
Cannot Access Attached Files in Original Courses on Android Devices
Date Published: Apr 11,2025 Category: Product:Blackboard_App_SaaS Article No.: 000078486
Date Published: Apr 11,2025 Category: Product:Blackboard_App_SaaS Article No.: 000078486
Producto: Learn SaaS
Versión: SaaS
Descripción:
On Android devices using the Blackboard App, some students and instructors cannot access or download files attached to Word or PDF documents. Instead, an error message is displayed: Offline: Content may be out of date.
Pasos para repetir:
- Log into Blackboard Learn as an administrator
- Create an Ultra and Original course
- In a Content Area create a document (Ultra) or an item/file content item (Original) and attach a file (PDF or Word Document) to the content
- Enroll a student and ensure the course and content is available
- Log in as the student on a PC and access all the content created above
Observed Behavior: Content is accessible and files throw no errors.
- Log in as the student on the App using an iOS device
- Navigate to the courses and the content created above and access all attached files
Observed Behavior: Content is accessible and files throw no errors.
- Log out of all devices and using an Android device, log in as the student in the App
- Access the Ultra course and try to access the files
- Navigate to the Original course and attempt to access and view the files
Observed Behavior:
The files do not render and the following message is displayed on top of the screen:
Offline: Content may be our of date.
Expected Behavior:
The files render.
Información: This issue does not happen on iOS devices or on the Desktop version.
Only Original courses are affected.
Versión de destino: Blackboard App_9.2