Improve your CMS Skills
Faculty Support Services is offering workshops throughout the summer and fall! If you're a new instructor or would like to learn more about the Course Management System, please sign up to attend a workshop.

Bboogle Pilot
Faculty Support Services is running a pilot program designed to facilitate collaboration between instructors and students with the integration of several Google Apps into Blackboard. This quarter, thirty instructors will be testing Bboogle's ability to allow instructor access and control of shared Google Docs, Google Calendar, and other Google Apps. If you are interested in learning more about Bboogle, please read the Bboogle Pilot Project.

Timed Tests and IE 8: Use Compatibility Mode
Students using Internet Explorer 8 have identified a problem with taking timed tests an locating the submit button. Before taking a test in Explorer 8, be sure to click the browser button to enter "Compatibility Mode". Instructors, please warn your students to enter Compatibility Mode before they begin the test.

Missing Data in Grade Center
Internet Explorer (IE) and CMS Grade Center have a particular incompatibility problem due to the way that IE caches, or stores, the page in its memory. IE does not always reflect the changes you or a co-instructor may have made to the Grade Center. Learn how to change your settings to avoid this issue. Another alternative would be to use Firefox 2.0 or 3.0.  Both versions are fully compatible with the CMS system.

Course Management System Status Updates
If you would like to check the status of the system, view the Server Status. It shows how many users have accessed the system within the last 24 hr period.

Scheduled Maintenance
In order to ensure consistent performance of the Course Management System, the system will be briefly unavailable every morning at 4am CST. Scheduled maintenance is also performed every Sunday from 6am until 12 noon CST. During this period the server may not be accessible.

TERMS OF USE
Some of the materials on the Course Management System are subject to copyright and may NOT be distributed beyond members enrolled in classes served by this course management system. Students' use of these materials is limited to the term in which a course is taught. This system contains student records that fall under the regulation of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).