Blackboard Maintenance – Friday, February 16th, 2018
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, February 16th, 2018 Begin Time: Friday, February 16th, 2018 02:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleBlackboard SafeAssign Maintenance – Thursday, March 8th, 2018, 3:00am-9:00am
Blackboard SafeAssign maintenance – Service Interruption expected. We received the following alert from Blackboard On March 8, 2018 from approximately 3 AM EDT to 9 AM EDT, Blackboard will be...
View ArticleBlackboard Collaborate Maintenance – Friday, March 23rd, 2018
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard Collaborate will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, March 23rd, 2018 Begin Time: Friday, March 23rd, 2018 02:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleSpring 2018 – Mid-Semester Communication
Dear Blackboard Faculty, We hope your Spring Break was great and that you are having a excellent 2018! We’re all hoping that warm weather is just around the corner. Please have a look at our reminders...
View ArticleEMEGENCY SafeAssign Maintenance 04/03/2018 1130AM EDT
We received the following alert from Blackboard: The SafeAssign migration to AWS was completed on, April 2nd 2018, however unforeseen performance concerns have arisen that require additional...
View ArticleBlackboard unexpected downtime – Tuesday, April 17th
There was a Blackboard outage on Tuesday, April 17th from 2:19am – 4:41am. The VCU Learning Systems Team and Blackboard Managed Hosting are looking into the root cause. Thank you, The Blackboard Team...
View ArticleBlackboard Emergency Maintenance – Wednesday, April 18th, 2018
We have received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing emergency maintenance on Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 Begin Time: Wednesday, April 18th, 2018 02:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleBlackboard Collaborate Maintenance – Saturday, April 21st, 2018
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard Collaborate will be performing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, April 21st, 2018 Begin Time: Saturday, April 21st, 2018 04:00am US Eastern...
View ArticleBlackboard Upgrade to latest version – Tuesday, May 15th, 2018
Blackboard will be upgraded to the latest version, Bb 9.1 “Q4 2017” release beginning at 8:00pm on Tuesday, May 15th and will last approximately 20-30 hours. This new version will be used starting with...
View ArticleBlackboard Production – Update Building Block
Begin Time: Monday, May 14th, 2018 02:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Monday, May 14th, 2018 03:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) Blackboard building block (Blackboard Mobile Web Services) will be updated....
View ArticleBlackboard is NOT available at this time – Tuesday, May 15, 2018
Blackboard is currently NOT available. System is being upgraded to the latest version, Bb 9.1 “Q4 2017” release beginning at 8:00pm on Tuesday, May 15th and will last approximately 20-30 hours. This...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, May 25th, 2018
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, May 25th, 2018 Begin Time: Friday, May 25th, 2018 2:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time:...
View ArticleProblems with Safari 11.1 and Utilizing Blackboard
Issue Description: Assignment submissions that include a file upload fail on submit when attempted using the Safari web browser version 11.1. Apple’s most recent update to Safari 11.1 has caused a...
View ArticleBlackboard Collaborate Maintenance – Friday, June 8th, 2018
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, June 8th, 2018 Begin Time: Friday, June 8th, 2018 2:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time:...
View ArticleBlackboard Maintenance – Friday, June 29th, 2018
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Friday, June 29th, 2018 Begin Time: Friday, June 29th, 2018 2:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End...
View ArticleVoiceThread Maintenance – Wednesday, July 4th from 12:00 AM to 1:00 AM
Begin Time: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 12:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End Time: Wednesday, July 4th, 2018 01:00 US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) Voicethread will be performing system updates on Wednesday, July 4...
View ArticleBlackboard Login Issues – June 27, 2018
Some in the VCU community are experiencing issues with logging into some VCU online services. The issue has been identified and corrected but it is expected to take some time to propagate across all...
View ArticleKnown Issue: Collaborate Ultra session attendees using Firefox version 61 and...
Issue Description: Collaborate Ultra session attendees using Firefox version 61 and above cannot be heard by other session attendees. Expected result: the Firefox user is heard by others in the...
View ArticleBlackboard Service Interruption Possible – Thursday, July 26, 2018, 2am – 6am
We have received the following notice from Blackboard: Subject: Emergency Datacenter Maintenance – Service Interruption Possible Date: Thursday, July 26, 2018 Time: 02:00am – 06:00am EDT On Thursday,...
View ArticleBlackboard Collaborate Maintenance – Sunday, August 5th, 2018
We received the following alert from Blackboard: Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance on Sunday, August 5th, 2018 Begin Time: Sunday, August 5th, 2018 12:00am US Eastern (UTC/GMT-4) End...
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