Author Archives: Bob Walker
BB9 Feature loss SP9->SP11
Moving from BB9.1 SP9 to SP11 introduced two functionality losses when choosing a File from the Content Collection (From a course, Build Content -> Create File -> Browse Content Collection). Loss of Folder View of files in File Picker window: … Continue reading
Uninterrupted work
My calendar keeps getting full and I can’t get any work done. This seems to be my common complaint these days. One of the problems of having an open calendaring system is people find holes and book me for meetings. … Continue reading
Adding css to a Blackboard Course page
As we found out in previous posts, the TinyMCE editor in Blackboard 9 does not allow css to be embedded in course ‘Items’. Creating and editing an ‘Item’ (as opposed to a File) with TinyMCE strips out all css, inline … Continue reading
TinyMCE and Blackboard 9
Here’s some of my notes on how the TinyMCE embedded html editor functions in Blackboard 9. This info was gleaned from a stand-alone version of TinyMCE(v3.5.6), then comparing that to what is delivered in Blackboard. TinyMCE can run in two … Continue reading
TinyMCE and Blackboard Re-Usable Objects
Our LMS team just enabled the new TinyMCE editor in Blackboard (v9.1SP9). There is a significant change to how re-usable objects were handled with the previous VTBE editor. We knew this was coming, but (at least I) didn’t really know … Continue reading
Live on Connect
Got access to Connect’ (the live UBC-wide Blackboard 9 production server) this week . Now we can start to actually build the MEDICOL courses. The one Vista – MEDICOL course is now broken up into 4 (possibly 5) BB9, and … Continue reading
Welcome
Welcome to the UBC version of Bob. New employee working in MedIT. Working with Blackboard online learning systems, specifically MEDICOL and CMED.