[BB] Respondus 4.0 update

Dear Blackboard Users,

 

Please be informed of changes now available for Respondus 4.0. The changes are purely cosmetic and don’t require retraining on the part of current users. Everything pretty much works the same.

Here’s an example of the old and new Start screens:

 

 

You can get the update by logging into Respondus 4.0 and use the “Check for Update” feature or run a full installation by going to www.miami.edu/software and download the application.

 

If you have questions related to this issue, please contact the UMIT Blackboard Help Desk: (305) 284-3949, blackboardhelp@miami.edu.

 The Learning Platforms Team

(P): 305-284-3949

blackboardhelp@miami.edu

 

[BB] Fall 2018 Blackboard Learn Course Setup Assistance

Dear Blackboard Users,

 

We are here to assist you with the tasks that are often done when setting up a Blackboard course site. Let us know if we can do any of these, or anything else, to assist you at the start of this semester. Send an email to blackboardhelp@miami.edu, call 305-284-3949, or when available fill out the form, to make a request or get assistance.

1.       COURSE SITE AVAILABILITY

When created, course sites are unavailable to students. This way you can set them up before the students access them. Call or email us and we can make them available to your students, or you can follow these easy steps to do it yourself:

·         Article - Instructions for using Qwickly to make the course available

·         Video - Instructions for using Qwickly to make the course available

 

2.       COURSE SITE MERGE

If you teach multiple sections of a course or have both graduate and undergraduate students in the same course, it may be easier to combine them into one Blackboard course site, rather than have a separate site for each section. With the merged site, you can post your course material once rather than posting it in each section’s site separately. Tell us what sites you want to be merged and we will take care of it for you.

·         Request a course merge

Note: Courses should be merged before any student activity takes place in the course sites for the various sections. User records, such as discussion board posts, grades, and assessment attempts, will not show up in the new, merged, site.

3.       COURSE SITE AUGMENT

We can do a course "augment" rather than a course merge if you would like. An augment maintains all of your original course sites and adds one additional master site with all of the students from your various sections. With the course augment option you can use the master site to post course material in one location and reserve the individual section course sites for assignments or tests specific to each course section.  Fill out the form below or call to request a course augment.

·         Video – Difference between course merges and augments (15 minutes)

·         Form to request a course augment

4.        COURSE SITE COPY

If you have material from a prior semester that you would like to copy into the course site you are setting up, you can call or email us, or fill out the form below, and we will do a course copy for you. You can also follow the steps at the link below to do it yourself:

·         Course Copy instructions

·         Video about course copies (7 minutes)

·         Form to request a course copy

 

Note: You need to be enrolled as an instructor in both the source and destination courses sites in order to perform a Course Copy. User records, such as discussion board posts, grades, and assessment attempts will not be copied. Do NOT copy course enrollments.

 

5.       ADDING TA’S & OTHER ENROLLMENTS TO A COURSE SITE

Teaching assistants are not enrolled automatically to your class, they have to be entered manually. Email or call us and will be happy to do it for you, or you can do it yourself using the instructions at the following link:

·         Article - Instructions for Enrolling Users to Blackboard instructions

·         Video - Instructions for Enrolling Users to Blackboard instructions

 

 

Please feel free to contact us for any requests and issues you might have.  Our phone number is 305-284-3949 or you can email us at blackboardhelp@miami.edu.

HOURS:

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Friday

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Saturday - Sunday

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Learning Platforms Team

(P): 305-284-3949

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[BB] Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is now back to normal

​    Blackboard collaborate ultra is back to normal.   If you have questions related to this issue, please contact the UMIT Learning Platforms Help Desk: (305) 284-3949, blackboardhelp@miami.edu. Thank you.

/umiamiit              @umitsupport

 

[BB] Blackboard Collaborate Ultra intermittent outage

 

​ Service Alert    Please be advised that Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is currently experiencing issues with sharing PowerPoint and PDF files. As a workaround, please try uploading the file again or converting to image files.  Details will be provided as additional information becomes available. We apologize for any inconvenience.   If you have questions related to this issue, please contact the UMIT Learning Platforms Help Desk: (305) 284-3949, blackboardhelp@miami.edu. Thank you.

