Mark
Unfortunately I don't have answers to any of your CMS queries, and I
suspect you've highlighted shortcomings with the software. But your
points 1-3 certainly resonated with my experience, and I'd support
resolutions of all of these as improvements to Blackboard functionality.
Andy Turner
Online Systems Manager
Thames Valley University
Tel. 0118 967 5521
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> Sent: 09 April 2008 04:12
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> Subject: Request for advice on the Bb CMS
>
> Dear lists (apologies for cross-posting),
>
> I have a short list of issues we are grappling with in our
implementation of the CMS,
> and am hoping someone out there can shed light on at least some of
these for us.
> I'm very grateful in advance of any help you can give. We are
currently using Bb
> 8.0.184.3, with the Community Portal.
>
> 1. Our staff are finding the number of clicks in adding links to CMS
content into their
> courses is a complete pain. This is mainly because every time they
want to insert a
> new item the system has 'forgotten' where they last were, and they
need to click
> back through the hierarchy of folders all over again to locate their
content. Use of
> Bookmarks is really not an answer, as apparently it only saves 1
click. Is there any
> way of configuring the navigation so a user returns to the part of the
CMS they last
> used?
>
> 2. As we convert courses to start using the CMS, we can use the Copy
to
> Collection command in Sys Admin, but then a lecturer has to manually
re-link every
> content file. Has anyone developed a process that can automate this
re-linking
> process so that courses now use the CMS versions of files rather than
directly
> using the LMS version?
>
> 3. Is it possible for staff to store their Staff Information profiles
in the CMS so that
> they can be accessed from multiple courses? They would like to not
have to re-
> enter their details in every course they teach.
>
> 4. We are experiencing a very slow response from the CMS when clicking
a link to
> a CMS file from a course. This can sometimes take 10 or 15 seconds to
appear,
> which is very much slower than the standard LMS response (although we
do have
> some serious performance problems with the new Grade Centre as well
but that's
> for another help request). Are there perhaps aspects of our browser
settings that
> might be causing authentication issues? We're not sure how much extra
> authentication occurs when linking to the CMS
>
> Please email me directly if you think you can help but my expression
of the problem
> is not clear.
>
> Again, many thanks
>
>
>
>
> Mark Northover
> Flexible Learning Services Manager
> AUT University
> Ph: (64 9) 921-9999, ext 8688
> Fax: (64 9) 917-9792
> Mob: (64 21) 339591
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