{"id":2866,"date":"2017-12-14T12:46:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/blackboard\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2017-12-14T12:46:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T16:46:38","slug":"inline-grading-change-in-blackboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/learning\/2017\/12\/14\/inline-grading-change-in-blackboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Inline Grading Change in Blackboard"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the maintenance down time on December 29th<\/strong>, the following change will be reflected in the inline grading feature in Blackboard.<\/p>\n

Crocodoc transition to new “Box View”<\/h2>\n

Blackboard\u2019s current service for the implementation of inline grading is through the Crocodoc tool, and Box Inc. (who owns it) has decided to discontinue it. The end-of-life date for Crocodoc is January 15, 2018.<\/p>\n

As a result, Blackboard has updated their inline grading capability to leverage the Crocodoc replacement, “Box View”. Box View o\ufb00ers several improvements over Crocodoc, including improved rendering \ufb01delity and expanded support for new \ufb01le types. The University of Richmond will update our server on December 29th and move to the new Box View.<\/p>\n

Transition timing<\/h2>\n

During this time between December 29, 2017 and January 15, 2018, the Crocodoc service and ability to view previously annotated documents within a browser won\u2019t be available but the rest of Blackboard will function properly. The document viewing capabilities are the only feature a\ufb00ected during the transition.<\/p>\n

After the transition, users won’t be able to change the existing annotations made in Crocodoc as all annotations are read-only in the new Box View. The Crocodoc annotations are \u201cburned\u201d into a PDF and users can\u2019t remove or change the annotations. Users can add new annotations with the New Box View annotation tools, but they can’t interact with annotations created in Crocodoc.<\/p>\n

What can users expect?<\/h2>\n

This table compares the two annotation services.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

Functions and Details<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Crocodoc<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

New Box View<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

File types for annotations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

PDF, PPT, PPTX, XLS, XLSX, DOC, and DOCX<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Over 100 different<\/span>\u00a0\ufb01le types<\/span><\/p>\n

File\u00a0Types\u00a0and\u00a0FontsSupported in Box Content\u00a0Preview<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Videos and images displayed<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

No<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Course areas<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Original Assignments<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Original Assignments<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Annotation types<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Text-\u00a0and\u00a0point-based comments,\u00a0highlighting,\u00a0and drawing<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Point-based comments and highlighting<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Download<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Users download a copy of a student file with the option to download in the original format or in a PDF version that includes the annotations<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Users\u00a0can download\u00a0a\u00a0copy\u00a0of a student file, but annotations won\u2019t appear<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Print function<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

No<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Yes<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

Students<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Can\u2019t add annotations to documents<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

\n

Can\u2019t add annotations to documents<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

Working with annotations in new Box View<\/h2>\n

Instructors and roles with grading privileges…<\/h3>\n