# 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-BK**or**BIOL101-01-Fall2016-TEMP**or**BIOL101-01-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: **Student**Last name: **Clicker16**Email: **** | 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 | |