How Long Do Courses Stay on UNI's Blackboard System?

Per the University's 1.07 Records Retention Policy, Blackboard academic courses created from the Student Information System (SIS) will remain on UNI’s Blackboard System for 5 years after the semester has concluded. At that point, the course will be deleted from UNI’s Blackboard System.

NOTE: In February 2024, the change was made from "removing courses at 3 years with an archive stored for 2 years" to the "5 years on the system". Course archives (backups) are no longer created or stored following course deletion.

What you need to do:

Faculty/Instructors:

Nothing! All courses will remain on the system for 5 years per the Records Retention Policy and then permanently deleted. If you would like a backup your own course(s), please complete both of the following steps:

1. Archive - create a backup of the course

2. Download the archive to a secure local storage

Students

If you need copies of your work and do not have a local copy on your device(s), you should download any submitted files or content needed from your available courses when the semester is completed. If you do not have access to a course, please contact the Instructor of the course. Instructors control the availability of their Blackboard courses.