Adam MasseyDue to essential maintenance, Blackboard will be unavailable between 0100 – 0300 GMT on Sunday 16th November 2014.
Blackboard DDOS Attack
Access to Blackboard was interrupted twice today. The first time was around half past eleven Aston's Blackboard is down. Blackboard Managed Hosting are aware and are investigating the cause cc @isa_helpdesk — AstonTEL (@AstonTEL) November 4, 2014 Access was restored at approximately 11:45 We've not had official word from Managed Hosting, but it looks like Continue Reading…
Blackboard is Down
http://t.co/Htfq7Rn65I is down. Blackboard Managed Hosting are aware and investigating the cause. pic.twitter.com/tI2NTuxZ8r — AstonTEL (@AstonTEL) October 27, 2014 Update Access has been restored.
Essential Maintenance Overnight
Due to essential maintenance, Blackboard may be disrupted overnight between midnight and 0100. — AstonTEL (@AstonTEL) September 29, 2014
SignUp Lists available again
The upgrade to the April 2014 release of Blackboard broke the SignUp Lists. We’ve installed the latest version of the building block and the feature is available once more. For instructions on creating new SignUp lists, see the updated instructions. When course copying content from 2013 to 2014 courses, SignUp lists will copy correctly once Continue Reading…
Blackboard tutorials now updated
Neil CocklinOver the last couple of weeks we have been working on up dating all of the Blackboard tutorials. This was a substantial amount of work that I’m pleased to announce has now been completed. All the tutorials are now correct for Blackboard’s April 2014 release that we are currently running. There has been some necessary Continue Reading…
SignUp lists feature currently broken
SignUp lists have been fixed. More information Since the recent update to Blackboard the SignUp lists feature has not been working correctly. All existing lists can still be accessed for information purposes but no new lists can be created at this time. As a short term work around you may wish to consider using a Continue Reading…
Blackboard Roll Over 2014-2015
Monday August 4th 2014 Week beginning Monday August 4th 2014, roll over will be taking place, with the expectation that all 2014-2015 courses will be available to staff by Monday August 11th 2014. If you have any issues, please contact the VLE team blackboard@aston.ac.uk All staff and students will continue to access Blackboard via the usual URL: vle.aston.ac.uk. Please note: Continue Reading…
Blackboard Upgrade 2014
Saturday, July 5th 2014 Blackboard will be upgraded to Blackboard version April 2014 Release. New Features Inline Assignment Grading When an Instructor views a document submitted through an Assignment, that document is converted to a format that is viewable inside the web browser. Supported document types that can be converted are Word (DOC, DOCX), PowerPoint Continue Reading…
Problem with Internet Explorer 11 and Blackboard
There is a problem with using Internet Explorer 11 and Blackboard. We have been assured that Blackboard are aware of the issue and are doing their best to fix it. In the mean time we advise to use either Fire Fox or Chrome to access Blackboard.