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HTML in Test Export

Hi, I've recently come accross an issue with exporting surveys and tests, where some html is embedded in the question string. In the export, the following html is included: Question Title: <div class="vtbegenerated"><p>Question Text</p></div> Question Answer: <div...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by Bethan Reid on 22 Nov 2012

Resource not found error when trying to access a course as an administrator

I used to be able to log into Blackboard Learn 9.1 and as the administrator, have access to all the courses so I could walk faculty through issues and make changes when necessary. Now when I try to access courses from the administrator's panel I get the "resource not found" message. What...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by Stephanie Hansen on 2 Oct 2012

Course Banner Area

Hi, I am new to Blackboard, but have good knowledge of Moodle and Drupal CMS's. In Blackboard Learn 9.1, is it possible to add HTML or change the CSS in the same area as the Banner in a course? The goal is to create an alternative fully customisable navigation menu outside of the built-in blackboard...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by John Sumpter on 7 Sep 2012

unable to find Course Catalog after upgrade to bb9.1

Hi everyone, We have just upgrade our blackboard from 8 to 9.1.82223.0. But we can not find Course Catalog modules in our bb system. I logged in using my system admin account, and in Tabs and Modules--->Modules, I can not find a modules named Course Catalog. When we using bb8, I can add an modules...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by xin wu on 18 Aug 2012

Blackboard Mobile for Learn 9.1

We are in the process of thinking about using BB Mobile and I wanted to start a discussion on what technical difficulties anyone had setting it up in regards to course room functionality. Also, about student participation and if that has increased. Thanks for any comments or feedback about your experience...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by Alice Abeyta on 24 Jul 2012

Move a course from Vista 8 to Learn 9.1

A new faculty member at my institution would like to move 2 courses he taught at another university to our system. The existing courses are in Vista 8. Is it possible for him to somehow archive those in Vista 8 and import them into Learn 9.1?

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by Stephanie Richter on 24 Jul 2012

Change the sourcedid id with snapshot xml file

Hello, On Blackboard 8 we wera able to change the user's sourcedid.id using siapi and an xml file like <list><person> <sourcedid> <id>URN:X-WEBCT-VISTA-V1:61e4bdd1-7f00-0001-011f-b2babb1dc575</id> </sourcedid> <sourcedid> <id>101050</id> <...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by Georgios Kappos on 24 Jul 2012

Error: Could not create filter

Hello Blackboard Dr.C's I am currently trying to setup Blackboard Learn in a sandbox for testing purposes but am encountering this error. My log file is quite long, everything seems to runs fine until the end part. If you require anymore information please let me know! Thanks in advance. [echo] CLIENT...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by ben adam on 14 Jun 2012

View Needs marking by group

Is there any way to filter "Needs marking" by group in 9.1 (we're on sp6) ? I know smartviews can be used to filter a view of the Full Grade Centre by group, but it would be useful to be able to do the same with the needs marking option. Thanks

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by Roger Gardner on 24 May 2012

HTML Break tag (<br>) and BB 9.1.8 upgrade do not play well

Our university recently upgraded Blackboard Learn platform from version 9.1 service pack 5 to version 9.1 service pack 8 (“Ocho”). I was using HTML extensively in test questions to format the content into a very specific layout (small lines of content in bordered tables to emulate the labels...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learn discussions (Forum) by Lauren Linn on 23 May 2012