Monthly Archives: March 2010

Patching to 9.0 Service Pack 3

By wurzel | Published: March 25, 2010
Update 03/26 8:45 am: We were unable to perform the patch overnight.  Watch this space for the updated date and time. When you wake up Friday morning, you will find Blackboard a little less buggy. Release 9.0 Service Pack 3 fixes several bugs but introduces no new functionality. If you don’t see a bug you [...]
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How to attach files to Assignment with Service Pack 3

By Glen Parker | Published: March 24, 2010
Since upgrading to Blackboard 9 Service Pack 3 on Friday March 26th, there has been a small change to the way that files are attached to Assignments. This changes simplifies the process and benefits both instructors and students. Please see these simple steps for the new way to attach files to an Assignment. 0) [...]
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FAQ: How can I view all student attempts of a quiz that allows for multiple attempts

By Glen Parker | Published: March 23, 2010
The GradeCenter spreadsheet view can only display one score. The only way to display all scored attemptsd is to view a students grade history. There are two ways to do this 1) Click on an individual students score from the spreadsheet, and then on that report page, you’ll see all that students attempts. [...]
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Brief NetID-Single-Signon outage this morning

By Glen Parker | Published: March 5, 2010
In case you receive any questions/concerns from users of your applications that use USF-NetID Single-Sign-on (e.g. Blackboard, Careers@USF, EdOutreach – MIT, Parking Services, DegreeWorks, Netcast, USF Library applications, VZ-Orientation, Touchnet Bill+Payment), please let them know that we had a “brown out” on one of our LDAP servers this morning. The problem was resolved and [...]
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How to add a Visiting Scholar to your course

By Glen Parker | Published: March 4, 2010
This is one of the USF processes under review and I wanted to make sure that I had accurate information for you. Please contact the person in your department that currently handles account requests (domain or email accounts) and ask them to submit a POI Request via email to it-security@admin.usf.edu. For each individual guest, the “POI [...]
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