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Blackboard Datacenter Maintenance Scheduled Mar 13, 2-6 AM

Brief Impact to Service Sessions Expected

Date: Friday, March 13th, 2015 Time: 02:00 am to 06:00 am EDT On Friday morning, March 13th, 2015, between the hours of 02:00 am to 06:00 am EST, the Blackboard Managed Hosting Engineers will...

Posted: March 6, 2015, 8:16 AM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Saturday Feb 28, 2 AM - 4 AM

Routine maintenance expected

Blackboard engineers will perform server maintenance on Saturday morning, February 28, 2015 from 2 AM - 4 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period.  In preparation for this downtime:...

Posted: February 20, 2015, 5:37 PM

Blackboard Downtime Scheduled Wednesday Feb 4, 2 AM - 4 AM

Maintenance will resolve time zone issue

Blackboard engineers will perform a server update on Wednesday morning, February 4, 2015 from 2 AM - 4 AM. Blackboard will be offline during this period.  During this downtime, our system will...

Posted: February 3, 2015, 9:07 AM

Blackboard Maintenance Scheduled Friday Jan 30, 12:01 AM-6AM

Blackboard will be offline from 1AM - 5AM during this period

Blackboard engineers will perform infrastructure maintenance at the datacenter where we are hosted on Friday, January 30, 2015 from 12:01 AM - 6AM.  Blackboard itself will also be offline from...

Posted: January 23, 2015, 12:54 PM

Fall 2014 Blackboard Down For Maintenance, 12-5 PM EST

Winter Courses Remain Online & Available

UPDATE: The Fall 2014 course site is back online after less than 2 hours of maintenance. The legacy UMBC Blackboard site, which currently hosts Fall 2014 courses until they are migrated to our...

Posted: January 7, 2015, 10:20 AM

Bb Communities Moving to Managed Hosting in late January

Phase 2 of Migration includes Fall 2014 Courses

During Phase 2 of UMBC's move to managed hosting, Blackboard communities will be migrated along with Fall 2014 courses. This move will take place during mid-January, after final grades are...

Posted: January 5, 2015, 2:18 PM

Blackboard Low-Impact Maintenance Scheduled Jan 9, 2-6 AM

Service Interruption Not Expected

Date: Friday, January 09th, 2015 Time: 02:00 am to 06:00 am EST On Friday, January 09th, 2015 between the hours of 02:00 am to 06:00 am EST, the Managed Hosting Engineers will be performing...

Posted: December 31, 2014, 2:32 PM

Reminder: UMBC Moving to Blackboard Managed Hosting (MH)

myUMBC Bb, blackboard.umbc.edu point to MH on 12/29/14

To UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff, As the semester and year come to a close, we wanted to share highlights from the most recent DoIT News Update. First, as previously announced,...

Posted: December 16, 2014, 11:25 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 11/21 to 1 am 11/22

Per the announced Fall 2014 maintenance schedule, the UMBC Blackboard server will be offline from 10 pm Friday 11/21 to 1 am Saturday 11/22.  This downtime is during the regularly scheduled...

Posted: November 12, 2014, 10:12 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 10/24 to 1 am 10/25

Per the announced Fall 2014 maintenance schedule, the UMBC Blackboard server will be offline from 10 pm Friday 10/24 to 1 am Saturday 10/25.  This downtime is during the regularly scheduled...

Posted: October 16, 2014, 7:53 AM