Adam MasseyThe upgrade over new year, to prepare us for the move to New Box View, also squished some bugs. As we were moving from Q2 2017 Cumulative Update 3, to Q2 2017 Cumulative Update 5, there were lots of fixes. The following three caused us the most problems this academic year: Can’t access menus in the Continue Reading…
Category: Maintenance
Data centre maintenance – interruption to service
Upcoming maintenance at Blackboard’s data centre will result in interruptions to service. The work will begin at 2300 GMT on Friday 17 November, and will last six hours. See details for other time zones. During this time, there will be interruptions to Blackboard. Blackboard’s Managed Hosting team will make every effort to minimise downtime during Continue Reading…
What’s new in Blackboard for 2017?
We’re now running the latest version of Blackboard – the Q2 2017 release. Here’s what’s new.
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.
Scheduled Maintenance: 20 March 2017
Blackboard will be unavailable from 0001 GMT on Monday 20 March for up to eight hours. During this time, Blackboard’s Managed Hosting team will perform maintenance on Blackboard. See details for other timezones
Scheduled Maintenance: 22 November 2016
Blackboard will be unavailable from 2230 GMT on 22 November, for up to eight hours. During this time, Blackboard’s Managed Hosting team will install the latest cumulative update for the Q2 2016 release. See details for other timezones. Cumulative Update 3 includes fixes for several issues we’ve had this term, including: Failed to launch the Continue Reading…
Scheduled Maintenance: 6 October 2016
Blackboard will be unavailable from 1930 BST on 6 October 2016 for up to twelve hours.
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.
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 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.