Index: lams_bb_integration/src/org/lamsfoundation/ld/integration/util/LineitemUtil.java
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diff -u -r4921014c877d8c0ca403aaaa34866fa8e3e0af4e -r8ecc1e772ccaef985dae29263651dc3a6dcbc8c8
--- lams_bb_integration/src/org/lamsfoundation/ld/integration/util/LineitemUtil.java	(.../LineitemUtil.java)	(revision 4921014c877d8c0ca403aaaa34866fa8e3e0af4e)
+++ lams_bb_integration/src/org/lamsfoundation/ld/integration/util/LineitemUtil.java	(.../LineitemUtil.java)	(revision 8ecc1e772ccaef985dae29263651dc3a6dcbc8c8)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.lamsfoundation.ld.integration.Constants;
 import org.w3c.dom.Document;
-import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
 import blackboard.data.ValidationException;
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@
 	DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
 	DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
 	Document document = db.parse(is);
-	Node lesson = document.getDocumentElement().getFirstChild();
+	Element lesson = document.getDocumentElement();
 	boolean hasNumericToolOutput = Boolean
 		.parseBoolean(lesson.getAttributes().getNamedItem("hasNumericToolOutput").getNodeValue());