What’s new in Blackboard for 2017?
Adam MasseyWe’re now running the latest version of Blackboard – the Q2 2017 release. Here’s what’s new.
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Error on announcement tool if not enrolled
When viewing a courses’s announcements, you will see an error if you are not enrolled. This only affects users school administrators who have access to view all courses in their school. Steps to replicate Log into Blackboard as a school … Continued
School administrators access to 2017 courses
We’re changing how school administrators access their Blackboard courses.
New 2017/18 Blackboard modules
Tai LuongAll taught modules have been “created empty” for 2017/18 on Aston’s Blackboard VLE. In addition, instructors are now enrolled onto their respective modules by SITS. If you are missing modules on Blackboard, please contact your school SITS administrator in the … Continued
Blackboard Upgrade 2017
Our annual upgrade is scheduled to begin on 30 August 2017.
Blackboard Managed Hosting will begin work at 2100 BST, it will take up to fifteen hours to complete.
Incorrect Last Access Date
The last access date is not updating for all students. The Grade Centre and Performance Dashboard show one date (or no date at all), but it is clear students have performed additional activities within the course. The fix for this … Continued
Issues accessing Blackboard this morning
You may have experienced issues accessing Blackboard this morning: A small number of clients are reporting intermittent connectivity issues to the AMS1 data center. The operations teams are actively investigating the reported issues. status.blackboard.com/services/blackboard-learn-data-centers/2017/04/19 The problems were fixed by lunchtime.
Blackboard Assignment Receipts: 24 March 2017
Today’s issues with email in Blackboard has meant that receipts for Blackboard assignments weren’t created.
Blackboard not sending emails
Flagged by an issue with assignment receipts, it turns out the issue is more widespread. Any email sent via Blackboard will fail, including Announcements Messages via the Send Email course tool Assignment receipts Blackboard are aware and working on a … Continued
Error when submitting work to a Blackboard assignment
When trying to submit work to a Blackboard assignment, an error is displayed and the work doesn’t submit. Initial investigation suggests this is an issue with the receipt which Blackboard sends when you submit work. If you go back to … Continued