Any attempt to search for keywords in a discussion forum results in a database error.
As of the last security upgrade we have an intermittent problem viewing uploaded files. The files are good, but students and / or the instructor may not be able to view them for a period of time. Then later the issue for a given user may clear up while other users lose the ability to view the files. Work around: if it is essential that the students get access to the file in the next day or so you may want to consider emailing the document to the class. We have contacted Blackboard on this issue and are hoping for a quick fix.
Please note that there is nothing wrong with the files so you can continue to upload the files. Your own ability and your student's ability to view the file is likely to change throughout the day.
The Name of an Assignment cannot contain special characters - only letters, numbers, spaces, and the underscore can be used. If you use other characters you will probably not be able to open the files your students submit based on this assignment as those file names will be based on the name of the assignment you created.
Recently if you added an announcement from the control panel and select "EMail this to users" no email was sent. Blackboard has sent us a fix which we successfully installed.
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