tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364930805094652784.post1785691523414348399..comments2023-02-25T06:01:55.306-05:00Comments on Digital Experiments in Teaching History: More of Blackboard as bad, bad, badProfessor Charles Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03688887359619822819noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364930805094652784.post-78750290135969710452008-09-21T10:02:00.000-04:002008-09-21T10:02:00.000-04:00Oops, almost forgot about the update process. For...Oops, almost forgot about the update process. For some reason,, BB can't just issue patches or small updates that don't disrupt everything. As bad as Microsoft can be, you don't have to install an entire new operating system every time that something is changed. Not so with BB. Every few months, there is a new version, day BB 8.01 that has to be installed and then you have to do all sorts of conversions to make sure that what you were using, you still can be using. If that makes sense.Professor Charles Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688887359619822819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364930805094652784.post-54147105765191687182008-09-18T11:28:00.000-04:002008-09-18T11:28:00.000-04:00Got another one--they just keep streaming out of m...Got another one--they just keep streaming out of me!<BR/>I must have thirty or so BB courses listed when I log into Blackboard, but do you think that I can list those courses in an order that would be useful to me and save me time, such as my current courses at the top and the oldest courses from the summer of 2007--Yes, those are still there from a year ago--Nope, BB always defaults to oldest courses first so that I have to scroll all the way down the list. You've no idea how many times I've ended up in the wrong courses. More later, but boy is this bad.Professor Charles Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688887359619822819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3364930805094652784.post-36577104767029835022008-09-17T06:57:00.000-04:002008-09-17T06:57:00.000-04:00Just a few more elements of BB's badness came to m...Just a few more elements of BB's badness came to mind:<BR/>1. The integration between Peoplesoft, our student data system, and BB is tenuous at best. For example, while BB can get a student enrolled from our data system, BB cannot update that enrollment data. So if a student drops the course, the student is not automatically dropped from BB.<BR/>2. There are limits on the files sizes and total file availability with BB.<BR/>3. BB only works with pre-approved tools and plug-ins.Professor Charles Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03688887359619822819noreply@blogger.com