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UPDATE: FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be...

Full Title: UPDATE: FYI: Bb Courses Older Than FA2005 Will Be Deleted 8/25UPDATE: DoIT has pushed back the date to remove Bb courses older than FA2005 by one day, to Friday, August, 26 at 3 pm....

Posted: August 21, 2011, 12:33 PM

FA2011 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the fall semester The following one hour drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. DoIT staff...

Posted: August 1, 2011, 2:15 PM

DoIT IT Support Changes - Help Desk & AV Moving

Starting this summer, there will be a number of significant changes occurring in the way DoIT provides support to the campus community. The driver for this change is the new Retriever Learning...

Posted: July 31, 2011, 5:57 PM

Wimba Classroom Upgrade from 10 pm 8/6 to 7 am 8/7

Blackboard Collaborate has announced that UMBC's Wimba Classroom will be upgraded to version 6.1.4 during an extended maintenance window from Saturday, August 6 at 10:00 PM to Sunday, August 7 at...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 12:30 PM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 8/5 to 1 am Sat. 8/6The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance from 10 pm Friday, Aug. 5 to 1 am Saturday,...

Posted: July 29, 2011, 12:15 PM

FA2011 Bb Course Shells Created on 7/11

Bb course shells for FA 2011 were created on July 11, and will continue to be updated daily. Bb shells were created for all courses (designated as lecture, lab, or discussion) listed in the UMBC...

Posted: July 18, 2011, 11:12 AM

Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 7/8...

Full Title: Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 7/8 to 1 am Sat. 7/9The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of maintenance from 10 pm Friday, July 8 to 1 am Saturday,...

Posted: July 8, 2011, 8:18 AM

Known Issue: Bb Course Auto Enrollment (RESOLVED)

The auto enrollment script that takes students who are officially enrolled in SA and places them into the corresponding Blackboard course shell stopped working on Monday, June 6. It was restarted...

Posted: June 9, 2011, 12:21 PM

Known Issue: Blackboard Connection Issues (RESOLVED)

One of the Blackboard file servers went down at approximately 11:50 am on Wednesday, June 8 due to a power outage related storage failure. DoIT staff became aware of this when users reported...

Posted: June 9, 2011, 11:56 AM

SU 2011 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the summer sessions. The following one hour drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. DoIT...

Posted: May 25, 2011, 10:23 AM