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RESOLVED - Blackboard Service Disruption - Course Content Access

Access to Blackboard course content may be impacted

Update @ 6:37 PM: After a rolling restart was performed, course menus appear to be consistently stable and content is available. Users also report the error messages are no longer appearing.  At...

Posted: October 29, 2024, 11:27 AM

Resolved - Blackboard Service Disruption - System Performance

Access to Blackboard & course content may be impacted

At 6:40 PM on September 22nd, Blackboard reported a system performance issue affecting clients in the US East region. This disruption may prevent users from accessing the Blackboard platform....

Posted: September 22, 2024, 11:19 PM

All campus technology services restored

As of around 4pm all campus technology applications and services were fully restored. We verified our power backup systems were fully operational again as well.  This was almost immediately...

Posted: March 12, 2022, 6:25 PM