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Can you block or restrict students from printing text from Blackboard Learn?

Students are logging on to take an on-line exam and are able to print the test to give to other students. Can this be blocked?

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Colleen Cox on 5 Dec 2012

problem with student access to changed assessment

I have (unwisely) edited a test that was already deployed because a number of students couldn't see an image embedded in one of the questions . I solved this by adding an additional link to the image, but left everything else (e.g. marks available etc) as it was before. They are allowed to save answers...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by bram sengers on 28 Nov 2012

course content collection

Hi Dr C, We are currently using blackboard version 9.1.82223.0 and hope to move to service pack 9 in December. We use both the learn system and the content system. When you create an item within a course and attach a document, these files are automatically added to the course content collection. The...

Posted to System Administrators (IT Pros) (Forum) by Bethan Reid on 8 Nov 2012

Bb Learn 9.1 Sevice Pack 9 Release Date?

Does anyone know when SP9 will become available? This info is surprisingly hard to find online.

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Bill Porter on 10 Aug 2012

When copying a course, the Turnitin assignment due dates change

My school is using Blackboard Learn 9.1 Learn and we utilize Turnitin assignments heavily. Because of our integration with the CampusVue campus management system, the courses are created in "sandboxes" and copied into the CampusVue-generated "official course" shortly before the start...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by E Rudd on 9 Aug 2012

Menu Buttons not fully displayed

Hi, We have recently noticed on our system (9.1.60230.0) that there seems to be an issue with course menus which use buttons as opposed to text. The buttons are not displayed fully on the page horizontally - it cuts off the edit button on the right hand side. There is a vertical scroll bar, but not a...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Bethan Reid on 1 Jun 2012

Mass Update Configuration for Blackboard Drive

Does anybody have any experience with configuring BB Drive utilizing the Mass Update? I am pulling my hair out here. I have gone through and attempted multiple times and keep getting the same results. I have used the /au switch from a command line to replace the xdconfig_customer.xml within the installer...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Steven Costello on 3 Feb 2012

Re: Weighted Column

I surely agree with Sondra, it's somehow confusing for some, but hopefully people here could help answer these questions.

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learning System (7 & 8) (Forum) by karen sioco on 11 Jul 2010

Tests, Wiki and Discussions opening in a new window

I do not want my Tests, Wikis and Discussions to open in a new window, where do I find the setting for that.Even the new Wiki I created opens in a new window. My course was imported from Bb Vista, could that be the cause? Thank you

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learning System (7 & 8) (Forum) by Jill Golden on 27 May 2010

Delete question database

I wish to delete the whole question database, somehow we have 3 copies of each question. I think it would be easier to start over. How do I delete the whole file.I have the database and tests in another course that I would like to import, can I do that? I have already removes all tests. Blackboard Learn...

Posted to Archived Blackboard Learning System (7 & 8) (Forum) by Jill Golden on 26 May 2010