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: > > 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 > > *Paul Pinkney | Learning Technologist (SSE)* > > * > * Department for Learning Development** > > Teesside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BA > > '01642 342949 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > cid:image007.png@01CD5391.ED38D320 > > cid:image004.png@01CD3351.05642870 > <http://www.tees.ac.uk/?utm_source=Corporate_Email_Signatures&utm_medium=Corporate_Email_Signatures&utm_content=website&utm_campaign=Undergraduate_2013> > > > > cid:image001.png@01CD3382.73C185C0 > > > > ** > > *UK's best new university for student experience* > > (Times Higher Education survey 2011) > > cid:image007.png@01CD3351.05642870 > > > > cid:image002.png@01CD334F.B3E9A840 <http://www.facebook.com/TeessideUni> > > > > *facebook.com/TeessideUni <http://www.facebook.com/TeessideUni>* > > > > cid:image003.png@01CD334F.B3E9A840 <http://www.twitter.com/TeessideUni> > > > > *twitter.com/TeessideUni <http://www.twitter.com/TeessideUni>* > > > > ** > > *Teesside University is an educational charitable and chartered > corporation, exempt under the terms of the Charities Act 1993.* > > > > > > > > > > *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: > > 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 > administrators and faculty; [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > *Subject:* [NLBBUG] blackboard mobile guerilla style (x-posted) > > 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 >