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HTML Tags in Tin Can Description Cause Invalid Blackboard Markup Error

HTML Tags in the tincan.xml <description> element of a Tin Can (xAPI) package cause an Invalid Blackboard Markup error.

Description

Uploading a Tin Can (xAPI) package that contains HTML tags in the <description> element of the tincan.xml file results in an Invalid Blackboard Markup error.

Steps to Replicate

  1. Log in to Blackboard Learn Ultra Experience as an instructor

  2. Open an Ultra course

  3. On the Course Content page, create a new SCORM content item

  4. Upload an xAPI package file that contains HTML tags in the <description> element of the tincan.xml file

  5. Click Save

Observed Behavior:
An "Oops! Something went wrong" error message is displayed.

Expected Behavior:
The xAPI package uploads successfully and the content item is created.

Resolution / Workaround

Edit the tincan.xml and remove any HTML tags from the <description> element.

Affected Versions

  • Learn 4000.15.0

  • Learn 4000.17.0

  • Learn 4000.19.0

Target Release

SaaS Fixed (4001.4.0)

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