BB7 to BB9

I took a quick look at the SCI201 course restored to BB9 from BB7. It looks pretty much like the one Amy brought over previously. The banner is missing and the Course Home defaults to the BB9 Course Home, not the announcements.

Course Entry Point

In Bb9, a new tool called "Course Home" is the default Course Entry Point.

When Course Home is removed from the menu, the default course entry point becomes Announcements.

The setting to see the Course Entry Point is Control Panel > Customization > Style.
Additional wrinkle: Because our Bb7 courses already have a Course Home, this menu item is likely conflicting with the Bb9 native tool called Course Home.

Figure out what to do on the Bb7 side before archiving and on the Bb9 side after the course is transferred.

Course Home vs. Announcements "tool"

It looks like students (all users in fact) control what appears on the course home page. Moreover it looks like the Announcements tool is separate from the Course Home page. We need to think about how to handle this and perhaps how to control it (if we can.) What are the implications for instructors posting announcements?