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- Retention Center selection from Blackboard Menu
- Retention Center selection from Course Management panel
Retention Centre Activation
You can turn the Retention Centre on or off in your module from the Control Panel, selecting Customization and then Tool Availability
or alternatively you can Start tracking now or Stop tracking this course from within the specific module:
- Start tracking now button
- Stop tracking this course link
Retention Centre
Select the red Students currently at risk bar to display (on the same bar) a summary of at risks students in your module. Select the different coloured sections of the bar for further information. You can drill down further by selecting links in the pop-up boxes.
At Risk Table
The main table displays students who are at risk in one or more of four categories:
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- An example of a pop-up box, which can be used to notify (email) students at risk:
Select the student's name to access their Retention Status information such as risk factors, any notification emails you have sent previously along with any private notes you have made in Add a Note.
- On the right panel you can view:
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- Example of red dots for selection
- star icon that appear after selecting a red dot
Other Information you are monitoring
This is to monitor activity not related to risk, for example you could create a rule to easily check those doing well in the module.
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- Your last login
- Your participation, eg the number of times you have posted in blogs, not your students
- Your most recent announcment
- Your addition of new material
- Email notifications sent have a default subject and message that you can edit.
Customise Retention Centre
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- Course Activity
- Course Access
- Grade
- Missed Deadline
These default settings can be modified by selecting Customise in the Retention Centre and editing each rule. However, you can also create new rules based on these default at-risk categories.
You can edit any of the four default rule types: Default Activity Rule, Default Course Access Rule, Default Grade Rule and Default Missed Deadline Rule by selecting Edit beside the rule Name.
Create New Rule
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- Course Activity Rule
- Grade Rule
- Course Access Rule
- Missed Deadlines
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Complete the Blackboard form for the rule conditions and select Submit
Here is an example of creating a new rule for Course Access, the rule is called 'New Course Activity Rule' and the alert is set for 'Days Since Last Course Access' 3:
