To have the email about a new announcement come from your faculty account you should check the box in the Announcement section to "Send a copy of this announcement immediately".

Sending Emails of Announcements in Blackboard

You cannot see the navigation for your Blackboard Course. It remains hidden even after logging out and then back into Blackboard.

The 'Collapse' button hides the Course Menu.

To solve the issue click on the expand button located on the left side of the screen to make the Course Menu visible.

See video explaining collapsible course menu.

LRN-30612 Embedding Content Using iFrame Tag Results in Menu Display Issues

IE 9 issue only - Menu appears behind iFrame when embedding content such as a movie

Youtube Videos are not Embedded for Students when using iFrame embed code
Students use the default embed code from YouTube and when they submit Wiki or other item the video does not display.

Example Code
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/qm3tYrewde4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Use instead the Old Embed Method which uses an object tag instead of an iframe tag.

Example Code
<object width="420" height="315"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qm3tYrewde4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qm3tYrewde4?version=3&amp;hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="420" height="315" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object>

All Students Disappear When Total Column or All Columns are Hidden
When first going into the grade center, if you hide the total column and weighted column all students disappear.

Process to repeat:
Click on Grade Center in Control Panel -> Grade Center will by default have Weighted Total and Total Columns -> Hide both columns from column drop down -> All students are hidden as well

AS-156005 Grade Center Errors when no Category set for Column
When assignment column set to no category “Needs Grading” breaks.

Process to repeat:
Click on Grade Center in Control Panel -> Needs Grading

Scroll bar is missing the in Blackboard Grade Center.

If you are using Firefox on a PC, you may not see the scroll bars in the Blackboard Grade Center. This issue is related to the scroll bar settings in Windows XP and Windows Vista.

To be able to view the scroll bars, you will need to change the scroll bar settings.

Windows XP

1. Go to the Control Panel.
2. Click on Display Properties.
3. Click on the Appearance tab.
4. Select the Advanced button.
5. Select the Scroll Bar from the item drop down list.
6. Change the setting to 19.
7. Submit.

Windows Vista

1. Go to the Control Panel.
2. Click on Personalization.
3. Select the Window Color and Appearance option.
4. Click on the Advanced button.
5. Select the Scroll Bar from the item drop down list.
6. Change the setting to 19.
7. Submit.

Windows 7

1. Open your computer's Control Panel [Windows Start Button > Control Panel].
2. Under Appearance and Personalization, click Change the theme.
3. Click Window Color.
4. Click Advanced appearance settings,
5. In the Item: drop-down list, choose Scrollbar.
6. Select a number less than 20 from the Size: option (17 is the default value).
7. Click OK.

AS-155590 Grade Center -- Needs Grading Feature Displays Disabled Students
The "Needs Grading" area of the Grade Center shows disabled students
 

AS-1361 Test Editing - Edits to test questions are not displayed when the test is viewed
When a test in a course is edited the changes do not appear properly

Process to repeat:
Open test that has been deployed start to take test -> exit test and select to edit it -> edit one of the questions and submit -> open test again and begin taking it