enrollments.

    The Import data menu open showing three options: import courses, import course sections, and import enrollments.

  • Download the Course Sections template and fill in the necessary course section data (Course ID/Section ID)
  • Upload the template and complete the import process

User Mapping

The purpose of mapping users is to enable the viewing of assessment results for enrolled students of a Blackboard course in P&SS.

  • Navigate to the Courses and Course Sections tab in System Administration.

  • Click on Import Enrollments.

    The Courses & Sections page showing import data menu expanded with options import courses, import course sections, and import enrollments, with import enrollments highlighted. Search & filter courses section appears below with search by course name or code field, and organization dropdown set to any organization. Courses list shows course name, course code, organization, and sections columns. An arrow points at the Courses & Sections tab in the left menu.

  • Download the template, and prepare a CSV file with the student data.

    The page showing link 'download the enrollment template .csv.' Cancel and browse to select file buttons appear on the right.

  • Once the template is set up, Browse to Select File and upload the file. Once the upload is complete, students will be enrolled in the mapped course section.

Person Basic and Student Term Attributes

To enable filtering of assessment results by course and student attributes, the following data must be imported:

  • Course Sections
  • Modality (Course Section Attributes)
  • Primary Major (Student Term Attributes)
  • Race/Ethnicity (Basic Person Attributes)
  • Gender (Basic Person Attributes)
  • Generation (Basic Person Attributes)
  • Pell Eligibility (Basic Person Attributes)

Course Sections: Refers to the course section available based on the selected alignments.

Import Process: Please see steps above.

Modality (Course Section Attribute): Refers to the delivery method of a course section.

Import Process:

  • Prepare a CSV file with course section data including the delivery method column.

    The CSV file open in Excel showing header row with columns including section_number, section_id, course_catalog_code, term_id, credits, delivery_method, description_override, start_date, end_date, and level. The delivery_method cell in column F highlighted.

  • Navigate to Course and Sections> Import Data > Import Course Sections in System Administration.
  • Upload the CSV file.

Primary Major (Student Term Attribute): Indicates the primary major of a student.

Import Process:

  • Prepare a CSV file with student term data including the primary_major column.

    The CSV file open in Excel showing header row with columns email, term_id, cumulative_gpa, term_gpa, attending_status, and primary_major. The primary_major cell in column F highlighted.

  • Click on People > Import Data > Import Student Term Attributes in System Administration.

    The Import data menu open showing options import people, import basic person attributes, import student term attributes, and import roles. Import student term attributes highlighted.

  • Upload the CSV file.

Race/Ethnicity (Basic Person Attribute): Indicates the race/ethnicity of a student.

Import Process:

  • Prepare a CSV file with Basic Person attributes data including the Race_Ethnicity column.

    The Excel showing header row with columns email, gender, race_ethnicity, date_of_birth, race, first_generation, pell_eligibility, transfer_student, admission_year, and class. The race_ethnicity cell in column C is highlighted with an arrow pointing to it.

  • Navigate to People > Import Data > Import Basic Person Attributes in System Administration.

    The Import data menu open showing options import people, import basic person attributes, and import student term attributes. Arrow pointing at import basic person attributes.

  • Upload the CSV file.

Gender (Basic Person Attributes): Indicates the gender of a student.

Import Process:

  • Prepare a CSV file with Basic Person attributes data including the Gender column.

    The Excel showing header row with columns email, gender, race_ethnicity, date_of_birth, race, first_generation, pell_eligibility, transfer_student, admission_year, and class. The gender cell in column B highlighted with an arrow pointing to it.

  • Navigate to People > Import Data > Import Basic Person Attributes in System Administration.

    The People page showing import data menu open with options import people, import basic person attributes, and import student term attributes. Arrow pointing at import basic person attributes. Search for people section appears below with fields search by name or email and affiliated organization. Table shows columns first name, last name, primary email, organization, and roles.

  • Upload the CSV file.

Generation (Basic Person Attribute): Indicates the generation of a student.

Import Process:

  • Prepare a CSV file with the Basic Person attributes data and include the Generation column.

    The Excel showing header row with columns email, gender, race_ethnicity, date_of_birth, race, first_generation, pell_eligibility, transfer_student, admission_year, and class. The first_generation cell in column F highlighted with an arrow pointing to it.

  • Navigate to People > Import Data > Import Basic Person Attributes in System Administration.
  • Upload the CSV file.

Pell Eligibility (Basic Person Attributes): Indicates the Pell Eligibility of student.

Import Process:

  • Prepare a CSV file with the Basic Person attributes data including the Pell Eligibility column.

    The Excel showing header row with columns email, gender, race_ethnicity, date_of_birth, race, first_generation, pell_eligibility, transfer_student, admission_year, and class. The pell_eligibility cell in column G highlighted with an arrow pointing to it.

  • Navigate to People > Import Data > Import Basic Person Attributes in System Administration.
  • Upload the CSV file.
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