Avoid Special Characters and Unnecessary HTML Code

Avoid Special Characters and Unnecessary HTML Code
We have found that some special characters will cause problems in your Blackboard course if used in the title of items, discussion boards, forums, threads, posts, announcements, tests, etc. Do not use the following characters in the title/name of any item in your Blackboard course: , " ' % & # <> + * ^ @ =.

If you are copying and pasting text from a web page, or word processing document, into a text box editor in Blackboard, you may inadvertently copy unnecessary HTML code into your text box. This code may cause an error which will cause the information to display incorrectly. After you paste information into a text box, click the HTML <> button and delete all HTML code. Click on the <> button again and use the text box editor tools to format your message.