/umiamiit              @umitsupport

 

 

Rick Ramos

Help Desk Supervisor

(P): 305-284-3949

 

[BB] SafeAssign Maintenance

 

​ Service Alert    Due to scheduled maintenance, SafeAssign in Blackboard Learn will be unavailable on Monday, April 2nd, 2018, between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m.   If you have questions related to this issue, please contact the UMIT Blackboard Help Desk: (305) 284-3949, blackboardhelp@miami.edu.     Thank you.

/umiamiit              @umitsupport

 

[BB] Use Pulse Secure to keep accessing remote desktops at UM

Do you connect to a computer desktop at UM from a computer at home or otherwise off-campus? Perhaps you use Microsoft Remote Desktop, or Chrome Remote Desktop, or Apple Remote Desktop (Back to My Mac). If so, install and use the Pulse Secure application before making your connection from off-campus. On Thursday, March 15, 2018, around 6 pm, direct access will be blocked and only access over Pulse Secure will be allowed. Pulse Secure is available for most operating systems including mobile. Go to http://miami.edu/vpn for details on the Pulse Secure virtual private network software that UM uses.

An official notice will be sent out from UMIT. This is my understanding of what is happening. I apologize in advance if anything is incorrect. I will be glad to answer any questions I can or get answers to questions I can't handle myself.

Have a great spring break!

-- Bill --

[BB] Upcoming Blackboard maintenance

 

 

​ Service Alert    Due to scheduled maintenance, Blackboard Learn will be unavailable on Wednesday March 14th 2018 between 12:01 am EST and 12:30 am EST.   If you have questions related to this issue, please contact the UMIT Blackboard Help Desk: (305) 284-3949, blackboardhelp@miami.edu.     Thank you.

/umiamiit              @umitsupport

 

 

[BB] Brain dump

Mailing list members,

I was asked to "share my wisdom" with my cohorts as I prepare for retirement. Thus I am blogging/journaling every few days about something I think might be interesting or helpful to the people I work with and others doing my type of support work. 

If you would like to follow my blog, go to http://vilberg.com every so often. Earlier posts on the blog were mainly about technology that I used. Current posts are about my personal motivation and guidelines. Enjoy or ignore as you see fit.

vilberg.com vilberg.com I have a 27″ iMac. I love the large monitor. MAGNET. Sometimes I want multiple windows and/or applications open on one desktop. For example, I found instructions on ...

Best day,

-- Bill --

bill.vilberg@miami.edu (until May 18, 2018)

bill.vilberg@gmail.com (forever)

[BB] Kaltura (video server) Issue Resolved in Blackboard Learn

Bb List Members,

We moved Blackboard Learn from a spring 2016 release to the latest 2018 release, with some additional changes in the underlying architecture. The primary problems we/you encountered were with add-ons (Building Blocks). 

We recently received, tested, and installed a new Kaltura building block. Kaltura is a video server, used by some professors to record and distribute material to their students. Links and embeds to material previously stored in Kaltura were not working. Now they are.

To see the issues that you may still encounter, go to the https://lpt.it.miami.edu/updates/2017/12/blackboard-learn-upgrade-downtime/ web

Blackboard Learn Upgrade – 27 Dec 2017 – Blackboard News ... lpt.it.miami.edu The Blackboard Learn system at the University of Miami has been upgraded and returned to service at noon on Saturday, January 6, 2018. The content and material on ...

-- Bill --

Re: [BB] Blackboard Learn “New Features” Webinar - Thur, 1/25/18 @ 3 pm

The registration URL in my previous message was broken. Sorry. Here is a link that should work. This is to register for the Blackboard Learn webinar on Thursday, 1/25/18, 3 pm, on new teaching and learn features in Blackboard Learn. 

https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&utm_content=2018_HEBITS_Webinar_LastCall_Jan25&eventid=1550496&sessionid=1&key=059AE1D582F16578646B7A9E92057323&regTag=&sourcepage=register

If you cannot attend, usually registering means that you will get sent a link to the recording.

