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How do I access and submit my saved draft?

Access the Display menu and select Drafts Only to view the saved post. Select the draft’s title to open the Thread page. While you view your post, point to it to view Edit and Delete.

How long should I back up and restore Blackboard Learn?

Mar 21, 2022 · You will see a screen that shows your saved submission/new attempt. Click the Continue button on the right side of the screen. On the next screen, you should see any original attachments you had saved. You can attach a new document by clicking the Browse Local Files button. If you had submitted text in the Text Submission box rather than attaching a file, you …

How do I save a draft of a post?

Feb 14, 2018 · To access your drafts, return to the forum page and set it to List View. Under Display - choose the action item drop-down arrow. and select Drafts Only or Show All to view the saved post. Select the draft's title to open the Thread page. While viewing your post, point to it to view the functions for Edit and Delete. Select Edit to open the content editor. After you make …

How do I edit or delete a draft post?

To avoid your customized non-Blackboard-owned files from being moved during an upgrade, create client-dirs.txt and client-files.txt in your config directory. List each file and folder's relative path to your blackboard_home directory on its own line in the respective text file. The files do not accept wildcards, so the files and folders must be specified individually.

System backup and recovery

Administrators should backup the database and file system according to the needs of the Institution. Blackboard Learn supports full backup and restores at the operating system and database levels. As a general rule, daily backups should be kept for two weeks, as errors may not appear for several days.

Incremental data protection

Blackboard Learn includes the following utilities for incrementally backing up individual courses and organizations:

Avoiding recovery of files during upgrade

During a Blackboard Learn upgrade, items such as custom folders and archived snapshots that are stored directly beneath the blackboard_home directory are moved to a time-stamped backup directory. Customized files and folders that are not Blackboard-owned will be considered unexpected and moved to the backup directory.

Navigate the Thread page

When you view a thread, all posts and the thread description appear on one page. Each author's profile picture accompanies their post to help you easily identify your classmates.

Create a thread

Forum settings control who can post, and what other types of actions you can take, such as if you can edit your own threads, post anonymously, or rate posts. Based on the forum settings your instructor selected, you may be allowed to create a new thread.

Draft posts

You can use the Save Draft option if you need to return to your post at a later time. This option saves your comments and files on the page.