[PLUG] Blackboard, Javascript and Ubuntu

[Amy Kelly]

Blackboard barely manages to function with optimized defaults, much
less anything that could be vaguely defined as non-standard. Optimized
defaults being Win XP, IE 6, and the latest Java updates. It'll do ok
in OS X as long as you don't try to use Safari, and Vista + IE7 is
it's own special nightmare.

You want actual Java, I'm not sure how Iced, Tea does with it, FireFox
has issues with uploading files in version 3.

amy, who did BlackBoard support at PCC and now for middle and high schools

On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:39 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net> wrote:
> The combination doesn't work.
>
> In the past PSU used WebCT and I had no problem with it using Firefox
> on Ubuntu. However, Blackboard bought out WebCT to eliminate their
> competition, or some such Gatesian maneuver. As a result PSU has gone
> to Blackboard.
>
> When I log in I get two popups from "Netx" (whatever that is), both
> asking me to choose a cache directory and suggesting /tmp. The window
> also says "Open Source JNLP Client." Does anyone know what this is all
> about?
>
> After logging in I see "my Blackboard" listing the courses I am
> enrolled in. I click on one of them and two more "Netx" windows pop up
> asking me to specify a cache location. Then Firefox takes me to the
> main page that the professor set up for Blackboard. I see the
> professor's folders, but if I click on any of them Firefox crashes
> summarily, leaving me with two little Javascript windows on the screen.
>
> I have various Javas installed, but I don't understand much about them.
> I'm thinking that I could add the kind of Javascript that Blackboard is
> expecting. Does anyone know what flavor of Javascript Blackboard is
> using?
>
> According to PSU's help page, Opera is not supported, but Firefox is
> supposed to work. I have Firefox 3.0 on Hardy, completely up to date.
> Everything else works (flash, javascript, etc.).
>
> Tomorrow I'll go to the university help desk to see if they have any
> ideas, In the meantime, any suggestions welcome.
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