In CE8 Only so much room is allocated to each user in an area called the Content Manager. If you try to upload or save (which happens if you "Create Printable View" of Assignments for downloading) a file that is larger then the remaining allocated space you will get this message:
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An unexpected system exception has occurred.
A system exception has occurred during the processing of your last request. You may attempt to return to the My Blackboard page. If further problems occur, try logging out of the system, then logging back in.
SessionID [EXAMPLE]: 1cPYKp8cLkG8tF0tlqJ9rRn6VmT98GS2HccTTJpBf6T6b5RbxRSY!-1462679239!bhc-blackboard.bhc.edu!80!443!1248443452762, Node Name: WebCTServer
Return to My Blackboard.
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To resolve this problem you should
1. Click on My Blackboard (top right corner)
2. Click the Content Manager tab
3. Click the checkboxes of the files they do not need
4. Click Delete
Monday, July 27, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Calendar Tool: Date Roll Over - Adjusting All Dates
Two important things about the calendar tool.
1. When Adjusting All Dates using the Date Roll Over option available through "Manage Course", you will want to wait until all dates have passed. Otherwise dates that are still in the future will stay the same and will not adjust.
2. When Adjusting All Dates there will be a calendar entry labeled Earliest dated item. This might not fall on the actual first day of classes, so you will want to determine the exact day that Earliest dated item will appear on your calendar.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Missed Assignments - Don't Change Due Date
Hello,
A recent faculty find is that once students submit an Assignment in CE8, you should be careful when changing a Due Date or Cut Off Date. This may result in lost grades if you choose a date or time that has already passed.
If you will accept a students assignment beyond the Cut Off Date, rather than change the date, have the student email it to you either through the CE8 Mail tool or Outlook.
In testing the process of changing the dates a couple times, there were no issues as long as the date and time were in the future.
:-)
Andy
A recent faculty find is that once students submit an Assignment in CE8, you should be careful when changing a Due Date or Cut Off Date. This may result in lost grades if you choose a date or time that has already passed.
If you will accept a students assignment beyond the Cut Off Date, rather than change the date, have the student email it to you either through the CE8 Mail tool or Outlook.
In testing the process of changing the dates a couple times, there were no issues as long as the date and time were in the future.
:-)
Andy
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Move Grade Book Columns
I’ll mention it now and later, Save after moving columns.
While in Grade Book (Teach tab) you will want to click the Reorder Columns button. Click the column checkbox(es) you want to move and then click the move button
on the row you want to move the column above.
When done don’t forget to click the Save button at the bottom.
While in Grade Book (Teach tab) you will want to click the Reorder Columns button. Click the column checkbox(es) you want to move and then click the move button
on the row you want to move the column above.When done don’t forget to click the Save button at the bottom.
Discussion Counts/Search
Unfortunately the Campus Edition 8 took a step backwards from CE4 in the area of searching discussions; i.e. you can no longer search a specific topic.
What you can do is add the Search tool (from Build or Teach tab > Manage Course > Tools > Search > Save). You can then search the discussion tool for the Author. The search does not allow you to choose a specific topic and compiles all results where you can see the subject title.
In Discussions you can also click on the People Link (button to the right of the Author’s name) and select View Performance Report. This will allow you to see the total messages viewed and sent for a particular student.
Tracking (from Teach tab > Tracking > Student Tracking > select range date > Run Report > Optional - click on student name) will allow you to see how many discussions have been read and posted by each student. Clicking on a student’s name will allow you to see how many messages a student has posted during each session they logged in.
What you can do is add the Search tool (from Build or Teach tab > Manage Course > Tools > Search > Save). You can then search the discussion tool for the Author. The search does not allow you to choose a specific topic and compiles all results where you can see the subject title.
In Discussions you can also click on the People Link (button to the right of the Author’s name) and select View Performance Report. This will allow you to see the total messages viewed and sent for a particular student.
Tracking (from Teach tab > Tracking > Student Tracking > select range date > Run Report > Optional - click on student name) will allow you to see how many discussions have been read and posted by each student. Clicking on a student’s name will allow you to see how many messages a student has posted during each session they logged in.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Linking to CE8 from Sungard
If you prefer to have your course open in Sungard when the students click on your course name in MyCourses, and then provide a link to WebCT from there, post a News article that appears on the homepage of your Sungard site, as follows:
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Paging Preferences: Allow you to see all students, files, tool items, etc.
Can't see all of the student names, files, tool items, etc. in CE8? Scroll down to the bottom of the window and look for the Paging Preferences button in the lower-right corner. Looks like three cascading pages with the corners turned down. See screenshot below.
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