WebCT Course Request Form

Blackboard Course Request Form

Please complete this form to request a new Blackboard course shell, or the restoration of a previously used WebCT course shell. Complete one form per course. For more information, contact the Learning Technologies Center.
Course requests should be submitted no later than 2 weeks prior to the first day of class. Course requests received after the beginning of the semester will be created as quickly as possible, but instructors may have to add students manually after drop/add period.

New Course: I need a new course shell which I will use to teach a course offered for academic credit at Mercer University.

Restoration: I have used Blackboard before, and I need to restore an old course from WebCT.
Previous Course ID and section number:
The last time I taught this course was (Semester and Year):

E-Reserves: I need a Blackboard course shell to include E-Reserves for my course. Click here for information regarding E-Reserves.
NOTE: By selecting this option, you give permission to add the library to your course as a shared designer.

Special: I need a course shell for an instructional purpose other than a course listed in the academic catalog. (Examples of special courses include training for student employees, departmental templates, and student cohorts.)

Please provide a description of this Special purpose course:

* Please remember that the LTC cannot add students to courses that are not listed in the Academic Catalog, and those students must be added by the instructor.

Name
	My Current Blackboard (or old WebCT) ID is:
	I Do Not Have a Blackboard ID
Phone Number
Mercer Email Address
		* If you are an adjunct faculty member and do not have a Mercer email account, please enter another email address in the box above.

Instructors can request student accounts for Blackboard. These accounts allow instructors to view their courses the way a student would view them. Please check here if you would like to have a student account created and added to your course.

College/School
Department
Course Name
Course ID and Section Number	(Example: CSC 125.001)
	* Course ID and section must be identical to the ID and section listed with the Registrar.

This course is cross- referenced with another course

Please list the Course ID number for any cross-referenced courses:

This course should be based on a template
(Some departments have created departmental templates to be used in Blackboard. You can also use a current Blackboard course as a template.)

Please enter the template name:

Levels of access in Blackboard include:

Student - allowed to participate in course
Teaching Assistant - allowed to access the grade book
Designer - allowed access to grade book and course materials

In addition to all registered students, I would like the following people to have access to my course:

Name
Mercer Email Address (and MUID if student)
Type of access: Student TA Designer

*If there are additional people that require access to your course, click here for instructions for adding shared designers or teaching assistants.