-- Bill --

(The correct link has "&regTag=" toward the end. The bad link has "®Tag=". Somewhere in the process of cutting and pasting the "&reg" must have become the copyright symbol. Argh! Sorry.)

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From: Vilberg, Bill
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2018 1:17:45 PM
To: Bb List
Cc: Azaiza, Khitam; Colon, Ineabelle
Subject: Blackboard Learn "New Features" Webinar - Thur, 1/25/18 @ 3 pm

 

Bb List Members,
 
After our winter upgrade we are on the absolutely newest version of Blackboard Learn. We will get updates about once a month. Staying aware of new features can be hard, but important, if we want to get the greatest return on investment for this system.
 
A BITS (Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series) webinar on Wed, 1/25/18 at 3 pm will go over some of the teaching- and learning-oriented features in the new system. I encourage those people who design course sites or work with faculty to participate in this event.
 
--- BEGIN INVITATION INSERT ---
From: Tara Thompson - tara.thompson@blackboard.com <tara.thompson@blackboard.com>
Subject: Training Program Development Community of Practice: Free Learning Opportunity for Blackboard Users!
 
The Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series Presents Making the most of your Learn upgrade: Top features you can use now!
 
Has your institution upgraded to a new Blackboard Learn release over winter break? Wondering what sorts of teaching- and learning-oriented features you'll now be able to access?
 
If your institution has recently upgraded to one of the currently supported releases of Blackboard Learn, you likely have access to new features and workflows that weren't available to you last term. Join Blackboard Learn experts in this session to learn about end-user features accessible with an upgrade to a recent release, plus get a peek at tools you'll be able to use in future terms as we preview features of the upcoming 2018 release! Learn more and/or register online at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&utm_content=2018_HEBITS_Webinar_LastCall_Jan25&eventid=1550496&sessionid=1&key=059AE1D582F16578646B7A9E92057323®Tag=&sourcepage=register
 
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Time: 03:00 PM Eastern Standard Time 
Duration: 1 hour
--- END INVITATION INSERT ---

Sincerely,
- Bill -

[BB] Blackboard Learn “New Features” Webinar - Thur, 1/25/18 @ 3 pm

Bb List Members,

After our winter upgrade we are on the absolutely newest version of Blackboard Learn. We will get updates about once a month. Staying aware of new features can be hard, but important, if we want to get the greatest return on investment for this system.

A BITS (Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series) webinar on Wed, 1/25/18 at 3 pm will go over some of the teaching- and learning-oriented features in the new system. I encourage those people who design course sites or work with faculty to participate in this event.

--- BEGIN INVITATION INSERT ---
From: Tara Thompson - tara.thompson@blackboard.com <tara.thompson@blackboard.com>
Subject: Training Program Development Community of Practice: Free Learning Opportunity for Blackboard Users!
 
The Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series Presents Making the most of your Learn upgrade: Top features you can use now!

Has your institution upgraded to a new Blackboard Learn release over winter break? Wondering what sorts of teaching- and learning-oriented features you'll now be able to access?

If your institution has recently upgraded to one of the currently supported releases of Blackboard Learn, you likely have access to new features and workflows that weren't available to you last term. Join Blackboard Learn experts in this session to learn about end-user features accessible with an upgrade to a recent release, plus get a peek at tools you'll be able to use in future terms as we preview features of the upcoming 2018 release! Learn more and/or register online at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&utm_campaign=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Eloqua&utm_content=2018_HEBITS_Webinar_LastCall_Jan25&eventid=1550496&sessionid=1&key=059AE1D582F16578646B7A9E92057323®Tag=&sourcepage=register

Date: Thursday, January 25, 2018
Time: 03:00 PM Eastern Standard Time 
Duration: 1 hour
--- END INVITATION INSERT ---

Sincerely,
- Bill -

[BB] New Blackboard Learn ATTENDANCE Feature

Blackboard List Members,

With our recent upgrade of Blackboard Learn, a new Attendance feature is available. It allows faculty to (manually) indicate which students are present/absent for each/any class meetings. Students can see the details from My Grades. You can choose whether or not to include attendance in the grade calculation. 

