How To Migrate a Course Over to FerrisConnect

1. Login to FerrisConnect Vista
2. From "My Blackboard..." Click: course you want to migrate
3. Click: Manage Course - From "Build" or "Teach" tab
4. Click Backup - Click Back up Course
5. Click: OK
6. Click: Manage Course - Click: Backup
7. Once you see under "Status" - Completed
8. Click: action link - next to the "title of the course"
9. Click: Save as file
10. Click on to take off "Tracking data" - At this point you should see the ".bak" file
11. Click: OK
12. From the "Build Tab" ... Click: File Manager
13. Click: "My Files" look for the .bak file
14. Click on the action link to the right of the file name
15. Select: Copy Click on "My Computer"
16. Save it to your storage location - Close the course

Go to FerrisConnect - After submitting, processing may take some time.

1. Go to the course shell for the migration
2. Under the "Course Management" heading and under "Control Panel"
3. Click: Packages and Utilities
4. Click: Import Package/View Logs
5. Within the "Import Package" - You will have an opportunity to
   1. Select a package or upload the .bak file from FerrisConnect Vista
   2. Select all course materials
   3. Click Submit to finalize the migration