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Students:
Academic Computing Lab (S800)
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sts@uhd.edu
Faculty:
Technology Teaching and Learning Center (A700)
(713) 221-2786 (x2786)
vistasupport@uhd.edu
All hours are in central time zone
Office Hours:
M-F: 7:30am-6pm
Extended Support:
M-F: 6pm-10pm
SAT: 8am-5pm
SUN: 2pm-10pm
Known Blackboard Issues
Last Updated: 05/28/08
Tool/Functional
Area |
Issue Description |
Impacted
Users |
Current Status |
Comments |
| Media Library | Audio files played from Media Library fail with the following error: "Requested File Not Found". | Users running MS Internet Explorer and Real Audio - Real Player | Targeted for Future Release | |
| WebDAV | Cannot use WebDav in FireFox | All Users | Targeted for Future Release | |
| Content Manager/Browser | Content Map Tool Clips Beginning of Link Name on Long Names | All users | Targeted for Future Release | A workaround is to turn off the course content map or not to use long names. |
| User Management | Spaces after value in search field not allowed in search | Course Administrators, Administrators, Help Desk | Targeted for Future Release | |
| Assignment | Once an assignments are created, the settings for it cannot be changed. ie change a group-based assignment into an individual one; an alphanumeric scored one to a numeric. | Faculty | Possible Future Release | |
| Assessments | True/False question cannot be modified to give credit for either answer after assessment has begun or completed | Faculty/Students | Suggested for future fix | |
| Who’s Online | Java App continues to run even after browser times out | All Users | Possible Future Release | |
| Grade Book Roster | Roster sorted by last name and then by first name; User clicks on the action links to enter grades by column and clicks on the edit “values link” and now the names fields are switched to first name and then last name | All Instructors | Suggested for future fix | |
| Grade Book | Grade book customization view does not stay the same after user logs out | All Instructors | Suggested for future fix | |
| Announcements | Once announcements are published, they cannot be edited by author | All Instructors | Suggested for future fix | |
| Course List Disappearing | While using Microsoft Internet Explorer, versions 6 and 7, the course list in the "Course List" channel sometimes does not display all the courses. | All | Suggested for future fix | Possible workaround suggestions: scroll up or down past screen or log out and then log back in. |
| Mail Forwarding | If the sender has Mail Forwarding turned on, the recipient of the message will have the message forwarded to their forwarding address even if the recipient does not have Mail Forwarding turned on | All | Suggested for future fix | |
| Faculty Must wait One Full Hour after Combining Sections before Adding Content in the Course | When you combine Blackboard Vista sections into a single course shell through Manage Vista on e-services, you need to wait one full hour before you add content in Vista. The process to combine sections runs on an hourly basis. Content entered before the combined course shell has been created in Vista WILL BE LOST. You should also make sure that there is only one link for your combined section in Vista to ensure that the new combined course shell is present. | Faculty | Suggested for future fix | |
| Problem Assigning March 9 Dates to Assignments and Assessments | Faulty daylight savings time adjustments cause all assignments and assessment times to move ahead an hour. | All | Suggested for future fix | Until a fix is available, adjust your March 9 assignments and exams to start one hour earlier. Vista will automatically adjust the time to one hour later. |
| Office 2007 and Vista compatibility issue | Opening an Office 2007 document in Vista and then clicking a link in Vista while the Office 2007 file is open results in an error. This error only occurs with Internet Explorer, up to version 7.0.577.6. |
All | Suggested for future fix | Instead of opening the Office 2007 file directly from Vista, you can save the file and still continue using Vista normally. Another option is using the Firefox browser instead of Internet Explorer, available at www.mozilla.com. |
| Opening an attachment using the Save to Folder button | Opening an attachment by clicking Save to Folder and then clicking My Computer causes the message to appear "This page not intended for display." | All | Acknowledged bug, targeted for future release | Save the attachment by clicking the filename |
| Activation | Courses that have a start date in the future produce errors when Designer/Instructors use the Student View tab and access Assignments, Calendar, and certain other tools. Once the start date is met, the Student View tab no longer produces errors. | Faculty | Fixed in latest release, not yet implemented |
From e-services, instructors have the option to set a start date earlier than the default first day of classes, which would restore Student View functionality. If the course is not yet ready for students to see, students can be set to Deny Access from the grade book. Students will then not be able to access the course until the Deny Access setting is removed. |
| Calendar | If an instructor using the Calendar tool goes to a future date and clicks the Add Entry button, the date for the new entry reverts back to the current date. | Acknowledged bug, targeted for future release | Change the Start Date to the correct future date. |
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Last updated or reviewed on 2/21/09
