Migration Options

Option 1 – Build your Trunk course site from scratch

Moving to Trunk provides an opportunity to review and clean up course content. As you build your course site in Trunk, take the time to get rid of outdated course materials, add fresh content, or re-organize existing content. Trunk also offers new capabilities that are worth exploring and using in your new Trunk course site.

If you have copies of the files that you used on Blackboard or Angel, uploading them to Trunk directly, may be your best option.

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Option 2 – Request to have your course site content moved from Blackboard to Trunk*

*Currently available for Summer 2012 and Fall 2012 course sites only

The Trunk Team is available to move content from Blackboard to Trunk on course sites needed for Summer 2012 and Fall 2012. This process is also known as content migration. Please submit your request for content migration ASAP to ensure that your content has been moved in time for you to teach with Trunk in January.

NOTE: Option 2 has the following limitations:

  • This option pertains to course sites only. Owners of Organizational sites must either build sites from scratch, or must use the self-migration method described below.
  • Site requests can only be made for courses taught in Summer 2012 or Fall 2012. Migration of content for courses taught in subsequent terms will be offered at a future date during the fall term.
  • The service will migrate folders and files located in the Blackboard content areas. It will also migrate Blackboard tests and surveys.  The service will not migrate Faculty/Staff information, announcements, discussion board content, assignments, digital drop box content or any type of student uploaded information.
  • The service will not migrate text content that is typed or pasted into a Blackboard text box. This includes any links that might be posted inside a Blackboard text box.
  • Content will likely need to be re-organized by the instructor once it has been moved to a Trunk course site.

Process:

To request that course content be moved from Blackboard to Trunk for a course you are teaching this spring, go to this link. This will take you to an online form where you will be asked to fill in information on your Blackboard course site. Once you have completed the form, you will need to submit it by clicking on the submit button.

You will receive an email from us informing you that we have received your request. A second email will be sent to you when your course site content has been migrated to Trunk. If you submit a request to have your course content moved and do not receive an email from us, please contact us at trunk@tufts.edu.

Please submit your request form ASAP to ensure your content has been moved in time for you to teach in September.

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Option 3 – Move your own course or organizational site content from Blackboard to Trunk.

The third option is to move your own course or organizational site content from Blackboard to Trunk. The self-migration process is fairly straightforward but has some limitations to consider.

  • The self-migration process will move folders and files located in the Blackboard content areas, announcements and Blackboard tests and surveys.
  • This method of self-migration will not move Faculty/Staff information, discussion board content, assignments, digital drop box content or any type of student uploaded information.
  • This method of self-migration will not move text content that is typed or pasted into a Blackboard text box. This includes any links that might be posted inside a Blackboard text box.
  • Content will likely need to be re-organized once the content has been migrated.

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Option 4: Copy content from one Trunk site to another one:

    1. Go to the NEW course site.
    2. Click Site Editor / Import from Site.
    3. Click I Would Like To Replace My Data or I Would like to Merge My Data (read the description of each action).
    4. Select the course site from which you would like to Replace or Merge your content.
    5. Click Continue.
    6. Select the content you would like to Replace or Merge into the new course site.
    7. Click Finish. The selected content from the old site should now Replace or Merge with the new course site.

Note: You must have either Instructor, TA or Course Builder access to both course sites to copy content from one course site to another course site.