Adam MasseyThe move to SaaS is now complete! Over the course of three days, everything was moved from Managed Hosting, over to the new SaaS environment. That means we will always run the latest version of Blackboard – that means no more finding a bug in September and having to wait for the next summer’s upgrade Continue Reading…
2019 Blackboard Courses
Blackboard courses for the 2019 academic year will be available by Friday 9 August. By that date, those with the School Administrator role (e.g. assessments teams, Library Information Specialists, etc) will be able to search for and quick enrol on courses. Instructors will be enrolled on to courses based on the information in the UMD, Continue Reading…
Service Interruption: 29 to 31 July 2019
Blackboard Learn will be unavailable between 29 July and 31 July, inclusive. We’re moving to Blackboard’s SaaS hosting which always runs the latest version, and doesn’t require any downtime when upgrades are installed. Migrating to Blackboard’s SaaS hosting requires the live system to be taken offline to allow for materials to be moved, and testing Continue Reading…
We’re changing how we host Blackboard Learn
We’re moving from Managed Hosting to SaaS. At the end of July, we’ll migrate to SaaS hosting. This always runs the latest version of Blackboard Learn, and upgrades don’t require it to be unavailable while they are installed. To do this, we need to take the live system offline to allow for the materials to Continue Reading…
Service Interruption: 31 May 2019
Access to Blackboard will be interrupted during the early hours of Friday 31 May 2019. Expect Blackboard to be unavailable during the hours of 0100 and 0500 BST while infrastructure maintenance is carried out See details for other time zones
Service Interruption: 1 March 2019
Access to Blackboard will be briefly interrupted during the early hours of Friday 1 March 2019. Blackboard expect a few minutes of interruptions between 0100 and 0500 GMT while the Managed Hosting team perform infrastructure maintenance. See details for other time zones
Service Interruption: 25 January 2019
Access to Blackboard will be interrupted during the early hours of Friday 25 January 2019. Interruptions to service are expected between 0100 and 0500 GMT while Blackboard’s Managed Hosting team perform infrastructure maintenance. See details for other time zones
Service Interruption: 28 December 2018
Access to Blackboard will be interrupted during the early hours of Friday 28 December 2018. Blackboard’s Managed Hosting team will be performing infrastructure maintenance. Interruptions to service are expected between 0100 GMT and 0500 GMT See details for other time zones
Blackboard Upgrade: 16 December 2018
Blackboard will be upgraded on 16 December 2018. 🎁 Blackboard Managed Hosting will start work at 0100 GMT, it will take up to twelve hours to complete. See details for other timezones. Blackboard will be unavailable during this time, and it should be considered at risk on Monday.
Blackboard Upgrade 2018 – postponed
The upgrade planned for Sunday 19 August has been postponed. The chosen date would impact students revising for resits and submitting assignments. A date during the 2018 academic year will be investigated and agreed with all of the Schools and announced in due course. This post was edited on 8 August 2018 to announce the Continue Reading…