Stan,
we have upgraded from 7.2 to 9 and are now live...similar bug issues
but not significant enough to stop the upgrades....please contact me
directly if you want any further details
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Jim
Jim Nottingham
Deputy Director of ICT
London South Bank University
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On 26 Jun 2009, at 14:35, Stan Stanier wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We're in the process of planning/testing our upgrade from Bb 7.3 to
> 9. So
> far, this appears to have been a process of cataloguing and reporting
> numerous errors/bugs - to the extent where any potential benefits of
> the new
> version have been far outweighed by the negatives of the bugs. I've
> added a
> list of our current outstanding tickets with Bb for info. Are we
> alone in
> this or is everyone else finding similar issues? We really need to
> make a
> decision by the end of next week as to whether to upgrade or not
> and, I have
> to say at the moment, it's touch and go as to whether we will!
>
> I'd very much appreciate the opinions of others as to whether they
> have
> decide to upgrade or not, whether the issues we are experiencing are
> common
> or unique to our installation etc etc.
>
> Oh, and according to Bb, we're in competition with another UK
> institution as
> to who is submitting the most tickets around upgrading so if you're
> that
> institution let me know as perhaps a combined approach might yield
> speedier
> results on fixing our issues!!
>
> -------------------
>
> Key issues so far:
>
> Edit text on Course Menu item – text is not displayed
>
> Editing an item to set it's colour does not work
>
> Overlap/display issues on Contacts
>
> What's New Module - "dismiss all" does not work
>
> Where are "tab properties" to control who can see a tab and set
> availability
>
> Can we rename tools systemwide?
>
> How to access old dropbox files and clean up old dropbox links
>
> How to get rid of "my places" in the top menu – option not available
>
> How to add announcements to course homepage – option not availbale
>
> JVM settings under SP1 for Bb9
>
> GradeCenter: Manage -> Categories gives a database Error
>
> Understanding the "What's New" Portal module – update timing and
> performance
>
> Database error when setting default content modules on Home tab
>
> How to clear personalised layout settings in the portal
>
> -------------------
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Stan
>
> Dr R Stanier
> Head of Academic Computing
> Information Services
> University of Brighton
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