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Students cannot request information from the Archives. Contact your instructor or department to see if they can provide information.

The Blackboard Archive includes all semester courses that used Blackboard from Spring 2021 – Spring 2025. The Archive includes all course content and student information (grades, submissions, tests results, etc.). The Archive is available until December 15, 2027.

Example use cases include:

  • Retrieving a student’s grades and submissions from a course (to respond to a grade appeal, write a recommendation letter, etc.)
  • Locate a document or assignment text from a course
  • Migrating the entire course contents (without student information) to Canvas

What is in the archive?

  • All instructor content in Blackboard: files, modules, text, assignments, tests, discussions, etc.
  • All student content in Blackboard: grades, test and assignment submissions, discussions, journals, etc.
  • Blackboard/Class Collaborate Ultra recordings
  • Attendance reporting data from Qwickly Attendance

What is not in the archive?

All external content and third-party tools linked from a Blackboard course are not in the Blackboard Archives. They may exist on the other platform (like a publisher website) if the tool provides a means to access the content through a separate login. Files in Blackboard outside of an archived course (My Content, Institution, etc.) are not included in the archive. Examples of items not in the Archive include:

  • SafeAssign reports
  • WordPress CourseBlogs
  • Content on linked sites (YouTube, links to files on OneDrive, etc.)
  • Content on integrated tools such as publisher websites, etc.
  • Blackboard Portfolios (even if created for a course)
  • Student submissions using third party tools (publisher sites, Kaltura, etc.)

Course Migrations

A course in the archives can also be migrated to Canvas. As with all course migrations from Blackboard to Canvas, this would include instructor content but no student work.

Frequently Asked Questions

Are there any limits to requests?

For student data requests, please limit your request to items specifically needed at this time. The content will be available through the end of 2027. Retrieving student content is a manual task so larger requests will take some time to complete.

Are Kaltura videos in the Archive?

Kaltura is a separate video platform integrated with Blackboard and now Canvas. All of your videos (videos you created and/or uploaded to Blackboard or Canvas) will be available via Kaltura My Media in Canvas. Student video submissions that used Kaltura are not available.

Are non-term courses and organizations in the Archive?

The Archive only includes semester courses from Spring 2021-Spring 2025. It does not include non-term Blackboard courses (sandboxes, etc.) or organizations. However, many of these sites were saved in a separate storage area. Please complete the form at the top of this page and we may be able to retrieve content or migrate the course to Canvas – these requests will take additional time.

What is the format of courses in the Archive?

The archive is not in the Blackboard interface, but is an extraction of each page of the course with text and images (some formatting may be lost). Depending on your request, you may receive a pdf image or other format. There is no way to view the Blackboard course in its original format.

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