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SU2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

Do you have questions about Blackboard? Stop in!

DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for summer courses. Face to Face Sessions: The following F2F sessions will be held in ENGR 025.  A DoIT staff...

Posted: April 10, 2013, 3:33 PM

Changes to the Blackboard WT2013 Server

http://bb-winter.umbc.edu will go offline on 3/15

DoIT staff will be making several changes to the WT2013 Bb server in preparation for archiving/ restoring the WT2013 courses to the UMBC Bb production server.  All WT2013 instructors have been...

Posted: February 28, 2013, 4:26 PM

Known Issue: Dropped Students Still Available in Bb Classes

Some students not made unavailable after dropping class

DoIT staff would like to report a known issue involving student availability in Bb courses.  Over the past several weeks DoIT has received reports from students who have officially dropped a...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 5:31 PM

Bb Collaborate Down for Maintenance 10 pm 3/2 - 4 am 3/3

Blackboard Collaborate has published the following notice about their server maintenance scheduled for Saturday, March 2 at 10 pm.  UMBC faculty and students should note that both sessions and...

Posted: February 25, 2013, 5:11 PM

DoIT & Blackboard Sponsor March 8 Focus Groups

UMBC is always looking for ways to gather feedback from our Faculty and Students. We would like to invite you to join a focus group on Friday March 8th to discuss your experience with Blackboard,...

Posted: February 21, 2013, 12:10 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 2/22 to 1 am 2/23

UPDATE: Bb service was restored by 11:20 pm 2/22. ----------- The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 2/22 to 1 am Saturday 2/23.  This down time is during the regularly...

Posted: February 18, 2013, 9:01 AM

Known Issue: Blackboard System Being Restarted 2/16

Over the weekend, DoIT has received reports from campus users of issues with the Blackboard system.  Most of these reports involved quizzes or other assessments not loading when students clicked...

Posted: February 16, 2013, 8:54 PM

Blackboard Offering 2 New Webinars on Gradecenter & Rubrics

Meet the Gradecenter, 2/11 & The Rewards of Rubrics, 2/18

Blackboard is offering two free, 1-hour webinars that may be of interest to UMBC faculty.  The first is titled "Meet the Grade Center" and will be held on Monday, Feb. 11 at 1 PM.  This will cover...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 2:05 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm- midnight, Mon 2/11

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm - midnight  Monday, Feb. 11.  This down time is outside the regularly scheduled maintenance window but is necessary in order to fix a known bug...

Posted: February 8, 2013, 11:18 AM

Blackboard Weekly Maintenance Schedule Reminder

This is just a friendly reminder to the UMBC campus community of the Blackboard weekly maintenance schedule window from Friday 10 pm to Saturday 1 am. Although this maintenance window is not...

Posted: January 25, 2013, 2:48 PM