Blackboard Support for Firefox 5, Chrome
The following is notice from Blackboard regarding Firefox & Chrome. In summary, new versions will be tested internally by Blackboard, and a known issues list will be maintained and updated as...
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Known issues with Blackboard and OS X Lion
A brief note up front, Lion is not supported by Blackboard, and likely won’t ever be supported for 9.0.x, the version we are currently on. Using Lion with Blackboard at this point is an “at your own...
View ArticleError when creating new Discussion Board threads in certain situation.
There is currently an issue when accessing a discussion board forum through a content area and creating a new thread, an “The specified object was not found.” is given. If the user access the...
View ArticleBlackboard maintenance, August 12th
Tonight we’re applying an operating system patch of our database server. In order to patch that server requires a system reboot, so Blackboard has to be down for the duration. Solaris 10 with patch...
View ArticleGrade Center problems overnight
Overnight, a database query related to the Blackboard grade center went awry. This had the effect of blocking all other queries that tried to access the Grade Center. From roughly 1am – 9am the Grade...
View ArticleResponse to Email from Canvas about merging accounts
USF Member, A few days ago an email was accidentally sent to you with a message reading “An account has been created for you at usflearn.instructure.com, but you already have a Canvas account. If you...
View ArticleSecurity Warnings and Login prompt when opening Office files while using IE9...
There is a problem with Windows 7 & IE9 when trying to open Office files inside IE when you have Office 2010 installed. You may be prompted for a login/password, and will be unable to open the...
View ArticleMaintenance 4/13/12
The IT Networking Group is moving the database into a new router, which requires a restart of Blackboard. This should be a very quick update, and Blackboard should be down about 15 minutes.
View ArticleProblems with Safe Assign, Mobile Learn, resolved
I finally found the problem. Last Friday during the panic part of backing out the Blackboard patch, Blackboard accidentally put an old intermediate SSL certificate in place of the current intermediate...
View ArticleStorage Upgrade for Blackboard/Elluminate, Complete
The upgrade was successful, and done well ahead of schedule. All services are back online as of 11:59pm. ———— The storage system on which Blackboard runs will undergo an upgrade tonight (Thursday, May...
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