LibGuides Standards & Best Practices: Getting Your Guide Ready for Blackboard

1. Open the LibGuide you want to add metadata to.
2. Click on the gear icon at the top-right of the page. Select "Guide Metadata".
3. Select the "Custom Metadata" tab.
4. In the Name field enter Bb. Click on "Empty" to edit the field. Click the check icon to save data.
5. In the Value field enter the appropriate metadata
   • for subject-level mapping use the 3-character subject code (example: EPE)
   • for course-level mapping use the Blackboard course ID (example: EPE_2223). IMPORTANT: you must use underscore between ID elements.
   • for section-level mapping use the full Blackboard course ID, including session number (example: EPE_2223_01)
6. After saving the metadata, close the window.

You can add multiple metadata for each guide, as needed.