Dear All
Recently Java released a new version for all webbrowsers, it has some security updates and one of these prevents people from uploading multiple files to blackboard content system.
Everything works fine while you open the upload and drag the files over. However when you click the submit button nothing happens. Blackboard corp have designed an update to resolve this problem – we will apply this update as soon as practical.
There are however ways that you can get around the problem now
- using single file upload (look in the top right when you are uploading and you can toggle from multiple to single file)
- Reduce the security level of your java (and then next week return it to its normal setting)
If you wish to reduce your java security level, click start, all programs, java, configure java. A box should appear called “Java Control Panel”, click the security tab and set the security level down to medium. Obviously this leaves your computer less secure and so you should return the setting to high when you have finished working with Blackboard.
Update – our Chrome browsers are set to auto update the workaround using the lowering of security setting might not work with Chrome version that was released Friday afternoon, however if you use IE it will work fine
Regards
Joseph Gliddon – Learning Technologist
