WebCT offline this weekend (April 26 and 27th)
We will be installing some updates for WebCT this weekend. To accommodate these updates, WebCT at SFU is expected to be off line from 12:01AM, Saturday April 26th, until 11:59PM, Sunday, April 27th (48 hours).
You may notice some changes to some of the WebCT tools, and some previously reported issues are now resolved.
Enhancements
Import and export library items
The media library tools can be used to create glossaries or collections of images. In the BUILD tab, you can now open individual collections and import or export them. For information on formatting glossary entries in an Excel spreadsheet, use the internal Help function in WebCT and search for “Formatting Entries for Import”
Individual language settings
All WebCT users at SFU will now be able to set their language settings to either English or French. This will change only WebCT generated text.
Resolved issues
Mail forwarding
If you have set the WebCT mail tool to forward to your external email account, it will now do so consistently.
Resource item in Syllabus Tool
Items that are added to the “Resources” area can be noted as either “recommended” or “required.”
Course menu truncated titles
In the drop-down course menu, titles are no longer truncated.
Search tool
The search tool is reported to work in this new upgrade. SFU requires a patch to make this work, and the WebCT administrators here are actively working with Blackboard to implement a fix prior to our summer semester.
Non-supported browsers
Users who are on non-supported browsers or java versions should only get the warning pop-up window once (instead of each time they move to a new page in WebCT).