Known Issues

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Revision as of 20:09, 15 March 2012

Last updated: 3-15-2012

Resolved Known Issues As issues are resolved, they are moved to this area.

General

Toolbar Does Not Display When Using IE7

• Problem: After a maintenance was performed on March 8, 2012, the toolbar no longer shows up in IE7. Other browsers are performing with no problem.
• Workaround: Install a newer version of IE or user another browser until the problem can be corrected. If you do not have access to another browser,use the alternate login: https://elearning2.courses.ufl.edu/portal/pda.
• Status: The cause of the problem has been identified and will be corrected as soon as possible.--Jolaine 15:17, 8 March 2012 (EST)

Need Special Instructions to Set up Webdav in Windows 7 and Mac Snow Leopard

• Problem: Windows 7 and Mac Snow Leopard operating systems do not follow the set-up instructions in the Resources tool.
• Workaround : Go here for instructions on setting up a Webdav connection in Windows 7. No workaround for Mac Snow Leopard is available at this time.
• Status Fixed for Windows 7, Snow Leopard is under investigation.

--Jolaine 09:42, 28 January 2011 (EST)

Instructor Receives "bug" Error when Trying to Access any Tool (Uncommon)

• Problem: Instructor clicks on any tool - Assignments, Discussions, Calendar, etc., and receives a "bug error" screen. Instructor is not able to access the tool. This only occurs in courses using "Groups."
• Workaround: Instructor must notify Learning Support Services to have this corrected. Call 352-392-4357 x3 Monday - Friday 8am-5pm. Or Us
• Status: We know that this is associated with Groups and we know how to correct the problem, but have not discovered what is causing the problem. Under investigation.

Some Users See 404 Error When Logging In (Rare)

• Problem: If a user is enrolled in a Project Site/Course that is deleted, other enrollments are affected causing login problems.
• Workaround: Report the issue to LSS staff (call 352-392-4357 Option 3 or write learning-support@ufl.edu). The problem can be fixed manually but may take time. In the meantime, you can login at https://elearning2.courses.ufl.edu/portal/site/. To prevent the problem, do not delete any Project Site that has users enrolled.
• Status: Under Investigation

User Sees Different "My Workspace" than Majority (Rare)

• Problem: Some users may see extra tools on the My Workspace page - such as Syllabus, Roster, Podcasts, etc. that should not be there.
• Workaround: Issue can be reported to HD/LSS staff and can be fixed manually but may take time.
• Status: Resolved. (This problem is corrected for current and new users. This only applies to users who were early users of e-Learning.)

Messages to Gatorlink Email from e-Learning Captured by UF Spam Filter (Rare)

• Problem: There are many places in e-Learning where email notifications can be sent to users from within the system. Some of these emails are captured in the UF spam filter.
• Workaround: Check the "Junk E-Mail" folder in your email account and mark any posts from e-Learning as "not spam."
• Status: Under investigation.

Auto-Groups Does not Work

• Problem: If using Auto-Groups to create groups of everyone in a specific role, it appears that the group was created successfully, but if you come back to the group later, there will be no members in it.
• Workaround: You can do the same thing with manually created groups.
• Status: Under investigation.

Assessments

Assessments Tool Does Not Display Well in IE if all Questions Displayed on One Page

• Problem: If all questions are displayed on a single page they do not load. Assessment does not load at all if using IE 7 or 8 on Windows 7 (Microsoft Vista not tested) works fine on XP.
• Workaround: Keep the default setting that displays one question/page and/or use Firefox.
• Status: Under investigation

Assignments

Some Grades Not Released When Instructor Clicks "Return to Student."

• Problem: On occasion, the "Return to Student" option does not release the grade to the students. The Instructor's work is saved, but the grade is not released.
• Workaround: On the Submissions page, check the box beside the name of the student and click Release Grades at the upper right corner of the screen.
• Status: Under investigation.

Turnitin Report Not Always Generated

• Problem: Some Turnitin reports are not generated.
• Workaround: The Turnitin company has verified that a MS Word document that has been saved in a different version will not generate a report. For example: a student begins a paper on a laptop computer that is running MS Word 2007, but finishes the paper on a machine that is running MS Word 2010. This paper will not generate a Turnitin report unless the student saves the final version as a MS Word 2007 document.

