[D2l-alert] FW: A Message for D2L Dropbox Users

[Dills, Amanda L]

FYI:  Just stumbled on this Dropbox bug this afternoon (see email message below).  It's a pretty significant hiccup for us, since we have lots of faculty that like to upload Dropbox Feedback documents.

According to the D2L Community message boards, there's a fix for the issue in Service Pack 4 - what are everyone's thoughts on that Service Pack upgrade?

Amanda (Miller) Dills
Instructional Technologist
Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Oklahoma City University
2501 N. Blackwelder Ave.
Oklahoma City , OK 73106
405-208-5584
aldills at okcu.edu<mailto:aldills at okcu.edu>

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From: Dills, Amanda L
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2014 3:51 PM
Subject: A Message for D2L Dropbox Users

Greetings,

I was just made aware of small hiccup in the Dropbox feedback process in D2L that I wanted to share with you.  (By the way, this issue has already been reported to D2L, and according to the D2L Community Website<https://community.desire2learn.com/d2l/le/1796/discussions/threads/71049/View?searchText=dropbox+feedback>, it will be fixed in the next, small "bug fix" upgrade, which I hope to implement as soon as possible.)

In a nutshell: if you upload comment documents for your students into the D2L Dropbox Feedback area, but do not have anything typed in the "Feedback" text editor box, your students will not be able to see the documents or score you posted.  The workaround for this issue is very simple (though perhaps a bit cumbersome for those that have already published multiple feedback documents).  See the image below for more information:


1.       Return to the Dropbox feedback screen.

2.       Type SOMETHING (a period or other non-descript punctuation mark will work fine, or you can copy and paste the following sentence:
" See the Attached File below for assignment feedback. "

3.       Click the "Update" button.

This will make all your feedback (including the uploaded document) visible to your students.

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Please let me know if you have any questions about or require assistance with this process, and I hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Best wishes,

Amanda (Miller) Dills
Instructional Technologist
Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning
Oklahoma City University
2501 N. Blackwelder Ave.
Oklahoma City , OK 73106
405-208-5584
aldills at okcu.edu<mailto:aldills at okcu.edu>

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