Adam MasseyBlackboard courses for 2016-17 modules have been created from those agreed and registered in SITS/the UMD. You can begin to populate them with new material, or reuse existing material from the previous year. It is quick and easy to copy selected content over from 2015-16 modules. Modules where Blackboard is used to support committees, distance learning Continue Reading…
Possible interruption: 11 August 2016
We will be performing some quick maintenance on Blackboard between 0800 and 1000 BST on 11 August 2016. You may be briefly unable to access Blackboard while the servers are restarted. See details for other timezones.
If your Welcome Screen says ‘Module information is temporarily unavailable’…
If your Welcome Page says ‘Module information is temporarily unavailable’ you may need to update your web browser.
Blackboard Upgrade 2016
Our annual upgrade is scheduled to begin on July 26th 2016. Blackboard Managed Hosting will begin the upgrade at 2300 BST, it will take up to 16 hours. See details for other timezones. Blackboard will be unavailable while the upgrade is taking place. After the work is complete, we will be running Blackboard Learn Q2 2016, which is the Continue Reading…
Blackboard Unavailable
Blackboard is currently running very slowly, or is unavailable. We’re working with Blackboard’s Managed Hosting team to restore access. Updates: #TT172929 – Our monitoring tools indicate throughput issues in Manchester since 11:03 BST Thursday 14th April. We are investigating. — Jisc Major Incidents (@jiscmi) April 14, 2016 #TT172929 – Manchester – This is a DDoS, Continue Reading…
Blackboard maintenance: Service interruption on 5th March 2016
Expect interruptions to Blackboard between 0100 and 0500 GMT on Saturday 5th March, 2016. See details for other time zones.
Blackboard maintenance: Service interruption on 26th Feb 2016
Interruptions to Blackboard should be expected between 0100 and 0500 GMT on Friday 26th Feb, 2016. See details for other time zones.
Blackboard maintenance: Service disruption on 19th Feb 2016
Blackboard will be down for maintenance between 0100 and 0500 GMT on Friday 19th Feb, 2016. See information for other time zones.
Blackboard is currently down
Tai LuongPlease be informed that JANET is down and users are currently unable to access Blackboard VLE. We are working to resolve this issue and we will update you once we have more details.
Final Reminder – Equella to be phased out on 13th November 2015
This is a final reminder advising you that Aston’s Equella Repository will be decommissioned on Friday 13th November 2015. If you still have any outstanding Equella items published on Blackboard, please remove or make them unavailable before the cut-off date; any Equella links on Blackboard will be broken, after this date. Therefore, we would advise Continue Reading…