Merge Course Sites

Use this form to request that two or more Blackboard course sites be merged into a single course site.
                                          

By clicking the Submit button, you confirm that the account shown above is yours and you have permission from any co-instructors to merge the selected courses.

Within two business days, CETL will combine the courses by merging the child sections with the parent course. If we need more information or are unable to process your request, we will contact you using your Detroit Mercy email address.

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Merging Ultra Style Courses

For ultra-style site merges, the CETL will also create groups for the parent and child courses. This will make it easier for you to display only one set of students in the Gradebook's Grades view, make an assessment available to the different sets of students at different times using Release Conditions, and contact only one set of students via the Messages tool. As a result, we recommend you:

  • Convert at least the parent course site to ultra before placing your request and
  • Place your request close to the start of the term (after most, if not all, of your students have been enrolled)

About Merging Courses

Merging courses is a way to seamlessly put students from two or more courses into a single course site.

If you're teaching a single course that's split into multiple sections, or multiple courses that use the same content and activities, you may want to request a course merge. Students in a merged course will see only the course they registered for in their Courses list; when they click the course link they will be pushed to the parent course.

Factors to Consider

All students from your merged courses will appear together in a parent course site. This means:

  • Course grades page will consist of students from all merged courses (classic-style courses list a student's Child Course Id in the Grade Center) 
  • Course items & assessments will be available to all students at the same time 
  • Due dates on items will apply to ALL students, regardless of their registered section

If you are using a classic-style course site, you can use Smart Views in the Grade Center to limit the display to specific student groups. In an Ultra-style course site, you can filter the Gradebook by student group when in grid display mode.