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Post Tagging in Discussion Board

What is Post Tagging and how does it work? I don't see any way to tag. Do students have an option to search for key words in a discussion board.

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Leonora on 23 Oct 2012

Blackboard 9.1 Rating in Discussions

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 I am a new Blackboard 9.1 user. In Discussions, I ask students to use the 5 star...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Victoria Boynton on 12 Jul 2011

Force Moderation Post - how do I know a new post is waiting for approval

In one of my discussion forum, I used "Force Moderation Post" feature. But How can I get it to tell me that someone has posted something that is waiting for my approval to publish? Currently I don't receive any notification nor any sign/mark in BB9 to tell me there is a new posting. Every...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Gao Gao on 16 Jun 2011

Course migration from Sakai to Blackboard 9.1

Hello all, Please excuse me if this question has come up already. I am interested to find out if anyone in the user community has transitioned off of Sakai to Blackboard 9.1. More to the point I am trying to come up with a migration strategy that will allow an automated way to move tests and quizzes...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Matthew Schneider on 7 Jun 2011

Moving threads and subthreads from one forum to another in Blackboard 9 / 9.1

Hi folks, I think I was asleep at the switch the other day; I created several threads in one forum that really belonged in another one. Students have already started responding to the threads-in-wrong-place. I'd like to be able to pick up the whole set of threads and subthreads and (in effect) drag...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Mike Wills on 5 Feb 2011

Discussion Board (synthesizing entries + monitoring time/dates entry + grading)

Please let me know how I can view individual students cumulative entries on BB Discussion Board for a particular week. For example, John Doe is a student. He and all of his classmates have to do two Discussion Board submissions on two separate dates for the first week (WK1 DB). I want to be able to easily...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Luke McQuade on 23 Jan 2011

Clearing student posts in disscussion board

Does anyone know of a way to remove all my students' posts from my discussion forums in one step? At the end of the semester I would like to remove all the student data while keeping my forum questions. If I do a bulk delete of the discussion board it removes everything from the course's discussion...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Laurie Watts on 13 Dec 2010

Issue: Can Students See Description (Instructions) When Creating or Replying In A Forum?

Hi, everyone, My responsibility is to guide faculty in our move from Blackboard CE 8 to Blackboard Learn 9.1. Our online courses make extensive use of the Discussion tool, but I've encountered a disturbing issue. Please set me on the right path if I've misunderstood. It's almost a deal killer...

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Dan Barnett on 2 Dec 2010

Bb 9.1 Discussion Board: Is there a limit to number of characters in a thread

In Bb 9.1, is there a limit to the number of characters in a thread? Thanks. Jane

Posted to Educators and Designers (Forum) by Jane Petersen on 18 Oct 2010