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Hey Paul,
I've never actually seen a system without the content collection, but 
from what I understand, the module's Files area is actually a part of 
the content collection so I would expect it to work in pretty much the 
same way.
Could you send me a screenshot/screencast?
Bert


On 20/12/2012 12:22, Pinkney, Paul wrote:
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> Hi Bert,
>
> Many thanks for the update on this -- it looks great, definitely 
> interested in using it.
>
> One question though -- when you were adding a file, it looked like you 
> were linking from the Blackboard Content system (which we don't have). 
> Would it be easy enough for us to adapt it to pull files from the 
> module's Files area instead?
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Have a good Christmas everyone,
>
> Paul
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> *From:*Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist 
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *bert coenen
> *Sent:* 20 December 2012 09:41
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* update: blackboard mobile guerilla style (x-posted)
>
> Dear lists/followers,
> one last update before we start beta-testing on our production 
> environment.
> from now on, I hope to do nothing but troubleshooting and bug-fixing; 
> the features I wanted to implement at the outset have all been 
> implemented.
> we'll gladly make this theme available to anyone who's interested 
> (heck, even to Blackboard, if they put it to good use). I'll try and 
> write down a step-by-step implementation guide over the Christmas holiday.
> one hurdle for adoption at other institutions is the fact that we use 
> custom modules for courses/organisations and notifications. somebody 
> may have to add CSS-styling for Blackboard's courses/organisations and 
> what's new modules. that shouldn't be very much of a problem, though.
> you can take a peek here: http://www.screencast.com/t/c038HpW2
> regards and happy holidays,
> Bert
>
>
> On 1/11/2012 9:30, bert coenen wrote:
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> Dear lists,
> some of you asked to be kept informed of the status of this project.
> I'm glad to say that I think we're about ready to start testing 
> properly (with a limited user panel).
> shibboleth login works, we've got a designated url (m.etc.) that works 
> etc.
> one major update vis-a-vis the layout is the behaviour of forms. many 
> inconsistencies have been tackled, some smaller issues remain (the 
> icons are only placeholders, we'll need to spend some time on them).
> I'll include a new screencast: http://www.screencast.com/t/PbaMyCA8
> the screencast was made in chrome (on my laptop, over a not very fast 
> internet connection) at 640 by 800 pixels.
> looking forward to your suggestions/input.
> regards,
> Bert
>
>
> *Sent:*vrijdag 12 oktober 2012 12:42
> *To:* bbadmin-l - listserv; blkbrd-l - A list for Blackboard course 
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> *Subject:* [NLBBUG] blackboard mobile guerilla style (x-posted)
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> Dear list-readers,
>
> some of you may know that I'm not a big fan of Blackboard's Mobile 
> Learn app, for a variety of reasons:
> - Blackboard is just too big to try and squeeze into an app
> - Mobile access to Blackboard shouldn't be restricted to a small-ish 
> set of devices
> - It should come free of charge (as far as I'm concerned this is core 
> functionality for a 21st century product)
> - The iPhone and iPad app doesn't display any html; when I post an 
> announcement with some links in it, students don't even know that the 
> links are there
> - there are simply too many "View in web browser" buttons
> - I could go on ...
>
> the kind of app I think Blackboard should have given (not sold!) us 
> would be nothing more than a notifications system, but the best 
> notifications system they could come up with and build (not one that 
> marks notifications as "posted 1 hour ago" for items that were 
> actually posted several days ago). this notifications system should 
> lead the user to a mobile-friendly version of Blackboard, the real 
> Blackboard.
> Blackboard should be branded/themed in a mobile friendly way, users 
> who cannot (or do not want to) use the app can access Blackboard 
> anyway, users who do use the app can be sent to the mobile friendly 
> branding (instead of always seeing a full-blown Blackboard).
> and Blackboard should provide us with this branding or theme (and pigs 
> can fly ...).
>
> enter "blackboard mobile guerilla style", a project I've been working 
> on for the last weeks.
> using nothing but standard Blackboard tools (branding, theme, virtual 
> host) -and one or two jsp/template-hacks B-)- I'm developing a mobile 
> friendly version of Blackboard. I've basically added a CSS-file to our 
> custom theme which hides everything except the tools and functions 
> that I find indispensable in their context (/add item/ in a content 
> area, /add thread/ in a discussion board, etc.).
>
> it'll be some time before we release this to our users, I just wanted 
> to post this here to get some feedback and see if anybody else is or 
> has been trying to do something similar.
>
> if you're interested, you can take a peek here: 
> http://www.screencast.com/t/xUAMtNQ3
>
> the screencast was made on my PC, performance on handheld devices is 
> pretty good.
>
> regards,
> Bert
>