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Blackboard for Faculty:  Upgrade Information

On June 4-6, Blackboard will be upgraded to version 7.3. and may be unavailable for up to 72 hours. Although most faculty will not be teaching during that time, grades are due June 5th, so please be sure to retrieve any needed grades before then.

Overview: What's new in Blackboard 7.3?

Discussion Board

Self Assessments & Gradebook Features

 

Presentation: The Upgrade from Blackboard 6.3 to 7.3

 

Viewlet: The 7.3 Discussion Board

Blackboard 7.3 Discussion Board Guide for Faculty

 

Viewlet: Self Assessments & Gradebook Features

The Early Warning System

SafeAssign:

Plagiarism Detection Service

7.3 Compatibility

 

Viewlet: The Early Warning System

(A new feature in Blackboard 7.3)

 

Presentation: SafeAssign Overview

SafeAssign: SafeAssignment Demonstration

SafeAssign: Direct Submit Demonstration

SafeAssign: Datasheet (Contains a sample Originality Report)

 

 

Windows/ PC:

  • 2000: IE 6 and Firefox 1.0
  • XP: IE 6, Firefox 1.0 and 1.5 (Note: IE 7 and Firefox 2.0 are Provisional for XP)
  • Vista: IE 7 and Firefox 2.0

Mac:

  • OS 10.2: Firefox 1.0 & Safari 1.0
  • OS 10.3: Firefox 1.0, 1.5, & Safari 1.1, 1.2
  • OS 10.4: Firefox 1.0, 1.5 & Safari 2 (Note: Firefox 2.0 is Provisional for OS 10.4)

The Visual Text Box Editor is now available to users running any supported browser.

 

The last major server upgrade occurred in January 2007 in which Application Pack 6.3 was applied.

 


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