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• Preserve Student’s Past Work and Grades

• Blackboard to Canvas

• Canvas to Canvas

• Student Instructions

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Preserve Student’s Past Work and Grades:

Once you have identified that a student is likely taking an Incomplete, you can work ahead to make the situation easy and stress-free:

• Preserve your Blackboard Gradebook by exporting and saving as an excel file (Work Offline).

• If you know your student is taking an Incomplete during this transition, download submitted assignments from the Blackboard Grade Center and save them to your computer or your Boise State Google Drive. This way if there are any questions about the student’s work or grades later, all the information is easily available.

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Blackboard to Canvas

• Scenario 1: Student takes an Incomplete in a past Blackboard Course Site and…

  • The instructor has already worked with LTS and created a Canvas Course Site with the required course content.

    • The instructor can email LTS@boisestate.edu with a request to add the student to the new Canvas Course Site so they can Complete an Incomplete.

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• Scenario 2: Student takes an Incomplete in a past Blackboard Course Site and…

  • The instructor has not done any prep work in Canvas yet.

    1. The instructor can email LTS@boisestate.edu with a request to convert the Blackboard course site into a Canvas Site so the Student can Complete an Incomplete. Depending on the amount of content that needs to be rendered, please give 10 Business Days for this request to process.

    2. The instructor can follow these do-it-yourself instructions to create a Canvas Sandbox Site, import Blackboard Course Content, and add the student to their class to complete the content. Faculty Instructions: How to Convert a Blackboard Course to Canvas (DIY)

    3. Depending on the amount of work a student must do to finish the course, the Instructor can also opt to not use the LMS at all and work with the student through Zoom and Gmail.

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Canvas to Canvas

Create the Incomplete Section

• Log into Canvas.

• Go to the Canvas Course Site the student is Completing an Incomplete in.

  • Although the course is closed the rest of the class, we are going to create a special Section in the course for the student to finish their work.

• From the Course Navigation Menu, select Settings.

• Select the Section Tab.

• In the text box below, type in Incomplete.

• Select the blue + Section button.

• You will now see the new Incomplete Section listed, click on Incomplete.

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• On the new page, select Edit Sections from the menu on the right-hand side of the screen.

• The Section Name is already “Incomplete.”

• SIS ID - don’t change.

• Add start/end dates to make this course available for the student who is Completing the Incomplete.

• Check the box Users can only participate in the course between these dates.

• Select Update Section.

Lockdown the Original Course Section:

• Your class already default has a section that you are working in, this will have your class name.

• Click on the Section with your class name in it.

• Add start/end dates to make this course available for the student who is Completing the Incomplete.

• Check the box Users can only participate in the course between these dates. This is the step that stops students who have already completed the class from seeing the course.

Add Student to Incomplete Section

• Select People from the Course Layout Menu

• Locate the student who is Completing the Incomplete.

• Select the ellipses next to the student’s name.

• Select Edit Sections.

• A new screen will pop up, type in Incomplete in the search box.

• Select the Incomplete from the drop-down menu.

• Select Update.

  • You don't need to remove the student from his or her original section to have them enrolled

    in the section.

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• Make sure all work the student needs to complete is set as Available for this student to access.

• Example for Assignments:

  • Go to Assignments in the Course Layout Menu.

  • Click on the Assignment title, select the gray Edit button (near the title of the assignment).

  • Two easy options:

    • If the assignment is set to “Everyone” and the dates are open to the new availability times, the student in the Incomplete section can access it.

    • Another option is to add the student or section independently with special availability dates.

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Student Instructions

• Students will receive both an email and a pop-up on Canvas inviting them to the Incomplete Section they will be working in. Select Accept.

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• Participate in the course like normal, communicate with your Instructor for further information.

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