**UPDATE**
The known issue with the Blackboard Discussion Board forums explained below has been fixed. Students should no longer see Discussion Board forums that are marked as ‘Unavailable’ or have a selected date range that is outside of the current date.
Please note that there is a known issue in Blackboard that allows students to see Discussion Board forums even if they are configured to “Not Available” or have date range restrictions. See below for when and what a student can see.
Discussion Boards marked “Unavailable” still show up on the main Discussion
Board page.
Students can read the name and
description of the forum, but they cannot enter or post to the forum.
- The name of the forum is still displayed and the link
looks active although a statement saying “This forum is currently
unavailable” (see image below) is seen under the forum name.
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- If the student clicks on the forum name (or if there are old posts existing in the forum the student can click on the number of posts), a red “Access Denied” message is displayed that says they do not have access.
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All Discussion Boards marked “Available” are
accessible even if date range is selected
Even if the date range would
indicate that students should not be able to see the forum,
students can still read the name
and description of the forum on the main Discussion Board page,
AND they can enter and post to the
forum, too.
- Students can access any forum marked ‘Available’ and
create a thread even though the statement under the forum name says that
the forum is no longer available.
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Blackboard is aware of this issue and will fix it in a
future service pack. We will keep you informed when we are on a release
where it has been fixed.
