Archive Course

 
Instructors may use the Archive Course page to backup course materials from an old course for documentation purposes or if there is a possibility that you would like to import a large amount of course material into a new course at a later date. Using the archive feature differs from the export feature only in that it allows you to create an exact replica of the course, including user information. It is a good idea to backup your course sites, even if you have no intentions of re-teaching the course, since there is no way to retrieve it once it has been removed from the Blackboard system.  Note: All courses have a lifespan of four semesters. Once the four semesters have passed, the course will be permanently deleted.
 

Click Archive Course under Course Options on the Control Panel to open.

The next screen should look like the one below. Click Submit to archive your course. All content will be saved, including users and other settings.

Once the course site has been archived, you may download it to your hard drive by clicking on the link shown in the screen below.

Click the OK button to exit this screen once you are done downloading your archive.