Blackboard tool settings update: 21 February 2008

The following settings have been changed from the release of Blackboard in November 2007.

Gradebook

• The midterm and final grade columns will no longer be automatically created in new sections by default.
• The default display of the grade book has been set to not display unenrolled members.
  Unenrolled members’ data can be viewed on a per grade book basis by clicking the ‘Grade Book Options’ button and selecting ‘Show Unenrolled Member Data’ from the list.

Discussions

• Tutors are no longer able to grade discussion topics.
• When creating a new topic the option to allow students to edit their discussion posts is not ticked by default. To allow students to edit their posts the lecturer needs to opt-in by ticking the box.

New Tools enabled by default

The following new tools have been enabled to appear in the ‘Course Tools’ list by default:

• Grading forms
• Web Links student contributions
• Media Library student contributions
• Goals tool

Tools not enabled by default

The following tools have been turned off to not appear in the ‘Course Tools’ list by default:

• Blog and Journal type topics
• Local content
• Scorm module

If you would like these tools to be enabled or turned off in your section, please contact your Faculty Administrator or MUSO Support for assistance.