What’s New

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

DoIT Announces Fall 2014 Blackboard Maintenance Schedule

In an effort to ensure the UMBC campus community is kept informed about upcoming Blackboard maintenance plans, DoIT has posted its planned service schedule for the Blackboard system during the...

Posted: October 7, 2014, 3:37 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 PM 9/26

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 9/26 to 1 am Saturday 9/27.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: September 26, 2014, 8:50 AM

Fall 2014 Bb Updates

UMBC Bb Instructors, The following are selected DoIT News headlines that may be of interest as you start the new semester: Fall 2014 Bb Courses Created July 12 Known Issue: Bb Cannot...

Posted: August 25, 2014, 3:32 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 3/28 to 1 am 3/29

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 3/28 to 1 am Saturday 3/29.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: March 27, 2014, 8:03 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 2/28 to 1 am 3/1

The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 2/28 to 1 am Saturday 3/1.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...

Posted: February 27, 2014, 8:37 AM