Monday, March 24, 2008

After Service Pack 3

Official issues fixed with Service Pack 3 (SP3) include:
  • Installation issues to adopt Application Pack 2 have been resolved
  • Garbage collection has become more robust
  • Known issues in cross-listing have been eliminated
  • Assessment and question component have been stabilized
  • Installer related issues have been resolved
  • Safari 3.0 compatibility issue has been fixed
  • Issue with "new" messages feature of Discussion Board have been resolved
  • An important security issue has been fixed

In bold are the issues that directly affect students and instructors. We installed Service Pack 3 on the JCCC Blackboard production server on Monday, March 15.

Keep in mind that one bug still persists and may be important as you copy course content from Spring 2008 to Summer or Fall 2008 course shells. Courses with group sign-up sheets on the homepage cause the copy process to abort. After looking at this issue in detail it appears the only workaround is to delete all group sign-up sheets before copying course content (the problem persists even if you place the sign-up sheet in a folder ). After copying the course content, then go back and add the group sign-up sheets back into the course.

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