Monthly Archives: March 2006

Upload Zip Packages Containing Documents

By Administrator | Published: March 8, 2006
The Document Unpackager tool allows you to upload a zip file containing folders and files to Blackboard. It is then unpackaged and course content items are created with the files attached. The directory structure within the zip file is translated into folders within Blackboard. Follow the steps below to access the Document Package tool: Select a Content [...]
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Batch Add/Remove Users to Organizations

By Administrator | Published: March 8, 2006
The new My Organizations Plus portal module provides access to organization sites as well as the added ability to manage organization enrollments. Users with the role of “Leader” in an organization will be able to add users, batch add users, remove users, and batch remove users. Follow the steps below to add the My Organizations Plus [...]
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Rash of Spamming via myUSF Plagues Users

By SW | Published: March 3, 2006
Please remember that using your courses to spam other students is strictly forbidden and can lead to the revocation of computing privileges at the University. Your agreement with the University upon signing up for you NetID forbids: *Using facilities, including printers, for junk mail, mass mailing, or non-course-related work. *Use computing resources for private profit, or [...]
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Safe Assignment Difficulties

By admin | Published: March 3, 2006
We have been having some issues with the Safe Assignment tool in myUSF and have had numerous reports of unexpected or flawed behavior of the software. We understand how troubling this performance is and are doing our best to get fixes from the company ASAP. We are somewhat surprised by the behavior, especially given the [...]
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