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16. Using Blueprint Courses for Synchronizing Associated Courses

16. Using Blueprint Courses for Synchronizing Associated Courses


The Blueprint course is designed to provide a way to synchronize the notices / learning materials to common registers easily, without having to repeatedly register the same materials for each class.

To ensure that each associated course synchronizes common content from Blueprints, you can lock specific settings or content items and push updates to all relevant class subjects through synchronization.

Unlocked items can be managed separately and individually for each associated course. 

When synchronizing from Blueprint subjects to quarters, they do not affect new content created separately in the quarters.






Open Course

In Global Navigation, click the Courses link [1], then click the name of the course [2].



Open Blueprint Sidebar

  

In the Course Home Page, click the Blueprint sidebar tab.

Note: You can also access the Blueprint sidebar from any Course Navigation page.



View Sidebar

The Blueprint sidebar provides quick access to blueprint sync information.  

If any changes have been made in the course, the sidebar displays the number of unsynced changes in the course [1]. All course content is copied in the sync regardless of whether or not objects are locked. The only exception is Course Settings, which must be selected on a per-sync basis as part of the sync options [2]. You can also create a notification about the sync from the sidebar [3].

If you know what content is being synced and you are ready to sync your content, you can sync updates directly from the sidebar [4].



View Unsynced Changes

If you are not sure what content is being synced, or if you just want to confirm existing changes in the course, you can view specific details about the unsynced changes by clicking the Unsynced Changes link.

  

The Unsynced Changes page shows the specific content that has been updated. Each content object shows the current status of the object (locked or unlocked) [1], the name of the content item [2], the content change [3], and the content object type [4].

Content changes can be created, updated, or deleted. Updated changes indicate any change to existing content.



Select Sync Options

Course Settings include all settings options in the course, including Course Navigation. To sync Course Settings to associated courses, select the Include Course Settings checkbox [1].

If you want to send a notification about the blueprint sync, click the Send Notification checkbox [2]. Admins and other instructors can set the Blueprint sync notification and receive updates when a sync is complete.

To add a message as part of the notification, click the Add a Message checkbox [3]. The message can be added as a reference to note what changes were made in the sync and displays in the Sync History page.



Sync Changes

Click the Sync button.



View Sync

Once a sync has started, the sidebar shows the sync status as long as you are viewing the page. You can leave the page, but know that the sync may take a while to process.

Note:If you immediately view an associated course and don’t see any updates, the sync may still be in process. To confirm sync completion, enable the Blueprint sync notification in User Settings.



Open Sync History

  

In the Course Home Page, click the Blueprint sidebar tab [1], then click the Sync History link [2].

Note: You can access the Blueprint sidebar from any Course Navigation page.



View Sync History

 

The Sync History page shows information about the last five syncs to the blueprint course. The page displays the date and time of the sync [1] and the number of changes [2].

If a message was included as part of the notification, the message is displayed above the list of synced changes [3].

For a course association made by an admin, sync history will show the date and time the sync was made but no details will be included related to the sync [4].



View Sync Details

 

The Sync History page shows the specific content that has been synced. Each content object shows the synced status of the object (locked or unlocked) [1], the name of the content item [2], the content change [3], the content object type [4], and whether or not the sync was applied [5].

Content changes can be created, updated, or deleted. Updated changes indicate any change to existing content.

 

View Sync Exceptions

 

The Sync History page may show items with a sync exception. Exceptions occur when content is not synced because the content was modified in an associated course before the blueprint course was synced.

An exception is noted by the Exception indicator [1], which includes the number of exceptions.

To view which course(s) had an exception, click the arrow icon next to the name of the content item [2]. The expanded details show the term and the name of the course.

 

Close Sync History

When you are finished viewing the Sync History page, click the Done button.

Note: Items that cannot be synchronized with Blueprint (during lecture contents learning design items)

When synchronizing with Blueprints, most of the items in the target menu are synchronized.

Among the options of 'lecture contents' learning design, the following items are not synchronized .

It may be cumbersome, but if you need these items, please make additional settings in each section after synchronization.



  • Late Period : The Late Period setting is not synchronized to each class even if it is set in Blueprint. If you need to use the 'Acknowledgment Period', it may be cumbersome, but please make additional settings in each section after synchronization.

  • Week Section Deadline : Week Section start dates are synchronized, but week section deadlines are not. Functionally, setting a week section deadline only provides informational display, not a period that actually limits other learning. The 'deadline' of each learning element is all synchronized normally.

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