Blackboard Collaborate Launcher
We received the following bulletin from Blackboard: We developed the Blackboard Collaborate Launcher to help alleviate the problems associated with dependencies on system Java and the impact of Java updates. The Launcher includes a known, stable version of Java that is tested and compatible with the Collaborate service. Mac users will no longer need system […]
Blackboard Maintenance – May 6 at 6 a.m. until 7 a.m.
Blackboard will be down for maintenance on Sunday, May 6 – starting at 6:00 a.m. until 7 a.m. This downtime is required to apply a security patch. It is estimated the entire time will be needed to complete the work. If unforeseen circumstances cause the Bb system to be down past that time, updates will […]
Reminder: Blackboard Scholar Service and Support to be Discontinued
Blackboard notified us this Fall that they will cease offering and supporting Scholar™, which is a social bookmarking service integrated with our Blackboard Learn™ platform. Scholar will be removed from our Blackboard system on January 12, 2012 at 7:30a.m. For instructors that have added Scholar Streams as content items in any of your Blackboard courses […]
Blackboard Downtime Maintenance – June 12, 2009 – 4:00pm to midnight
Blackboard Maintenance – Friday, June 12, 2009 – 4:00pm to midnight. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month. If unforeseen circumstances cause the system to be down past midnight updates will be posted to the Blackboard system announcement blog at: http://blog.vcu.edu/blackboard/ Regards, The Blackboard Team
Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed
Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, May 22) at 08:15pm. Please email [email protected] or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team
SafeAssign and Scholar Downtime – May 22, 2009 3:00-8:00 a.m.
Blackboard has scheduled maintenance for services hosted at their network facility, for Friday, May 22, 2009 from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. SafeAssign and Scholar services will not be available during this time. Please note that VCU’s Blackboard system WILL still be available. Regards, The VCU Blackboard Team
Blackboard Downtime Maintenance – May 22, 2009 – 4:00pm to midnight.
Blackboard Maintenance – Friday, May 22, 2009 – 4:00pm to midnight. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month. If unforeseen circumstances cause the system to be down past midnight updates will be posted to the Blackboard system announcement blog at: http://blog.vcu.edu/blackboard/ Regards, The Blackboard Team
SafeAssign Availability
Blackboard confirms that SafeAssign is back online and functioning properly. —————————————————————————————————— SafeAssign appears to be functioning properly, however we are still attempting to contact Blackboard to confirm the status. —————————————————————————————————— Blackboard Inc. reported yesterday (5/3/09) that SafeAssign services were unavailable, and that technicians were working to resolve the issue. We are following up with Blackboard […]
SafeAssign Downtime Cancelled
We have been notified by Blackboard that the SafeAssign server maintenance, previously scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2009 has been postponed until further notice. There will be no planned interruption in SafeAssign services. Any further details regarding the availability of SafeAssign will be posted to this blog. Regards, The VCU Blackboard Team *********************************************************************************************************** SafeAssign, Blackboard’s anti-plagiarism utility may […]
Blackboard Content System Access Issues
The Blackboard servers have been restarted and the Content System is now functioning properly. We will continue to research the cause of the issue. ********************************************************************************************************* The Blackboard Content System is experiencing problems which are preventing user access. To prevent further complications and to restore the Content System functionality, we will be restarting all the Blackboard application […]