Adam MasseyBlackboard 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…
Category: Upgrade
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…
Upcoming changes to Inline Grading
The third party service used by Blackboard’s Inline Grading tool is being discontinued and replaced. If you use Blackboard’s Inline Grading to feedback on your students’ work, read on.
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.
School administrators access to 2017 courses
We’re changing how school administrators access their Blackboard courses.
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.
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 Update: July 2015
Last weekend saw our annual upgrade to Blackboard. Read on for the (not very many) changes
Blackboard Upgrade 2015
Our annual upgrade is scheduled to begin on Saturday 4th July Blackboard will start working on the upgrade at 0100 BST, and it can take up to twelve hours to complete. See details for other timezones. We’ll be upgrading to the Blackboard Learn October 2014 release. There are no new features for this release, but many bugs and known Continue Reading…