Blackboard users,
Early last week we tried to create the Spring 2006 (062) course sites on Blackboard. We ran into a problem. We create our sites from a template so new sites will have the settings that we want. Instead of using the menu settings from the template, the system used something called the "Default Course Settings" so the menus on the new sites were messed up. For example, the Tools menu was enabled in all the new sites, and ALL the tools were enabled. We didn't want that.
We sent the support people at Blackboard the list of all the courses that had been created. They said that they would remove them all within a couple of hours. Then we could recreate them, after making the Default Course Settings work as best we could. Unfortunately the process of removing the old courses is failing. Out of 7,000+ sites, it can't remove the last 700 or so. The support people have been working on the issue. As soon as it is resolved we will get things going so sites will be available for you.
I am aware that some special courses are starting in the near future and that some of you need to access the system to send notices to students and such. I will keep you informed of the process. I apologize for the delay.
Bill Vilberg
305-284-3949 (work); 786-218-3052 (cell); 305-255-9138 (home)
