Blackboard and Firefox 3 - The Assignment Workaround

In a previous blog post, we stated that Firefox 3 and Blackboard were incompatible due to an issue with uploading assignments via the assignment manager. Now there is a workaround!

You will need to install an add-on for Firefox in order to make it work. Go to the following Firefox add-on page: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59.

The name of the add-on is User Agent Switcher 0.6.11.

Once you have the add-on installed, go ahead and take a look in your Tools menu. You will see a new entry, "User Agent Switcher." Select Tools->User Agent Switcher->Options->Options... Now choose User Agents then Add.

Make the description "Blackboard" and the user agent "mac."

Blackboard Downtime 7/25 @ 2am

Blackboard will be restarted at 2am this evening for system maintenance. Expected downtime is 20 minutes.

If you have any questions, please contact us at blackboard@shsu.edu.

How do I move materials from Old Blackboard to New Blackboard?

To move your needed course materials from the old Blackboard system to the current on is a 2-pronged process. You will export your course from the old Blackboard and then import your course into the new one.

Exporting Your Course from "Old Blackboard"

1. Log into the old Blackboard server (use the OLD Blackboard course link on our Blackboard splash page).
2. Navigate to the appropriate course.
3. In the Course Options section of the Control Panel, select the Export Course link.
4. Choose the sections of your course you would like to to bring into New Blackboard.
5. Click the Submit button.

Importing Your Course into New Blackboard

1. Log into the New Blackboard server (use the Fall Bb course link on our Blackboard splash page)
2. Navigate to the course where this material need to be imported.
3. In the Course Options section of the Control Panel, select the Import Package link.
4. Use the check boxes to select the data you wish to import.
5. Click the Submit button.

Give your course materials about 5 minutes to arrive. Keep in mind that depending on the time of day it make take more/less time for the items to show up.