Posted 10/10/2009
https://behind.blackboard.com/Support/Bulletins/?NewsItemID=1365
We are pleased to announce that Blackboard SafeAssign, Blackboard Sync and Blackboard Scholar have successfully undergone maintenance.
Thank you for your patience.
https://behind.blackboard.com/Support/Bulletins/?NewsItemID=1360
SafeAssign will have intermittent outages starting the morning of Saturday, October 10 and ending the morning of Sunday, October 11 as Blackboard performs maintenance. Please plan accordingly.
SafeAssign and Scholar will be down for scheduled maintenance on Friday, October 23 from 2:00AM until 6:00AM. Services will be completely inaccessible. Students will not be able to submit SafeAssignments and instructors will not be able to create or check SafeAssignments during this time period. The rest of Blackboard should remain unaffected.
The Blackboard Support Team will be at a staff retreat on Monday, September 28, 2009. E-mail will be checked periodically throughout the day, but support will be limited.
SPD instructors, please contact the SPD Online office: spd_online@notes.cc.sunysb.edu or 631-632-9484.
SPD Online students, please contact either the SPD Online office (see above) or the TLT Student Help Desk: helpme@stonybrook.edu or 631-632-9602
On-campus students, please contact the TLT Student Help Desk (see above).
Has a student dropped your course and has decided to audit instead? Read on!
When a student drops a course, we place a hold on their account in that course in Blackboard. The student is technically still on your roster, but they are hidden and do not appear in an Enroll User search. Please contact TLT Instructional Technology Support with your course number and the student’s ID number, and we will reinstate them in your course.
TLT has scheduled Blackboard workshops for Fall 2009! This series will be held on Stony Brook’s West Campus, rooms to be determined later.
To register: https://tlt.stonybrook.edu/FacultyServices/Lists/Faculty%20%20Instructor%20Development%20Opportunities%20%20On/calendar.aspx
Select the desired workshop and click "Register!"
Topics include:
- Basics and posting content
- SafeAssign and the Assignment tool
- Blogs and wikis
- Tests and surveys
- Grade Center (aka Gradebook)
- What’s new in Blackboard 8.0?
For those who are unable to attend, you may contact us to set up a one-on-one consultation (either in person or online).
SOLAR will be unavailable starting Wednesday, August 19 at 5:00PM for upgrades. The system is expected to be back online by Thursday, August 20 at 2:00AM.
Why are we upgrading right before the semester starts?
1. We cannot upgrade while classes are in session. That gives us a very small selection of dates with which to perform the upgrade.
2. Blackboard will no longer support our current version, 7.3, after October. We have to upgrade before then to maintain continuous support, but again, we can’t upgrade during an active semester.
Long story short, it’s the only time we can upgrade.
What will happen to the content I’ve already uploaded for my Fall 2009 course?
Your content will remain intact. The only thing that will change is Blackboard’s interface.
I’ve been uploading content for my Fall 2009 course to the test server. What will happen to it after the upgrade?
Please contact us to move your content from the test server to production.
What’s new in 8.0?
Find out by visiting our website and downloading our documentation.
- Grade Center
- Self & Peer Assessment
- Sign-up Tool
Just a friendly reminder that Teaching, Learning + Technology is upgrading to Blackboard 8.0 on August 25, 2009! We expect the system to be down completely on that date from 8AM until 1PM.
What’s new in Blackboard 8.0? Find out by visiting our website and downloading our documentation.
- Grade Center
- Self & Peer Assessment
- Sign-up Tool
For a sneak peek at 8.0, log into our test server with your NetID and password: https://bbapdemo.ic.sunysb.edu. Complete copies of your Fall 2008 courses and earlier are available for use.
While our summer workshop series has concluded, we are available for consultations upon request.
Please let us know if you have any questions, and feel free to forward this information to any new faculty or other interested parties!