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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
Blackboard Export Process Updated to Address Known Issue
Recent maintenance performed on the UMBC's Blackboard site allows faculty to export older courses without experiencing the known issue with invalid files and import the course content to the new...
Posted: January 8, 2015, 11:45 AM
Known Issue: Export/Import Bb Course May Return Invalid File
UPDATE: This known issue has been addressed. For additional information, please review this FAQ. Normally, instructors can create a course export package by navigating to Control Panel >...
Posted: December 30, 2014, 10:52 AM
Faculty Access to Bb Managed Hosting for Winter Course Prep
As of December 3, 2014, faculty may access the new Blackboard site during the preview phase of our migration to managed hosting. This preview phase allows faculty to prepare course materials for...
Posted: December 4, 2014, 10:17 AM
WT/SP 2015 Courses Created on Bb Hosting Site on 12/2/14
Bb course shells for WT2015 and SP2015 were created on December 2, 2014 on the new Blackboard managed hosting site. Bb shells are available for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, field or...
Posted: December 3, 2014, 12:07 PM
Bb Achievements to Support Competency Based Learning
Use badges to motivate & reward students via gamification
As announced earlier this semester, Winter and Spring 2015 courses will be hosted by Blackboard directly instead of by DoIT. As part of this change, we will also upgrade to the Spring 2014 version...
Posted: November 4, 2014, 1:01 PM
New Features Coming to Blackboard in Winter 2015
Software upgrade is part of migration to managed hosting
As announced earlier this week, Winter and Spring 2015 courses will be hosted by Blackboard directly instead of by DoIT. As part of this change, we will also be upgrading to the Spring 2014...
Posted: October 3, 2014, 5:58 AM
