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Unable to add attachments to content using Safari

Known Issue
May 22, 2018 ยท Adam Massey

The latest version of Safari (11.1) is unable to upload file attachments to Blackboard.

If you try to attach a file to a content item, you will recieve an error:

Blackboard showing a 'Failed to save Content item. Please try again' error

Students are also affected by this bug when submitting assignments

Unable to submit to Blackboard assignments using Safari

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Mobile Apps Maintenance

December 13, 2019

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