Category Archives: bug

SafeAssign and Adobe Acrobat 9.0

SafeAssign is currently not accepting PDFs generated by Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.0.0 or any more recent versions (9.1.2 is most recent).  We have reported this issue to Blackboard and are awaiting a response.
In the meantime, if you are running Acrobat 9:

do not convert your documents to PDFs using Acrobat 9.  SafeAssign accepts Word documents (.doc [...]

Firefox 3.5 and Blackboard Assignments - RESOLVED

If you use Blackboard and Firefox on a Windows computer, do not upgrade to Firefox 3.5. 
When submitting an Assignment with a file attached, an error will appear asking to "Please enter a valid file."  Blackboard has been notified of this issue, but until they provide us with a fix, please either refrain from upgrading [...]

Downloading multiple assignments issue RESOLVED

NOTE: This pertains to the Assignment tool, not SafeAssign.
The previously-reported issue with downloading multiple assignments has been resolved.  Downloaded ZIP files will no longer be NameOfAssignment.zip, but will instead be a string of random numbers and letters.  Please keep this in mind as you download your files.

   
   

Instructors: Did you copy any SafeAssignments from a previous class into Spring 2009?

This bug only applies to SafeAssignments that were copied from an older course into Spring 2009 courses.  If you created all new SafeAssignments in your Spring 2009 course, this does not apply to you.
We’ve just been made aware of a significant bug in SafeAssignments that have been copied from an older class into Spring 2009. 
If [...]

Downloading multiple assignments

If you are using the Assignment tool in your Blackboard class, you may be familiar with the Item Download feature, which allows you to download all student submissions to your computer in a ZIP file.
We are currently experiencing a small bug with this feature which is converting spaces in Assignment titles (example: Midterm Assignment) to [...]