An issue that is becoming more and more common is copying and pasting from Groupwise.  While most of the time this will not present a problem, sometimes the copy picks up some code that can cause issues in Blackboard.  Here is the code I just extracted from an Announcement: <script type="text/javascript" defer>if [More...]

Blackboard released the Service Pack 5 Release Notes and Resolved Issues list today, although SP 5 is still a few weeks away from being released.  Unlike in previous Service Packs, SP 5 has very few enhancements and no new features - which is very good news.  There are some performance improvements, [More...]

Jeremy Porter helped us unearth an issue yesterday related to Assignments when we imported courses from Blackboard 7.3 into Blackboard 9.1 (thanks Jeremy!).  The Issue: In Blackboard 7.3, there was only one attempt allowed for an online Assignment.  In Blackboard 9.1, you can opt for one attempt, multiple attempts, or unlimited attempts.  For [More...]

Today, I modified the Blackboard 9.1 stylesheet to adjust for a coding error in the Send Email tool.  Before the change, the attachments area was partially hidden behind the Step 2: Submit area like in this image: After the change, the attachments area displays by itself, allowing instructors and students to attach [More...]

The snapshot failed this morning on the Columbus State side due to a permissions error. This means that students who registered for courses yesterday and faculty who were assigned to sections yesterday are not yet in Blackboard. We are working with the Data Center and the Net Admins to determine and [More...]

Some students are receiving a "false" error indicating that their assignment is blank when, in fact, there is an attachment. Here is an example of the "false" error: Clicking OK will allow the Assignment - and the attachment - to successfully submit. Here is a video demonstration: http://screencast.com/t/u9azS0Bzt Recreate the error: Open Assignment Attach File Leave [More...]

Attention All Faculty: In Blackboard 7.3, you were able to copy indiviual items and folders from one course section to another. Unfortunately, in Blackboard 9.1. there is a known issue affecting copying content from section to section -- any attachments you copy will not be linked to the new section and students will not be [More...]

Attention All Faculty: Are your Spring Quarter Courses Copied? Please check all your course content and delete last quarter's information. Please check that all your course content is OK by going to http://courses.cscc.edu/ to review your Spring 2011 classes. You should also consider deleting any old announcements and Discussion Board [More...]

The Blackboard 9.1 Snapshot has failed again and we have removed it from the automated Blackboard pull until IT tells us that the FS3 server is stable. [More...]

Attention All Faculty: As you know the college is moving to Blackboard 9.1 spring quarter.But, we are moving YOUR COURSES to Blackboard 9.1. today! This process takes much longer than the normal quarterly course copy process.We need your course copy requests by Friday, March 18 so we have [More...]