SafeAssign processing delays
We received the following alert from Blackboard Bulletin/Advisory Information: The Blackboard SafeAssign service continues to experience delays in returning Originality Reports and results to end...
View ArticleRolling restart of Blackboard Production application servers
Beginning Date: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 2:30pm US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Thursday, May 11th, 2017 3:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) Blackboard Managed Hosting will perform a rolling restart of our...
View ArticleBlackboard Availability – May 16, 2017 Upgrade
Reminder: The VCU Blackboard system will be upgraded to a newer version on May 16-17. Begin Time: Tuesday, May 16th, 2017, 8:00pm (EST) End Time: Wednesday, May 17th, 2017, 8:00pm (EST) Blackboard will...
View ArticleBlackboard Learn Upgrade – May 16th, 2017 – Completed May 17th at 2:30PM
Blackboard Upgrade to Q4 2016 Release has been Completed Reminder: The VCU Blackboard system will be upgraded to a newer version on May 16-17. Begin Time: Tuesday, May 16th, 2017, 8:00pm (EST) End...
View ArticleRedesigned Interface for VCU’s eLearning Environment
The Learning Systems team just completed the Blackboard upgrade, and you will immediately notice that it looks different. For several years, Blackboard has maintained the same look, and over time it...
View ArticleBlackboard Mobile Learn Transition to Bb Student & Bb Instructor
Transitioning from Mobile Learn to Blackboard’s Bb Student & Bb Instructor Apps: Effective August 1, 2017, Mobile Learn will be removed from all app stores. After August 31, 2017, Blackboard will...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, July 28th, 2017
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Friday, July 28th, 2017 Begin Time: Friday, July 28th,...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, June 23rd, 2017
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Friday, June 23rd, 2017 Begin Time: Friday, June 23rd,...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Change SMTP mail relay – Friday, July 7th, 2017
Blackboard will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Friday, July 7th, 2017 Begin Time: Friday, July 7th, 2017 02:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Friday,...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Thursday, July 6th, 2017
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Thursday, July 6th, 2017 Begin Time: Thursday, July 6th,...
View ArticleBlackboard Production – Update Building Block
Begin Time: Monday, July 17th, 2016 02:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Monday, July 17th, 2016 06:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) Blackboard building block (Blackboard Mobile Web Services) will be...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Thursday, August 3rd, 2017
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Thursday, August 3rd, 2017 Begin Time: Thursday, August...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, August 18th, 2017
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Friday, August 18th, 2017 Begin Time: Friday, August...
View ArticleVoiceThread Maintenance: September 4th, 2017
We received the following bulletin from VoiceThread: VoiceThread will be performing system upgrades on Monday, September 4th from 5:00am to 6:00am EDT. VoiceThread service may be slow during this...
View ArticleVoiceThread’s transition away from Flash
We received the following alert from VoiceThread: Say Goodbye to Flash in VoiceThread on December 31st, 2017 VoiceThread transition away from Flash has been an ongoing project over the last four years....
View ArticleBlackboard Mobile applications
Mobile Learn has officially been replaced by the Blackboard app and is no longer supported, however, you can still use the app on iOS as long as you don’t update to iOS 11 and Android. Users should...
View ArticleKaltura Homepage Updates
The Kaltura MediaSpace homepage (https://vcu.mediaspace.kaltura.com) will be updated on October 1, 2017. The update includes a new color scheme and an updated, responsive webpage. Training documents...
View ArticleBlackboard Production – Update Building Block
Begin Time: Tuesday, October 10th, 2016 02:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Tuesday, October 10th, 2016 06:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) Blackboard building block (Blackboard Mobile Web Services,...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Change LDAP server – Thursday, October 5th, 2017
Blackboard will be performing maintenance during the regularly scheduled maintenance window on Thursday, October 5th, 2017 Begin Time: Thursday, October 5th, 2017 02:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time:...
View ArticleEcho360 (EchoSystem Server) maintenance complete (4 AM on 10/21)
The EchoSystem Server maintenance was successfully completed at 4AM this morning and Echo360 capture and playback capability has been tested. Thank you for your patience during this important content...
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