Many of the files that do not get a report have naming convention issues. Make sure students know that their files should not have spaces in the name and should only have one extension. Do not use characters in the file name other than letters, numbers, - or _. Sometimes the file actually does get submitted to Turnitin, but does not generate a report icon. To see if there is a report there, click on any other student's Turnitin report and at the top of that screen you will see a link that says "Paper # of #." Click that link. You will see a drop-down of all reports. See if the student's report is in the list.

• Status: Under investigation.

--Narasi 12:28, 6 July 2011 (EDT)

Content Editor

Entity Picker in Content Editor Not Fully Functional

• Problem: There is an option in the Content Editor called the Entity Picker . This option is supposed to allow you to link to live Discussions, Assignments and Tests & Quizzes, but does not function as intended. Our recommendation at the present time is not to use the Entity Picker.
• Workaround: None.
• Status: Under investigation.

Spell Check Not Available in Content Editor

• Problem: If you are using Firefox, the spell-check icon will be grayed out. IE will shows icon but will prompt for a IE plugin.
• Workaround: Compose the content in MS Word and use the spell-checker there. Cut and paste from Word into the Content Editor using the "Paste from Word" icon.
• Status: After the August 9th planned upgrade (Ariel), when using IE, the spell-checker plug-in will automatically pop up for installation. After that is installed, the spell-checker will work in IE. Still not available in other browsers.--Jolaine 09:28, 29 July 2011 (EDT)

Discussions

Can't Limit Discussions to Groups if Students Have Viewed Them

• Problem: Students may be able to access and participate in groups they do not belong to. This happens if the groups permissions were put into effect after making all topics available to the site participants. User who visited topics prior to the group restrictions will continue to have access to those topics.
• Workaround: Make sure group permissions are set for group topics first prior to releasing these topics to the students.
• Status: Under investigation.

--Pchap 12:08, 20 May 2011 (EDT)

Gradebook and/or Gradebook 2

Gradebook 2 "Drop Lowest Score(s)" Doesn't Display Properly

• Problem: In Gradebook 2, when dropping the lowest score(s) in a category, zeros that are added by checking the "Give Ungraded No Credit" box are not shown as "dropped." The calculations are accurate, but the zero is not shown in red with a strike through.
• Workaround: Manually insert a 0 for the student
• Status: Under Investigation.

Import from Site Does Not Work with Gradebook 2

• Problem: In the new build applied before Fall 2011 semester, the "Import from Site" option lists Gradebook 2 as a tool that can be imported from a previous semester. This does not work at this time. If you try to import Gradebook 2, you will get an empty Gradebook 2.
• Workaround: As before this new build was applied, import Gradebook only, not Gradebook 2. Follow the directions in the Re-use Content in New Semester tutorial for specific instrutions.
• Status: Under investigation.

UFID Column Causing Problems with File Import

• Problem: An update was recently made to the system that adds the UFID column and the Section number column to the file when Gradebook and Gradebook 2 are downloaded. This was done to provide the information for grade submission to Grade-A-Gator. The problem occurs if you try to import that file back into Gradebook or Gradebook 2. The imported file will convert the UFID to the student name and the import will fail.
• Workaround: Delete the UFID column and the Section column before importing the file.
• Status: Under investigation.

Gradebook Won't Export if Roster is Very Large (1000 students)

• Problem: If you have a large number of students, neither Gradebook nor Gradebook 2 can be exported.
• Workaround: Change display settings to show all students in the Gradebook. Once the Gradebook displays all the students perform the export using the table below as a guide.
• Status: Under investigation.

--Pchap 12:28, 2 February 2011 (EST)

Terminology Incorrect When Using the "Grade Using Percentage" in Gradebook 2

• Problem: In Gradebook 2, if you set the "Grade Using:" option to "Percentage," the creation of Gradebook Items (columns) still asks for "points" when it should say "Percentage of total grade."
• Workaround" The tool actually functions the way it should, it is just the terminology that is off. When grading by percentages all columns are worth 100 points. When you are creating a new column, in the field where it asks you to enter the "Points," enter the "Percentage of total grade."
• Status: Under investigation.

