Monthly Archives: August 2007

Bugz: Blackboard Virtual Classroom does not work with Java 6

The version of the Virtual Classroom / Lightweight Chat included in Blackboard 7.3 is not currently compatible with Java 6. We are planning to patch Blackboard within the next two weeks to correct this issue, but for now, if you have troubles loading the Virtual Classroom, please check if you are using Java 6. A [...]
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Safe Assign migration complete, Course Copy available

The Safe Assign migration has finally completed, and Course Copy is now safe to use across all courses. If you have any questions about Safe Assign, Course Copy, or any other aspects of myUSF/Blackboard, please email myusf@acomp.usf.edu. Thank you for your patience during this process Academic Computing
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Instructor Tools: Updated SCORM media player

This updated Content Player Blackboard Building Block™ provides improved support for SCORM 2004 v2 content including: • Improved Content Player interactions with Gradebook • Improved handling of Flow based packages • Improved testing using packages provided by a number of content publishers and client partners • Additional bug fixes The Content Player Blackboard Building Block enables instructors to upload and [...]
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Respondus updated required for Blackboard 7.3

The upgrade to Blackboard 7.3 changed the way Respondus retrieves the list of courses you teach. Respondus has released an update to their tool which corrects this problem. Most Respondus setups will automatically check for updates, but if you want to make sure you have the latest, here’s how Start Respondus Under the Help Menu, [...]
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How To: Copy a Course including Tests

Each semester we get a handful of questions about why Test Links in content areas aren’t included when the course is copied. I ran a series of tests to see what is and is not copied for certain combinations of Course Copy Options. To make sure Test Links are copied, you must select Course Copy [...]
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Bugs: 7.3 Upgrade Mistakingly Reset 'Read' Status of Discussion Threads

The 7.3 upgrade went pretty well. One small problem we just discovered is that the ‘read’ status of all threads in all discussion boards has been reset to be unread. That is, any threads that were marked as read are now displaying as unread. If you go back and mark them read [...]
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Instructor Tools: Blackboard Safe Assign

At the BbWorld 07 conference the last July, Blackboard surprised us all by announcing they had acquired an OEM version of Safe Assignment, which they are relabeling as Safe Assign and giving at no charge to all Blackboard Enterprise customers. We’re going to switch to the Blackboard version starting Friday August 17th. The switchover will [...]
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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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