Or this…

 

 

 

Thank you, Chris, Kevin, and Brian for the comments.

 

From my discussion with our SDM, I got the impression that Brian is spot on regarding the cloud storage and files not being saved on local Blackboard instance. However, until the release is out it is subject to speculation. Hopeful we will know more next week.

 

Again, many thanks for the valuable comments.

 

Best wishes,

Yanna 

 

I had some discussions with Blackboard about if large files could be stored in a cloud area rather than in our Blackboard database due to performance issues of large file types being submitted. In the end I got the impression they were not going to be able to look at that, and were focusing on saving files from cloud areas into the local Blackboard instance as Kevin says.

 

I think large files would need to be stored in some sort of institutional cloud space rather than the original user’s cloud space as that could allow the file to be changed before marking.

 

Brian

 

 

I think when you use the OneDrive mashup for example, it will create a link to the file so it remains stored in OneDrive. This makes the most sense in terms of preventing the need for version control between OneDrive/Blackboard or having to implement SSO between OneDrive and Blackboard but likely means that the links aren’t 100% secure between OneDrive & Blackboard so could be shared which some staff might not like.

 

It might have changed since but pretty sure that’s how it worked when I saw this feature demoed before.

Regards,

Kevin O’Connor

eLearning

Trinity College Dublin

 

 

Hi Yanna,

 

According to the roadmap session at the TLC in Manchester last week, the Q2 2018 release (which should be out in a “few weeks”) will include integration with OneDrive and Google Drive – this slide is taken from the roadmap webinar on 21^st March:

 

 

It will be interesting to see if submitting a file from one of these cloud storage areas just links the file to Blackboard, or downloads a copy from the cloud storage and attaches it in Blackboard.

 

We use our integration with our streaming server, Planet eStream, for students submitting videos, but this doesn’t help with submission of other files, such as AutoCAD or Adobe Illustrator (for example).  It will be interesting to see if this cloud integration helps, especially as we use Office 365 and OneDrive.

 

Best

Chris

 

 

Hello All,

 

It is almost the weekend, YAY!

At Westminster, we are exploring possible options for large file submissions and I really would appreciate some help.

 

There is an API for Dropbox (the Blackboard Learn 9.1 Q4 2016 release offers learners the added benefit of being able to upload assignments into Blackboard Learn directly from their Dropbox) however, I am wondering if something similar is available for OneDrive or Google Drive. I have found some info in relation to OneDrive and Ultra, however, we are currently managed hosted and not ready to move to Ultra.

 

If anyone is currently using one of the above integrations for large file submissions could you please share your experience.

 

Many thanks for any help in advance!

 

All the best,

Yanna 

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