Archive a Course Site
To Archive a Course with Online Interactions (such as discussion board postings, grades, etc):
The archive process in Blackboard will create a .zip file that contains all the documents uploaded to the course site, as well as all course interactions in a format that are for the most part not "readable" by the human eye. To use the individual files in the archive (e.g., pdfs, PPTs, docs) you can unzip the .zip file and locate the file in question. To use the entire archive as an intact Bb course, you need to contact the Bb administrators to restore the archive .zip file to the Bb server for you.
1. Go to Control Panel > Archive Course.
2. Click on the "Submit" button.
3. Click on the link that says "Click here to download the generated package file."
4. Click on the "OK" button.
To Archive Without Course Interactions:
A Blackboard course "archive" that contains just the content items and not the student interactions (e.g., grades, submitted assignments, discussion board postings, etc.) is called a course export. Similar to archiving, exporting creates a .zip file that can be imported back into Blackboard only by the Bb administrators.
1. Go to Control Panel > Export Course.
2. Check the checkboxes next to the content you wish to save.
3. Click on the "Submit" button.
4. Click on the link that says "Click here to download the generated package file."
5. Click on the "OK" button.