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




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

Date Published: Dec 02,2021 Category: Planned_First_Fix_Release:Future_Reference_Learn; Product:Learn_BU; Version:Learn_9_1_3900_28_0,Learn_9_1_3900_30_0,SaaS   Article No.: 000076092

Product: Blackboard Learn

Release: 9.1;SaaS

Service Pack(s): Learn 9.1, 3900.28.0, Learn 9.1, 3900.30.0, SaaS

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. 

 




Target Release: Future Reference