Importing a calculated column from a spreadsheet will override the column’s formula with a hard number since spreadsheets do not recognize column formulas used in Blackboard. To ensure your calculated columns work, do not import those specific columns into Blackboard. The upload process is the same, except choose “Ignore” for those specific columns.
Spreadsheets and Calculated Columns in Blackboard
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Office 2007 documents are not supported by Blackboard yet
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Blackboard does not currently support Office 2007 documents. Office 2007 documents (PowerPoint, Word, etc) with an x on the extension (.pptx, .docx, .etcx) are labeled .zip files in Blackboard. If a user downloads the files and changes the .zip to the correct extension, the file will open properly. However, we recommend both instructors and students to save their files as a 97-2003 compatible file types, rather than the 2007 format.