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Slow and Laggy Response in a Discussion Forum With Many Students Posting

An active Discussion Forum in a course with many students enrolled is slow and laggy when they read and post their messages in the forum/thread. 

Description

An active Discussion Forum in a course with many students enrolled is slow and laggy when they read and post their messages in the forum/thread.

Steps to Replicate

  1. Log into Blackboard Learn as an Administrator

  2. Access a course with many students enrolled in, for example 3000

  3. Navigate to Course Control Panel > Course Tools > Discussion Board

  4. Select a forum that has about 6000 posts

  5. Select a big thread

Observed Behavior:
The page loads slowly (10 seconds to load).
​Expected Behavior:
The page loads quickly.

Affected Versions

  • Learn 3900.23.0

  • Learn 3900.26.0

  • Learn 3900.28.0

  • Learn 3900.30.0

Target Release

Will Not Fix

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