Blackboard

Blackboard Intersession Maintenance

Posted by on December 23, 2009

Blackboard services will be undergoing intersession maintenance during the winter break. On Monday, December 28, 2009, Blackboard will be unavailable from  while maintenance is performed on the servers. On Wednesday, December 30, 2009, UMSL will be performing network maintenance from 4 – 8 p.m. This is not expected to cause a local Blackboard interruption, but […]

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Blackboard Outage on Sunday, October 18, 2009

Posted by on October 15, 2009

MOREnet, which provides core network services to Missouri S&T and other campuses, will be performing maintenance on UMSL’s network from midnight to 1 a.m. on Sunday, October 18, 2009. As a result, Blackboard at Missouri S&T will be unavailable during the maintenance window. Other IT services will still be available. Please call the Help Desk […]

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Blackboard Guest Access Options

Posted by on October 9, 2009

Blackboard has a number of options for enabling guest access to enable access to a course to individuals who are not currently enrolled in a course. It is also possible to limit guest access to specific areas or tools within a course. By default, guest access to Blackboard courses is disabled. IT has recently performed […]

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EdTech Joins YouTube

Posted by on October 5, 2009

EdTech is a little late to the game, but we finally set up a YouTube account for our group. Although we have access to other ways of posting videos, I figured YouTube has some versatility that our other methods don’t have. However, the quality of our videos has diminished somewhat. Compare the video below to […]

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Wimba Upgrade on October 9, 2009

Posted by on October 2, 2009

IT will be upgrading Wimba Voice Tools building block within Blackboard on Friday, October 9, 2009, starting at 5:30 p.m. Wimba Live Classroom and other Voice Tools will be unavailable for approximately 30 minutes during the upgrade process. Regular Blackboard services will still be available. If you have any questions, please contact the IT Help […]

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Blackboard — Digital Dropbox Permanently Decommissioned Summer 2010

Posted by on October 2, 2009

Blackboard’s Digital Dropbox  will be permanently decommissioned in Summer 2010, prior to the release of Blackboard Version 9 on our campus. The Digital Dropbox has been used most commonly by students to store data files prior to submission to the instructor’s dropbox, but will no longer be supported in Blackboard 9. Digital Dropbox will no […]

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Blackboard service restored

Posted by on September 21, 2009

Blackboard service has been restored.

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Blackboard currently unavailable

Posted by on September 21, 2009

The campus Blackboard application is currently experiencing extremely poor performance due to server issues.  Our Blackboard administrators are currently working to restore service and expect services to be restored within an hour.  Updates will be posted at IT Press and EdTech Connect as they become available. If you have any questions, please contact the IT […]

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SS2009 Courses in Blackboard Set to Unavailable Friday, September 11, 2009

Posted by on September 10, 2009

Summer Semester 2009 courses in Blackboard will be set to “unavailable” to students on Friday, September 11, 2009, starting at 5:30 p.m. Instructors can still see all of the course content inside a Blackboard course, but students will be unable to see the SS2009 courses at all. Instructors will be able to set a course […]

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Blackboard Intermittent Service on Sunday, September 13, 2009

Posted by on September 10, 2009

Blackboard service will be intermittent on Sunday, September 13, 2009, from 6 – 10 a.m. as network upgrades are being performed. Customers can expect Blackboard service outages as long as 30 minutes during this maintenance window. Please call the Help Desk with questions about this or any other issue at 573-341-HELP (4357).

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