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Accessibility and the Blackboard Academic Suite

Full audits were conducted of the Release 6.1 and 7.1 of the Blackboard Academic Suite. The results of the audit outlined compliance for the Academic Suite based on both Section 508 and WAI standards.
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Problem with Discussion Board Posts Resolved

Having researched and identified some of the key issues reported –in particular, the somewhat erratic appearance of Discussion Board postings, Hotfix (7.3.159.29) has been installed. Included in this patch are important fixes and improvements to Blackboard, including: Appearance of Discussion Board posts issue has been resolved. Virtual Chat now compatible with Java 6. Errors associated with creating an index [...]
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myUSF Perfomance Improved

As we are committed to make improvements as our resources allow, we have resolved some of the performance issues we were experiencing and response times have been reduced.
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myUSF Perfomance, or Lack Thereof

For the last 4 years we have seen increases in Blackboard use 20-30% each year. We have also seen an increase in the complexity of how faculty use Blackboard. More are using advanced features like the Discussion Board or the Gradebook than have ever before. Given the budget reductions, new policies have [...]
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Fall 2007 Final Exam Matrix

The Fall 2007 Final Exam Matrix is available to Instructors on the Courses tab within myUSF.
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myUSF Scheduled Tasks

The following dates regarding enrollment and availability of the course sites may be of interest for everyone: May 5th: A07, B07, C07, X07 Summer courses will be made available (i.e., visible) to students May 14th: F07 Fall courses will be made available to instructors May 28th: S07 Spring courses will be made unavailable to students
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About Downloading

USF is deeply concerned that its community may not be completely aware of the consequences of sharing music and video files without appropriate permissions from copyright owners.  This brief video provides an introduction to the issue; —additional copyright information is available at https://security.usf.edu/copyright/.
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USF.EDU has gone mobile!

You can now access the information you need most from the USF Web site using your Blackberry, Treo, or web-enabled cell phone. Find emergency-preparedness information, dining menus, sports schedules, news, events, people, MoBull Plus advanced applications, and more by visiting www.usf.edu on your hand-held device. For more information, visit http://www.usf.edu/pdfs/usfgoesmobile.pdf
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Undeliverable Emails

When students register for classes, their enrollment is automatically added to myUSF/Blackboard and an email account is created. However, in order to receive e-mail in that account, students need to activate their email account at https://una.usf.edu. This process allows the student to create a password for myUSF/Blackboard login and [...]
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BbSEUG Conference 2007

The 4th Annual Blackboard Southeast Users Group (BbSEUG) Conference, hosted this year by the University of North Florida, will be held Wednesday, February 28th through Friday March 2nd, 2007. The conference will take place at the Sea Turtle Inn, an oceanfront resort in Atlantic Beach, Florida. As in previous years, the BbSEUG Conference 2007 provides [...]
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