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Free Webinar Series: Teaching with Ultra, Basics to Advanced
Free training opportunities for faculty, TAs, and staff
The Bb Instructor Webinar Series offers free 45-minute webinars designed for instructors who are getting started with teaching using Blackboard Ultra and Collaborate. Topics include getting...
Posted: August 8, 2022, 11:32 AM

RT(Request Tracker) scheduled downtime for 8-12-2022 at 5pm
RT will be down beginning 5pm on 8-12-2022 (Friday evening) until 8am on 8-13-2022 (Saturday morning). This downtime is needed to apply security and performance enhancements. Joe Kirby, AVP...
Posted: August 2, 2022, 5:54 AM
FA2022 Courses Created in Blackboard on July 28, 2022
Blackboard course shells for FA2022 were created on July 28, 2022. The Ultra Course Preview setting is again enabled in FA2022 courses, which allows faculty to convert a new Original course to...
Posted: July 29, 2022, 8:13 AM

Software Services Restored
The AWS Regional outage that took down services like WebEx and Zoom earlier today has been resolved and all services should be restored. If you would like additional information about what...
Posted: July 28, 2022, 4:53 PM
Disruption of Several Software Services This Afternoon
A number of services, including WebEX, Microsoft Teams and Zoom are having connectivity problems this afternoon. There is a fairly major outage within the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud platform...
Posted: July 28, 2022, 1:48 PM
Free Training for Respondus Lockdown Browser & Monitor
Join an upcoming webinar to see the latest features
Join an upcoming training webinar from Respondus to see the latest features and integrations for LockDown Browser and Monitor. Learn how these applications are used with a range of online testing...
Posted: July 27, 2022, 8:42 AM

August Release Brings Major Question Banks Update to Ultra
New mobile app, more assessment and grading improvements
It's another massive update for Ultra in August, bringing a significant improvement to question banks, a unified mobile app experience for faculty and students, and overall enhancements to...
Posted: July 26, 2022, 4:10 PM

Webex Meetings app to be discontinued
Webex app to replace Webex Meetings in July
This Thursday, July 15th, Webex will discontinue their Webex Meetings application. This is being done to promote migration to their newer application, Webex (formerly Webex Teams). Users may...
Posted: July 12, 2022, 1:45 PM
DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Fall
Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!
The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional student consultants to work during the fall semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on...
Posted: July 12, 2022, 11:41 AM

PIVOT Receives Blackboard Award for Training
Initiative highlighted effective, campus-wide use of Ultra
Planning Instructional Variety for Online Teaching (PIVOT) has received a 2022 Catalyst Award from Blackboard/Anthology for Training and Professional Development. Designed and delivered by DoIT’s...
Posted: July 11, 2022, 8:31 PM

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