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Blackboard to be Upgraded January 4 - 14, 2013

Bb system unavailable after midnight January 3

As previously announced the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will be upgrading UMBC's production Blackboard (Bb) system from January 4 to 14, 2013.  During this upgrade period the Bb...

Posted: December 3, 2012, 2:06 PM

WT2013 and SP2013 Bb Course Shells Created on 12/1

WT2013 Bb shells are located at http://bb-winter.umbc.edu

Bb course shells for both SP2013 and WT2013 were created on December, 1, 2012.  The course shells for SP2013 are located on the Bb production server at http://blackboard.umbc.edu.  As previously...

Posted: December 3, 2012, 1:20 PM

SP2013 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions

DoIT offering F2F and virtual Bb drop-in sessions

DoIT is offering Blackboard Drop-in Sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for spring courses. Virtual Sessions: DoIT will continue offering virtual drop-in sessions using Bb...

Posted: November 26, 2012, 11:35 AM

VDE down for maintenance on 11/23 from 5pm to 7pm

On Friday November 23rd UMBC’s Virtual Desktop Environment (VDE) will be taken down to perform routine system maintenance.  The outage window will begin at 5pm and is expected to last until 7pm. ...

Posted: November 20, 2012, 4:57 PM