Blackboard is available again … now Blackboard SaaS
blackboard.vcu.edu is available again following migration to the cloud-based (SaaS) version. Please open a ticket with the IT Support Center if you experience any issues. Faculty Tools (course creation...
View ArticleBlackboard SaaS Migration – Extended until 11AM Sunday, December 22
We are working with engineers at both Blackboard and VCU and hope to get issues fixed before the final deadline of 11AM tomorrow morning (Sunday, December 22), if not sooner. Thanks again for all your...
View ArticleBlackboard SaaS Migration – Extended until midnight
The migration from Blackboard Managed Hosting to Blackboard SaaS is taking longer than expected and will need to be extended until 12:00 AM, Sunday. Apologies for the delay but this 4-hour extension...
View ArticlePlanned Blackboard Maintenance – starting December 19th at 8AM
Blackboard will be down, starting at 8AM Thursday (December 19th, 2019) until 8PM on Saturday (December 21st, 2019) More Information can be found on our Blackboard SaaS migration page. Thank you for...
View ArticlePlanned Maintenance/Outage for Mobile Apps
The Blackboard app and Blackboard Instructor app will be unavailable starting December 16, 2019 at 10:30 PM EST (UTC -5) until December 17, 2019 at 3:30 AM EST (UTC -5) for a scheduled maintenance...
View ArticleEnd of Semester Email to Blackboard Faculty – Fall 2019
Greetings Blackboard Faculty, We hope your Fall 2019 is finishing out nicely and Learning Systems would like to extend a heartfelt Happy Holidays. Here are some reminders of events, Blackboard system...
View ArticleBlackboard service interruption – Resolved
We were notified by Blackboard of a service interruption between the hours of 2:30am and 4:30am this morning – Friday, November 15th, 2019. We apologize for any inconvenience. Regards, Blackboard Team...
View ArticleBlackboard experiencing connectivity issues – RESOLVED
The Blackboard intermittent connectivity issue was resolved last night. —————————————————————————————————– Blackboard is currently experiencing intermittent connectivity issues. Learning Systems, VCU...
View ArticleBlackboard SaaS Migration – December 19, 2019 at 8am to December 21, 2019 at 8pm
More information about the move to Blackboard SaaS can be found here: Blackboard Migration – December 19th, 2019
View ArticleBlackboard is now available
Blackboard is now available. There was an issue with the blackbaord.com DNS which caused service interruptions for multiple universities. Regards, Blackboard Team blackboard@vcu.edu
View ArticleTeaching with Technology Showcase
When: October 4 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Where: Cabell Library 303, 901 Park Ave. Richmond, VA 23284 United States + Google Map The CTLE, Academic Technologies, VCU Libraries, ALT Lab and Online@VCU...
View ArticleCollaborate Ultra Large Event Request
Important Blackboard Collaborate Update — Please notify Learning Systems of any large events that may have over 250 concurrent users. Our support team needs at least 72 business hours prior notice to...
View ArticleBlackboard Faculty – Welcome to Fall 2019!
We’re moving to Blackboard SaaS (not Ultra) on December 19th Just a reminder that Learning Systems will be working with Blackboard on some infrastructure changes around the holidays. There are some...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, August 2nd, 2019 – Potential service impact
Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, August 2nd, 2019 Begin Time: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 02:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Friday, August 2nd, 2019 6:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleVoiceThread Maintenance – Sunday, July, 7th, 2019 – Service impact
VoiceThread will be performing scheduled maintenance on Sunday, July 7th, 2019 Begin Time: Sunday, July 7th, 2019 05:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Sunday, July 7th, 2019 6:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, June, 28th, 2019 – Service impact intermittent
Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, June 28th, 2019 Begin Time: Friday, June 28th, 2019 02:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Friday, June 28th, 2019 6:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, June, 21st, 2019 – Service impact not expected
Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, June 21st, 2019 Begin Time: Friday, June 21st, 2019 02:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Friday, June 21st, 2019 6:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, June, 14th, 2019 – Service Impacting
Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, June 14th, 2019 Begin Time: Friday, June 14th, 2019 02:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Friday, June 14th, 2019 6:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleCaptureSpace has been retired. Kaltura Personal Capture has arrived!
Greetings from Learning Systems, This is just a friendly reminder that Kaltura CaptureSpace has been retired. As of June 1st, it is no longer being updated, enhanced, or supported by the vendor....
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance: June 22nd, 12:30am – June 22nd, 4:30pm
Begin Time: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 00:30 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Saturday, June 22nd, 2019 16:30 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) Blackboard will be down for maintenance on Saturday, June 22nd –...
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