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German umlaut not displaying in blackboard

Hi, Hoping you can help. A lecturer I work with creates html pages using Microsoft FrontPage, and quizzes using hot potatoes, and uploads these to blackboard for her students. These always displayed correctly in CE8. But we upgraded to BB9.1 over the summer and migrated all modules. Now most of the special...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Frances Boylan on 10 Oct 2012

Reset Entry Point as Link to HTML Page - Now How Do I Get Back to Edit Mode?

I re-set my entry point as a link to an HTML page. The problem is, now when I open my course website, I just get the HTML page, with no editing options. There is no switch at the top of the page to toggle edit mode on or off, no "Course Management" menu on the left side of the screen, etc....

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Kimberly Ball on 9 Aug 2012

Access a learning module inside a hidden content area

Hello I wanted to put together a couple of learning modules, and put course links to each learning module. I put the learning modules in a content area, and hid it so that the only access to the learning modules was the individual links, but when I click on the course links, they come up with an error...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by David Cheng on 24 Jul 2012

SP 8 Goals

Hi Everyone, I am looking for the database of goals and alignments created in Blackboard for SP 8 to test on my test instance of SP 8. Can anyone point me to it?

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Jennifer Jaiswal on 20 Jul 2012

Assignment Handler - document virus

Received this from a tutor; When using Assignment Handler, if a student has uploaded a Word document with a virus, will virus checkers be able to scan the Zip file when the academic downloads that? If anyone has the answer I would appreciate hearing from you. Thanks Martin

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Martin Baxter on 8 Jun 2012

Essay Type Questions

What is the size limit in words for an Essay type question?

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Carol Maxwell on 5 Apr 2012

Icons instead of subject lines

Would it be possible for icons to appear instead of subject lines in all My Announcements area?

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Matthew Fillo on 13 Mar 2012

Organizing files in the file exchange

We are in the process of moving all faculty over to Blackboard, and one department would rely heavily on the file exchange tool in groups. Is there a way for students or the Instructor to organize the files that are uploaded using folders or the like?

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Bryn Lutes on 20 Feb 2012

Change 1 Student's Test Time Limit?

Hello- We have a student who needs more time to complete her test due to physical impairment. How can I set just her time limit to 90 minutes and leave the rest of the class at 60 minutes?

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Alex Sergay on 25 Jan 2012

Has the To Do module been fixed in any recent service packs?

Does anyone know if the To Do module has been fixed so that it is accurately showing all due dates? We just recently updated our installment to Service Pack 7 but I can't find any information indicating the To Do module is working accurately.

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Kati Gordon on 5 Jan 2012