Fix for WordPress Courses sites with HTTPS issues

by Jesse Patching

It's possible to accidentally setup a WordPress Courses site which automatically redirects to the HTTPS version of the site instead of HTTP. When this happens, resources required by the theme and images in the course may not load correctly.

To fix this issue:

1. Login to the Courses site as usual
2. In the left hand sidebar, hover over "Dashboard" and click on "My Sites"
3. On the "My Sites" page, click the "Manage Sites" link at the top left
4. Find for your site in the list of Sites
5. Hover over your site, and click "Edit"
6. On the "Edit Site" page, click the "Settings" tab
7. Make sure that the "Siteurl" and "Home" inputs start with "http://"

install Wordpress from an xampp database

username: root
password: leave blank, there is no password using xampp (wamp uses "root" as the password)

install and run xampp as admin

even if you're logged in with admin access already!

upload breeze ppt into Sharestream

As long as you don't have to make any changes to the breeze-ified PowerPoint, you can upload it directly into Sharestream as long as you make the loading htm file named index.

1. In Breeze download content, download the output file




2. Extract it into a folder with the same name.




3. Go into that extracted folder,




4. and rename the opening htm file




5. "index", then go back to downloads




6. and delete the original zip file




7. Zip the folder




8. And append the standard naming convention to it. 




This can now be uploaded as an asset into Sharestream

Add McGraw-Hill Connect assignments to Blackboard

McGraw-Hill Connect has assignments students can do online and then port their grades over to Blackboard. Here's how:

1. After logging into the Blackboard site, open another tab and go to mhhm.com and choose the course and section.
   
   
   
   
2. Choose the chapter you would like to assign. Note: if it was already assigned and the due date is past, you will need to change the due date to the future to be able to link it to Blackboard.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click on the yellow of students not started, and note their names. Then ,edit the assignment.
   
   
   
   
   
4. OK, scroll to the bottom
   
   
   
   
5. Click next: assign
   
   
   
   
6. Make sure Blackboard is toggled on, thatthe date is in the future, and click assign
   
   
   
   
7. You will be automatically moved into Blackboard (login if you are not in already), click Browse to where you would like to post this assignment, click the area you want it in, Submit.
   
   
   
   
8. You will see it in that area
   
   
   
   
9. You will also see it in the grade center
   
   
   
   
10. Grades will eventually be posted automatically, but if you want to sync it manually, click Tools, McGraw-Hill Higher Education.
    
    
    
    
11. Synchronize Individual Assignments
    
    
    
    
12. Select the assignments that you want to sync, Submit
    
    
    
    
13. Then go to the full grade center and enter zeros in for those who didn't do the quiz in step 3
    
    
    
14. Now assign the McGraw-Hill online Quizzes as Quizzes by going into Manage, Column organization
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
15. You can reorganize the order of the columns (since McGraw-Hill Connect will place these Quiz results in front of the columns set there before. Then place checkmarks in front of each Quiz, Click Change Category to, and set them as Quizzes. Submit. They will now calculate properly in the Weighted Total.
    
    
    
    

When discussion board links are hidden for no good reason...

In Customization, Tool Availability, turn off the two discussion board things, submit, turn them on again, submit

How to remove the unsightly course ID numbers from your My Courses list in Blackboard

You may see a string on numbers before the course name in the list of courses you teach:

If so, mouse over My Courses and click the gear button,

Then uncheck the Course ID in that courses' row, and Submit.