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Bb Courses Prior to 2009 to be Deleted August 23-24

Courses older than Winter 2009 will be deleted from Blackboard during the weekend of August 23-24, 2014. This includes: Winter 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 Spring 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008...

Posted: August 22, 2014, 3:59 PM

Reminder - RT downtime August 22, 2014 6pm - 8pm

This is just a reminder that RT will be down tonight from 6pm - 8pm to allow our systems folks to apply some operating system and security patches. Good news is they are also going to add...

Posted: August 22, 2014, 11:15 AM

Feeder Schools reports available in REX

REX has 5 new reports related to the performance of undergraduate students from selected feeder schools. A feeder school is the last school (high school or institution) attended priorto...

Posted: August 22, 2014, 10:02 AM

FA2014 Bb Course Shells Created 7/12/14

Bb course shells for FA2014 were created on July 12, 2014 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  Enrollments for FA2014 courses will continue to be updated daily....

Posted: August 21, 2014, 2:15 PM

Known Issue: Course Lists Cannot Exceed 99 Courses

Too Much of a Good Thing

The maximum number of courses displayed within the “My Courses” module under myBlackboard or within the “Courses: Quick View” module under the Courses tab in Blackboard is 99. If you are enrolled...

Posted: August 20, 2014, 4:00 PM