STUDENT
ENROLLMENT
As a
result of the recent migration to Blackboard 7.1, the default system setting
for student enrollment options was changed from Self Enroll to
Instructor / System Administrator Enroll without our knowledge. The
Instructor /System Administrator enrollment option requires the student to
send an email request to the instructor in order to be allowed access to the
enrollment option, while Self Enroll allows students to enroll themselves in
Blackboard courses via the course catalog,
unless another option is specifically chosen by the instructor.
As
soon as we were alerted to the problem, we reset the default settings to
Self Enroll; however, you should check your course settings—particularly if
you receive word from your students that they are having difficulty
enrolling in your course.
To set
the enrollment option to Self Enrollment:
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Log
in to your Blackboard course and go to the Control Panel
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Select Settings (under Course Options)
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Select Enrollment Options
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Choose Self Enrollment
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Click the Submit button
All
new Blackboard courses created after today have the Self Enroll option as
default. We apologize for any inconvenience to you or your students.
BROWSER ISSUES
We have received the
information below from Western Washington University:
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Windows OS |
Browser |
Mac OS |
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2000 |
XP |
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10.2 |
10.3 |
10.4 |
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Internet Explorer 5.2 |
C |
C |
|
|
|
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Internet Explorer 5.5 |
|
|
|
|
C |
YES |
Internet Explorer 6.0 |
|
|
|
|
C |
C |
Netscape 7.1 |
C |
C |
|
|
C |
YES |
Netscape 8.0 |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
|
C |
YES |
Firefox 1.x |
C |
YES |
YES |
|
|
|
Safari 1.0 |
C |
|
|
|
|
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Safari 1.1 |
|
C |
|
|
|
|
Safari 1.2 |
|
YES |
|
|
|
|
Safari 2.0 |
|
|
YES |
C = Compatible - key application areas tested
YES = Certified - fully tested and supported
- Firefox -
cutting and pasting in WYSIWYG text
windows. This is a firefox issue for security purposes. See “Firefox
Cut/Paste Fix bleow to find out how to apply the fix/workaround. Or use
IE (Windows machines) or Safari (Macs).
- Safari bug
- Using Safari will cause you to post blank messages in the Discussion
Forums. There is not yet a fix for this from Blackboard so we
recommend Mac users use Firefox.
- Safari editing
- if you do not have the latest Java plug-in installed in your browser
(it may prompt you to install this) you will have problems updating
material on Blackboard. Make sure you have the latest browser and
plug-ins.
- IE Browsers -
"click to activate and use this control":
This affects Flash, Adobe Reader, QuickTime, Windows Media and Sun Java
Virtual (i.e. Blackboard) machine controls within a web page.
Read more and download the fix at
http://capitalhead.com/articles/click-to-activate-and-use-this-control---kb912812.aspx
Firefox has a security
"enhancement" to protect users' private information that prevents
unprivileged scripts from doing a Cut, Copy, or Paste command in the Mozilla
rich text editor. Blackboard uses the rich text editor, so you will not be
able to use the cut-paste commands without doing a modification to Firefox.
To modify Firefox to allow
Cut/Paste in Blackboard:
- Quit
Firefox (you may want to open this page in another browser). If you have
Quick Launch running (in Windows, an icon in the toolbar), quit that
too.
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Download user.js at http://west.wwu.edu/atus/blackboard/resources/user.js
and Save as:
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On Windows:
C:\Documents and Settings\<Windows login>\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\<the
folder>.
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On Mac OS X:
~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/xxxxxxxx.default/
(where xxxxxxxx is some random text)
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Restart Firefox and go to Blackboard. You should now be able to use the
cut and paste windows.
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