--- Forwarded Message from Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> --- >DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Con tent-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=5A2de/grerAI8kPeKDhiQ2aIWp7UCUm5g4JTW2fYHUtoV8HbkLetgc5/QAH+Vxu2U0Qidv4S4o2cd+ mc+QBXcb3tG8x220JBNZ1MFqF0oFvbuqyLfCdJ4OR1P/h8b6N5uSa5jgPpjJWK3k1nQUI2VQMKa35Sao 4qu76qPFygbpw= ; >Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:29:52 -0700 (PDT) >From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: #7972 foreign characters on BlackBoard >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> Gus, This happened to us last year as well. I'll give you a call later on today to talk it over with you - have to dash to a meeting right now. If you prefer IM, I can do that to. The short answer is that there was a problem with the character set that was identified as the default in the underlying database. Best, Samantha --- LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from "Gus Leonard" > <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:00:57 -0700 > >Subject: foreign characters on BlackBoard > >To: [log in to unmask] > >Cc: "Troy Challenger" <[log in to unmask]> > >From: "Gus Leonard" <[log in to unmask]> > > Hello LLTIers, > > We just migrated our campus BlackBoard system from > 5.x to 6.1 and most of the > diacriticals in our Spanish courses were lost in the > course rollovers. > > Has anyone had experience with this? Suggestions for > resolving it? > > Some characteristics are summed up here: > >Foreign characters appear incorrectly in emails > >Symptoms: > >Foreign characters that are entered in the subject > and message areas of emails > sent from within the Content System appear as > question marks (?). > > > >Discussion Board attachments that contain foreign > characters in the file name > cannot be viewed. > >Symptoms: > >An error message is displayed when the user > attempts to open the document. This > issue appears under all conditions. > > We'd appreciate any suggestions for us as classes > start Monday. > Thanks, > Gus > _______________________________________ > Gus Leonard > Language Laboratory Coordinator > School for World Languages & Cultures $F0 Building > 48-119 $F0 California State > University, Monterey Bay $F0 100 Campus Center $F0 > Seaside, CA 93955 $F0 Email: > [log in to unmask] $F0 (831) 582-4446 $F0 > http://LanguageLab.csumb.edu | > http://tinyurl.com/8ou73. > President, SouthWest Association for Language > Learning Technology $F0 > http://www.humanities.uci.edu/hirc/SWALLT/ > > > > *********************************************** > LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International > Association for > Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language > Teaching and > Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). > Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. > Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) > *********************************************** > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com