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Run mmsys.cpl if you get no audible output in a Blackboard IM call on your PC
2014/02/05
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- Problem: Blackboard IM (4.5.3), in its call window , gives you audio output volume meters
, but no actual audio output.
- Reason: Blackboard IM seems to have its on in-built idea which device to output audio to, even if you have no actual speakers plugged in to hear, and it is rather difficult to dissuade.
- Solution:
- Start / Run /”mmsys.cpl”, “OK”: Do the volume meters in there indicate that Blackboard IM outputs to another but your expected speaker (even if the other device is not the default)?
- Right-click on the other speaker device and Disable it.
- Also make sure to restart Blackboard IM. The built-in startup / dial tones will tell you immediately whether audio output works now
Categories: e-infrastructure, textbooks, web-conferencing
audio, blackboard, enfoques, im, java, vistahigherlearning, wimba-pronto
How to test Voice boards (Blackboard Collaborate, formerly Wimba voice) for Vista Higher Learning (Supersite3) Textbooks
2014/02/04
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- First I create a voice board,
- and add an audio contribution so that students can respond:
- Fail:
- More fail
- The help offered is of no use: “If the Applet displayed the message “Audio Unavailable”, click here. “ This is neither the error message, nor does the help address Java (but rather audio hardware config) issues
- But if you refresh (F5 suffices) the window with the Setup Wizard, it starts working?
- Even the audio recorder:
- And the voice board (after F5):
- What Java version is this under ?
- Now a user needs to test from the student view
How to test Blackboard IM (formerly Wimba Pronto) for Vista Higher Learning Textbooks
2014/02/04
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Categories: e-infrastructure, Student-Computers, textbooks, web-conferencing
audio, blackboard, enfoques, im, image2014spring, java, pronto, supersite, vistahigherlearning, wimba