Pros & Cons of Combining Courses

The Digital Campus is offering the service of combining course sections within Blackboard. Please note:

A Combined Course Request Form must be completed every semester
All participating faculty members must sign the request form
The original course shells are permanently removed from Blackboard
A combined course cannot be reversed or undone
Combined courses are created two weeks before instruction begins
Combined courses cannot be created after the first week of instruction

Please read the pros and cons provided below before requesting that a course be combined. Remember, once a course is combined, it is not reversible for the current semester.

Click here for the Combine Course Request Form

Pros	Cons
One class section instead of multiple sections of the same course	One large roster to maintain, not possible to sort students by section in gradebook
Update and change course content in only one section	Managing communication becomes a greater challenge
Virtual office hours can be administered from one section	Combine Course Request must be made prior to each semester
Communication between students in different sections is possible	Combined course cannot be undone. Must keep the combined course for the remainder of the semester