| Date |
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Announcement Description |
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Information |
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| April 2008 |
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Invalid File Location Error in SafeAssign
Some of your students may have been experiencing an "Invalid file location"
error when they submit SafeAssignments while on campus. This is a problem
that usually occurs while using the Internet Explorer 7 web browser.
Students experiencing this problem using IE 7 should complete the following
steps to avoid this error:
When attaching a SafeAssignment document, click on "Browse". Choose the "your username on 'your campus location-fs\users' (Z:)." From there you may
choose the location of your file (i.e. My Documents, My Computer, or
Desktop).
Failure to do the above, and clicking directly on My documents, My Computer
or Desktop, will result in a File location error.
When done correctly students should see Z:\file location\etc. If the File
to Attach window displays \\your campus location-fs\Users\your username,
then it will display the File location Error. |
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Solution |
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| February 2008 |
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SafeAssignment Error
Many have been experiencing difficulty with SafeAssignments that were copied from last semester. There is a glitch in the Blackboard Learning System. Blackboard is aware of the problem and they are working on it.
While Blackboard continues to work on this problem as a whole, there is a way to individually fix each SafeAssignment.
Complete the following steps to fix the SafeAssignment error:
1. Click on Modify next to the SafeAssignment.
2. Do not make any changes.
3. Click on Submit. This will reset the SafeAssignment and it will then work.
We apologize for any inconvenience that this may cause. Thank you for your patience in this matter. |
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This error
has been
resolved |
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| January 2008 |
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Please do not use non-alphanumeric characters in the titles of assignments or gradebook items as they will cause problems with the Blackboard server which in turn will cause your gradebook to have issues. |
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Solution |
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| December 2007 |
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| Steps to Resetting Weights in Gradebook |
| 1. |
From the Control Panel, click Gradebook |
| 2. |
Click on the Weight Grades button. |
| 3. |
Choose either Weight by Category or Weight by Item. |
| 4. |
Place a "0" in each column that had a previous weight and click the Submit button. |
| 5. |
A message "Total of all weights must equal 100%. Current total is "0" will appear on the page. |
| 6. |
Next, fill in the appropriate values in either Weight by Category or Weight by Item and click the Submit button. |
| 7. |
The Weights Updated page will appear and the following statement should appear: Gradebook Weighting successfully updated. |
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Solution
This solution
is required to
complete the
repair to your
weighted
gradebook
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| October 2007 |
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Weighted Grades - Solution
DIET has a solution in place for the duplicate items/weighted grade issue some have been experiencing. We have successfully processed those courses we have been made aware of. If you have a course with duplicate items or weighted grade issues, please send an email requesting that your course be fixed along with the Course ID (Semester + CRN) to blackboard@dtcc.edu. |
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Resolved
See above
announement
for resetting
weights in
the Gradebook |
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| August 2007 |
|
This only applies to those that weight grades in the Blackboard gradebook.
There is a two-fold issue with weighted grades in copied gradebooks.
First, if a course with weighted grades has been copied more than once, there are duplicate weighted categories (i.e., exam exam, homework homework, etc.).
The second problem is that if you attempt to change anything in the gradebook, the weights are cleared and will not allow you to re-weight the grades or categories.
Blackboard is aware of the problem and is currently working to resolve these issues.
In the meantime, we offer the following solution: Export the gradebook in to Microsoft Excel. Delete as much content as possible from the Blackboard gradebook. Next, import the gradebook back into Blackboard from Excel.
It is not recommended that gradebooks be copied during the course copy process if weights are being used.
There are no problems for those copying gradebooks that do not include weighted grades.
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Resolved |
