The StudyMate Author 2.0.4b patch is only intended for those who already installed StudyMate Author 2.0. You do not have to apply earlier patches before applying the StudyMate Author 2.0.4b patch. In addition, all patches are immediately incorporated into the full installation programs that are available from this website, so it's not necessary to apply a patch if you have downloaded and installed the latest installation program from this website. A detailed list of the issues related to this patch appears at the bottom of this page.

The quickest and easiest way to download and apply the 2.0.4b patch is to start StudyMate Author, go to the "Help" menu, select "Check for Update," and then click "Get Update."

If you prefer, though, you may also download the appropriate version of the patch from the links below. Once the patch is downloaded, double-click the file to run a short unzip process that replaces the original StudyMate.exe file.

> Download StudyMate Author 2.0.4b Patch — Single-User Version

> Download StudyMate Author 2.0.4b Patch — Campus-wide Version

The StudyMate Author 2.0.4b patch includes these features:

• Support has been added for publishing to Blackboard Enterprise 8
• Support has been added for publishing to Blackboard Vista/CE 8
• A problem creating Crossword puzzles when identical terms/answers are used in the same puzzle has been fixed.

The patch also includes all fixes and enhancements from previous StudyMate Author patches, including:

• Branding changes appear throughout the software, from "StudyMate" to "StudyMate Author"
• Improvements have been made to the display of subscript and superscript characters in the Quiz and Challenge activities
• An XML export and import capability has been added for questions that don't contain images or special formatting
• Features to support Apple's "iPod Quiz" game were added to the Settings and Publishing menus.
• For Blackboard 7.x (legacy) users, improvements have been made to authentication and course list functions
• Improvements have been made for importing Respondus documents, including enhanced font filtering
• The Quiz and Challenge games were modified to better support questions containing images, equations and advanced formatting
• A fix was added to address a problem that occurs when certain web-based HTML editors are used to edit the HTML page originally generated by StudyMate Author
• For Vista 3 users, the Publish task now includes a "Course List Optimizer" that may improve the publishing speed on some servers
• The administrator for the Campus-wide license can now pre-set the server publishing settings for instructors
• Fill-in-Blank now supports numeric entries for math questions
• Calculated questions now allow case-sensitive grading of the Units text
• Calculated questions now generate new values each time an activity is started, rather than once per hour
• A fix was added to allow using MP3 audio files with invalid tag data