If you want to investigate this new feature in Blackboard Learn, go to the https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor/Grade/Manual_Attendance  web page and learn how it works. Then try it out and experiment.

This is a new feature and we (Learning Platforms) know almost nothing about it, beyond what is on the web page provided above. If you decide to try it out and find it useful or figure out a good workflow, please let me know. We plan on providing more details on this feature in the future, including how to guides and workshops. Sharing your experiences with us will help us in that process.

Have a GREAT semester.

-- Bill --

[BB] Math Equation Editor in Blackboard Learn problem resolved

Blackboard List Member,

One program resolved: Images are showing up properly from the Math Equation Editor in Blackboard Learn. After the upgrade they were not visible. Now they are working correctly.

Review the current issues in Blackboard Learn at https://lpt.it.miami.edu/updates/2017/12/blackboard-learn-upgrade-downtime

We sincerely apologize for the issues that have come up because of the upgrade and hope that you have a great semester.

-- Bill --

[BB] Blackboard Issues

Dear Blackboard List Members,

There are a number of issues still active with Blackboard Learn. 

1. The real-time data feed from CaneLink to Blackboard Learn is not working. Students' course registrations are being updated once a day. Drops are not currently being processed.

2. Grade center scores display with five decimal places.

3. There is a problem using drag-and-drop to reorder content and grade center items.

4. The Course Menu is hidden in narrow browser windows.

Other problems are related to the equation editor, NBC Learn videos, Kaltura videos, and Softchalk material that is tied to the grade center.

See https://lpt.it.miami.edu/updates/2017/12/blackboard-learn-upgrade-downtime/ for details and the up-to-the-minute list of issues.

We apologize for these problems as we begin a new semester. We are working with various groups to get these problems resolved as quickly as possible.

-- Bill --

William (Bill) Vilberg

Director of Learning Platforms

Academic Technologies, Information Technology

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

305-284-3944

Re: [BB] BB Digest - 11 Jan 2018 to 13 Jan 2018 (#2018-6)

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Kesha
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-----Original Message-----
From: UM Blackboard Announcements [mailto:BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU] On Behalf Of UM Listserv
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 12:00 AM
To: BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU
Subject: BB Digest - 11 Jan 2018 to 13 Jan 2018 (#2018-6)

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Topics of the day:

1. Blackboard Learn maintenance scheduled early Sunday morning

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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2018 21:42:02 +0000
From: "Vilberg, Bill" <bill.vilberg@MIAMI.EDU>
Subject: Blackboard Learn maintenance scheduled early Sunday morning

Bb mailing list member,


Our Blackboard Learn system will undergo maintenance activities early Sunday morning, 1/14/2018. It will be unavailable from 12:01 am until 5:00 am EST. We apologize if this is an inconvenience and we hope you have a great semester.


-- Bill --

William (Bill) Vilberg
Director of Learning Platforms
Academic Technologies, Information Technology University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
305-284-3944

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End of BB Digest - 11 Jan 2018 to 13 Jan 2018 (#2018-6)
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[BB] Blackboard Learn maintenance scheduled early Sunday morning

Bb mailing list member,

Our Blackboard Learn system will undergo maintenance activities early Sunday morning, 1/14/2018. It will be unavailable from 12:01 am until 5:00 am EST. We apologize if this is an inconvenience and we hope you have a great semester.

-- Bill --

William (Bill) Vilberg

Director of Learning Platforms

Academic Technologies, Information Technology

University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL

305-284-3944

[BB] Blackboard available again

 

Service Alert    Please be advised that Blackboard is available again after the Single Sign-On problem we experienced last night. We thank you for your patience in this matter and apologize for any inconvenience.  If you have questions related to this issue, please contact the UMIT Blackboard Help Desk: (305) 284-3949, blackboardhelp@miami.edu.   Thank you.

/umiamiit               @umitsupport