Hudson Valley Community College Blackboard users,
The upgrade to Blackboard has been completed. Please let us know if you find anything unusual or not working as you expect. We are asking the assistance from faculty who use Publisher Material or other specific applications (such as Equation Editor, WebAssign and Turnitin), to please test these applications in context and let us know if there are any problems.
- We have identified an issue with the Equation Editor and are working with Blackboard for a resolution
- We also are seeing some spacing issues in the text editor areas and are in the process of testing to gather more information to report to Blackboard
Several “known issues” were fixed with this upgrade such as:
- Display Dates Cannot be Manually Entered for Content Items
- Discussion Boards Subscribing to Forums does not work
However, it is important to note that the course name changing upon export/import has not yet been fixed. This is important to be aware of as you are preparing your fall courses. What happens is the new course shell will take on the name of the old course shell, so you will see two courses in your course list with the same name, which is very confusing. This is an intermittent problem, however, and it is a very easy thing to fix. Please contact the Center for Distance and Online Learning if it happens to you and we can fix it immediately.
Information to Prepare Your Course for the Semester can be found at: https://docs.hvcc.edu/dl/?p=1199
As you are exporting and importing courses, please do not select “duration” under Settings so it will not interfere with the automatic duration programming from Banner. Also please remember that the process may take a while depending on how many other courses are queued. DO NOT submit multiple times or it could take even longer. Call the Center for Distance and Online Learning if you need assistance.
Don’t Forget to Make Your Course Available
Once the semester begins, students only will have access to a course that has been made available by the course instructor. You must manually make your course(s) available in Blackboard in order for students to see them.
To set the course availability, follow these steps:
- From the Control Panel of your course
- Select Customization
- Select Properties
- Locate Step 3: Set Availability and select Yes, “Make Course Available”
- Select Submit
- A green confirmation bar will appear indicating that the properties have been updated
As always, please do not hesitate to contact the Center for Distance and Online Learning (629-7070/DLHelp@hvcc.edu) if you have any questions! Remember that help is available on evenings and weekends by contacting the Open SUNY Helpdesk at http://navigator.suny.edu/content/current-students.
Published: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:46:12 +0000 by s.gallagher