Blackboard Naming Conventions

Course Names

• For all homerooms (-HR), please refer to Jon (the creation of a HR requires a face-to-face meeting with him).

• For all courses, double-check that your usage of upper and lower case, underscores and dashes.

TYPE OF COURSE	REASON	EXAMPLE	NOTES
Development Course	Create for instructors for course prep, practice area, and storage.	JRizzo-MATH120-DEVEL(not MATH120-DEVEL)	To avoid duplication, use first initial and last name.
Training Course	Created by ITS staff for workshops and demos.	JRizzo-GRADEBOOK-TRAIN	To avoid duplication, use first initial and last name.
Backup Course	Sometimes these replace a “broken course.”	BIOL101-01-Fall2016-BKorBIOL101-01-Fall2016-TEMPorBIOL101-01-Fall2016-COPY	Use course name with “-BK”, “-TEMP”, or “-COPY” so the courses are easy to find.
Combined Course	Combined courses contain >1 section of the same course.	HIST100-3_6_9-CX-Fall2016(includes sections 3, 6, 9)HIST100-3-9-CX-Fall2016(includes sections 3 through 9)CHEM100-CX-Fall2016(includes all sections)	Alwaysinclude “CX”. An underscore separates individual sections in a CX course while a dash indicates consecutive courses. If all sections are being combined, don’t add the section #s.
Study Abroad	For study abroad programs (various disciplines involved).	JRizzo-StudyAbroad-Summer2016	Add the faculty name as you would in a DEVEL course. Add semester as these are increasing.
Restore	Pulled from our ITS archive.	HIST110-01-Fall2016-RESTORE	Add “-RESTORE” so we can identify and delete.

User Names

	REASON	EXAMPLE	NAMING CONVENTION	NOTES
“GUI” account	Temporary accounts for instructors.	lwoods_16	First initial + Last name + Underscore + Year created	Once the account is created, it needs to be manually added to the course(s).
CES account	Accounts created by College of Extended Studies.	lwoods555_ext	First initial + Last name + 3 digits + Underscore + Year created
BIOL account	Accounts created by Biology department.	13fa_biologybsca4	Unknown	These accounts are used to track completion of mandatory training by various SDSU staff.
Fake Student	Fake student accounts for instructors (allows them to see the student view and experiment).	clicker16 First name: StudentLast name: Clicker16Email: [e-mail]	clicker + nextavailablenumber (make sure number hasn’t been used or it will add a 1, 2, 3, etc. to the end) First initial + Last name + @nobody.sdsu.edu