By default, all new Blackboard courses are unavailable to students.  Those listed as Instructor will see (unavailable) next to their course name when they log into Blackboard.  That means that instructors can access their courses and upload content, but that they’re currently hidden to students.

It is the responsibility of the instructor to make their course available to students at the beginning of the semester.  Here’s how:

1. Go into the course site you wish to activate.
2. Go to the Control Panel underneath the Course Menu.
3. In the Control Panel’s Course Options box, select Settings.
4. Select Course Availability from the menu.
5. Select Yes, then click Submit.

As always, if you have questions, email us at blackboard@stonybrook.edu or call 631-632-2777.

Thank you, and have a great semester!

The Blackboard Support Team

Don’t wait until the last minute to get started with Blackboard!  Teaching, Learning + Technology’s Instructional Technology Support Team has announced their Blackboard workshop schedule for August 2008.

SafeAssign has returned to service.  Many apologies for the inconvenience!

SafeAssign is currently unavailable.  We’ve submitted a help request to Blackboard and are awaiting a response.  Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Blackboard will be undergoing routine maintenance Friday, May 2 at 8:00AM.  We expect the maintenance to last about 30 minutes.  Blackboard will be inaccessible during this time.

Attention faculty, instructors, and staff!

TLT’s Blackboard Support Team has scheduled numerous workshops for the the months of May, June, and July.  Please consider coming by to get a head start on your fall courses!

Workshop topics will include:
- Basics/Posting Content
- Tools
- Assignments
- Blogs & Wikis
- Tests & Surveys
- Gradebook
- Adaptive Release

For more information and to register, click here.

If you have any questions, please contact blackboard@stonybrook.edu or 631-632-2777.

TLT is also offering non-Blackboard workshops which may be of interest.  For our schedule with more information, click here.

If you used Blackboard during Fall 2007 and/or Winter 2008 — this announcement pertains to your course!

On Friday, March 21, 2008, we will be deleting all rosters from Fall 2007/Winter 2008 Blackboard courses.  Course content will remain, but all students will be removed.

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IF YOU:

1. are teaching a class that does not follow the West Campus Semester schedule (perhaps it overlaps semesters)

OR

2. still have students who are completing an incomplete,

You MUST fill out the following on-line form by Wednesday, March 19, 2008:  http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/bbreq.nsf/bbkeeproster

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What happens when rosters are deleted?

When rosters are removed, ALL GRADES, student file submissions and student webpages disappear from your course. This information is permanently deleted, and we cannot get it back.

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Instructors should:

1. Download your gradebook:
https://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/Software/BlackboardLMS/gradebook/Pages/DownloadtoExcel.aspx (You
may have to copy and paste this URL into your Browser).

2. Download any assignments received via the Assignment manager:
http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/blackboard/gradebook.shtml#downloadassignment

3. If you used the Digital Dropbox, you will have to go in and save each file individually:
https://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/Software/BlackboardLMS/tools/Pages/DigitalDropbox.aspx

The Blackboard Support Team has scheduled numerous workshops for the Spring 2008 semester.

Topics include:

• Blogs and Wikis
• Assignments and SafeAssign
• Blackboard Tools (including Discussion Board)
• Gradebook
• Tests and Surveys

Register today, space is limited!  http://www.ic.sunysb.edu/Ic/Classes

If you have any questions, contact us at blackboard@stonybrook.edu or 631-632-2777.

There will be a brief outage of the SafeAssign central service starting at 5:30pm ET on Friday, February 29. This outage is to allow the Blackboard Beyond Team to update the SafeAssign central service. The outage is expected to last only a few minutes. Users will not be able to submit to SafeAssign while the SafeAssign central service is unavailable. No action is required by users in order to benefit from the issues which are addressed in this central service update.

There will be a brief outage of the SafeAssign central service starting at 5pm ET on Wednesday January 30. This outage is to allow the Blackboard Beyond Team to update the SafeAssign central service. The outage is expected to last only a few minutes. Users will not be able to submit to SafeAssign while the SafeAssign central service is unavailable. No action is required by users in order to benefit from the issues which are addressed in this central service update.