Comments on: Blackboard Learn on iPod Touch http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/ apparently much happier in person Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:03:04 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194744 dnorman Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:36:08 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194744 Looks like it's tied to the Sync platform - which our IT dept. rightly refused to adopt because of the data leakage and privacy implications of using a US-located server as a bridge into our LMS. I hope that's not an issue with the current Sync system, so the iPhone/iPod app can be used. Bb is a world of pain on mobile devices at the moment. Looks like it’s tied to the Sync platform – which our IT dept. rightly refused to adopt because of the data leakage and privacy implications of using a US-located server as a bridge into our LMS. I hope that’s not an issue with the current Sync system, so the iPhone/iPod app can be used. Bb is a world of pain on mobile devices at the moment.

]]> By: David CT http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194742 David CT Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:35:08 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194742 follow-up on that url: http:///webapps/blackboard/bbsync-block.txt follow-up on that url:

http:///webapps/blackboard/bbsync-block.txt

]]> By: David CT http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194741 David CT Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:34:38 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194741 See http://www.blackboardsync.com/. Your institution must be explicitly blocking it. I would guess that they haven't installed the new building block which gives institutions more control over what to enable, and they are blocking it using a text file: http://your.institution.edu/webapps/bbsync-block.txt (iirc) This is because the first application to use Sync was Facebook and many institutions weren't comfortable with it, so they blocked it using the text file approach. The new building block makes it much more feasible, but it just came out, so not many institutions will have installed it yet. See http://www.blackboardsync.com/. Your institution must be explicitly blocking it. I would guess that they haven’t installed the new building block which gives institutions more control over what to enable, and they are blocking it using a text file:

http://your.institution.edu/webapps/bbsync-block.txt (iirc)

This is because the first application to use Sync was Facebook and many institutions weren’t comfortable with it, so they blocked it using the text file approach. The new building block makes it much more feasible, but it just came out, so not many institutions will have installed it yet.

]]> By: Gerry http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194739 Gerry Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:49:36 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/03/26/blackboard-learn-on-ipod-touch/#comment-194739 I tried it on TRU's Blackboard site and it failed as well. Says TRU's site is actually WebCT Vista and that is not supported. I tried it on TRU’s Blackboard site and it failed as well. Says TRU’s site is actually WebCT Vista and that is not supported.

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