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Blackboard to be Upgraded Jan. 8-10, 2014

WT2014 Courses Available Dec.4, 2013, on Separate Server

To install the latest version of Blackboard, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 8 to 10, 2014.  During this time, Winter...

Posted: August 16, 2013, 3:08 PM

Summer and Fall 2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for Fall 2013 courses. Do you have questions about Blackboard? Stop in!  Face to Face Sessions:  The following...

Posted: July 11, 2013, 6:34 PM

New Blackboard Analytics Reports Now Live in All Bb Courses

See How Your Bb Activity Compares with Peers

As announced late last Fall, all Blackboard courses now contain the following reports powered by Bb Analytics for Learn (BA4L): FOR STUDENTS -- Available in "Tools" Menu Activity Compared to...

Posted: April 30, 2013, 3:57 PM

SU2013 Bb Course Shells Created on 4/14

Bb course shells for SU2013 were created on April 14, 2013 on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  Enrollments for SU2013 courses will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells...

Posted: April 15, 2013, 10:59 AM

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