We had a more confusing bug than that...
After making a copy of a course ("Copy Course Materials into a New Course"),
the internal course links within the original course suddenly started
linking across into the newly-created *copy* of that original course. So
the user would find themselves hopping from one course to another without
realising.
Have not dared use the course copy tool again after that.
(BB6 basic / Win2k)
Cheers,
--
Jim Kerslake
Hull York Medical School
www.hyms.ac.uk
a.mackenzie wrote:
> I don't think this is necessarily a BB 6 thing. We're using 5.5.1 and I've
just done some
> tests here where the same thing is happening. Courses are confirmed as
being copied,
> and do exist under the new course code, but have no content, users,
instructors or any
> properties at all of the original course - banners, button style etc.
Interestingly, the
> courses that won't copy correctly won't archive correctly either. Other
courses copy and
> archive correctly with no problem.
>
> Andy Mackenzie
>
>
>
>
> On 1 Sep 2003 at 16:49, Neil Penry wrote:
>
>
>>I have noticed the same thing. I have created a template 'course' to which
I
>>have added a couple of extra buttons to the navigation bar, one to our
library
>>system, another to help pages on our web site etc. I use this 'template to
>>create new courses using COPYINTO. When I do a batch copy either using the
>>snapshot tool or command line, it takes everything accross apart from the
links
>>to these resources. I have checked on behind the blackboard and noticed
that
>>this has been fixed in a hot fix but we have installed the hot fix but it
>>doesn't work !!!
>>Any suggestions? I too have a ticket open.
>>Neil
>>
>>Neil Penry
>>Information Services
>>Cardiff University
>>PO Box 340
>>Cardiff
>>CF10 3BB
>>029 20875127 (X75127)
>>[log in to unmask]
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>>>"Allen, Justine" <[log in to unmask]> 29/08/2003 08:19:50 >>>
>>
>>Paul,
>>
>>We have had no end of problems with the course copy facility, we have 2
>>support tickets open with blackboard as we speak! Seems that the facility
>>got broken with one of the hotfix patches and now they are having trouble
>>fixing it! the same problems exist in the facility at the top level and
>>from within the courses. Hopefully they will fix it soon (but am not
>>holding my breath as we have been having trouble since BB6.10.0 hf4, we
are
>>now up to hf11). hope you have better luck than us!
>>
>>Justine Allen
>>VLE Technician
>>Nescot
>>
>>
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