Course size

Blackboard note

If you are setting up a course within Blackboard^®, your entire course has a space of 18 Mb. Course owners will be notified by email when their course size exceeds 16 Mb.

The maximum file size of any individual file that can be uploaded to Blackboard is 2 Mb.

The 18 Mb limit includes everything in your course — the pages stored within Blackboard, all images uploaded to Blackboard, discussion forums and their associated threads.

This is adequate space for the average course — especially where the course covers only one unit of work or one topic. However, a problem may develop for units with extremely large groups or for courses that cover multiple units of work. Alternative strategies can be put in place to solve any maximum course size issues.

Please contact the Blackboard Administrator at The Learning Place if you feel that the 18 Mb limit is a problem for your course.