SP11
Discussion Structuring For More Effective Student Engagement
Please see the post by Maryellen Weimer for tips and strategies on how to keep students engaged by the discussion structure. http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/structuring-discussions-online-and-face-to-face/
Issue With Bold Text in Assessments in Connect
If bold text is used inside an assessment question, all the text for the question will appear as bold to students or users in student view. The Blackboard text editor tool was automatically inserting <strong> tags into the content of the questions. Please apply the following workaround to resolve the issue. Note that this workaround […]
Error When Deleting Advanced Adaptive Release
Error with Advanced Adaptive Release. When trying to delete a rule created with Advanced Adaptive Release, the following error is encountered: Access Denied Either you are not logged in or you do not have the appropriate privileges to perform this action. You may have access to other parts of the course. Thursday, May 30, 2013 […]
Group Assignment Grade Book Column Issue
In a Grade Book Column automatically created by the Assignment tool and released to Groups of Students (but no groups created yet), the instructor will not be able to enter the grades/feedback and see “not participating”. To resolve this issue, assign the students into groups using the Group Tool or create a new column and the […]
Discussion Board Issue When Cut/Paste From Word
Issue with the discussion board – students who compose in Word, then cut/paste into the HTML editor box might cause problems with any subsequent replies in the thread. Suggestion: students use a simplified text editor like TextEdit or Notepad instead of Word to cut/paste into the HTML editor.
Course Availability/Duration in Connect SP11
Nicole flagged the new options in the “Course Properties” tool. The screenshot below contains some info on how to use the new settings. The recommended settings for Sept term are : Use Term Availability (2013WA is available) Use Term Duration (2013WA duration is from Sep 3, 2013 to Feb 10, 2014) If you have a […]