Can't Change from Points to Percentages Once Point Data has Been Entered in Gradebook 2

• Problem: In Gradebook 2, if you have set up the gradebook to use points and you have already entered points in columns, you cannot change it to grade using percentages. If you try, you will get an error message.
• Workaround: If you have to change from points to percentages in the middle of the semester, use Gradebook rather than Gradebook 2. Once you change Gradebook to percentages, the changes will be reflected in Gradebook 2.
• Status: Under investigation.

Syllabus

Syllabus Redirect Does Not Work Consistently

• Problem: The Syllabus tool offers the option to "redirect" which lets you enter the url of a file in Resources or on the web. This option works fine as along as the file you are pointing to is an HTML file. But pointing to a PDF or MSWord file or other type of static text file doesn't always work.
• Workaround: Use "create" option instead of "redirect" option or if you want to use "redirect," point to an HTML file.
• Status: Under investigation.

Publicly Viewable Option Doesn't Work in Syllabus Tool

• Problem: When creating a Syllabus, there is the option to make the syllabus "publicly viewable" which means that you should be able to send a link to the syllabus to people outside the UF system and allow them to see the file. This is not working. Currently, people are still asked to authenticate into the UF system in order to see the file.
• Workaround: Place the syllabus file in the Resources and make it publicly viewable. The URL captured from the Resources (Actions > Edit Details > Web address (URL)) site does work as publicly viewable. If you still want the file to be available for students in the Syllabus tool, use the "redirect" option in the Syllabus tool to point to the file in Resources. If you use "redirect" the Syllabus file needs to be an HTML file.
• Status: Under investigation.

--Jolaine 10:04, 7 March 2011 (EST)

Test & Quizzes

Tests and Quizzes Stuck "In Progress"

• Problem: Under certain circumstances, tests can become stuck “In Progress” and never submit. This could happen if the student closed the browser or lost internet connection without hitting submit and never went back to finish. In your list of Published/Inactive tests, if there are any numbers in the “In Progress” column, those tests are stuck. View screen shot Prior to August 10, checking the "Automatic Submission" box submitted most tests stuck in progress after the due date passed. In the updated version, this "Automatic Submission" process is not working.
• Workaround: Currently there is no workaround. Remind students that they must SUBMIT the test and not simply close the browser. Tell them to make sure they see the successful submission message before exiting e-Learning.
• Status: Under investigation. --Jolaine 16:37, 20 September 2011 (EDT)

T&Q Inputs "Null" in Feedback When Using Markup Text (Cut and Paste from Text Document)

• Problem: If you cut and paste from a text document to create the assessment, the word "null" will be inserted into all the feedback boxes. The word "null" does not appear to students if feedback is enabled, so this isn't technically a "bug."
• Workaround: None needed
• Status: Under investigation

Problems in Question Pools Larger Than 100 Questions

• Problem: Assessments that pull from Question Pools containing more than 100 questions are showing erratic behavior.
• Workaround: Use smaller number of questions per pool and/or sub pools.
• Status: Under investigation.

Audio Recording Questions not Working

• Problem: The "Audio Recording" type question does not work. The Audio Recorder will not begin recording.
• Workaround: The only workaround available at this time is to require students to create an audio file on their computer and upload it to a "File Upload" type question. This is only practical if you know students have audio recording software.
• Status: Errors are due to Java policies – Under investigation

--Rnarasi 12:59, 2 November 2010 (EDT)

Facilitators do not See Published Assessments in T&Q (Rare)

• Problem: Someone with the Facilitator role may not see the list of published assessments in Tests & Quizzes.
• Workaround: Give the user a different role, such as Instructor or Teaching Assistant.
• Status: This problem has been resolved for current users, but there are still some courses created on older versions that display this problem. As new courses are created, this problem should disappear.

Multiple Correct Questions and Partial Credit

• Problem: Multiple Correct Questions by default take away points for wrong answers. There is no option to change this. While its not exactly a "bug," it is something that should be addressed.
• Workaround: If you do not want students to lose points for wrong answers, manually give points for students if they lost points for wrong answers.
• Status: Under investigation

Site Info

Automatic Email from Add Participant not working

• Problem: The option to Send an Email, when Adding a Participant to the course site, does not work. An email will not be generated to the user.
• Workaround: Send a mail message to the user with the Mail tool after adding the user to the course site.
• Status: Under investigation --Carl33p 16:06, 15 March 2012 (EDT)