Archive for June, 2008

Bb Restart 6/20

A restart of the Blackboard environment is planned for this Friday morning (June 20th) during the morning maintenance window.
This restart is to follow up after the Monday evening incident.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Bb Unavailable 6/16

We wanted to confirm that Blackboard did have periods of unavailability last night (Monday, June 16th) from approximately 9pm until after 10pm.
The problem affected the storage servers that contain documents such as those attached for download or in the digital drop box so some students may report that they could neither download or upload files [...]

Free Betas from Adobe Labs

Adobe has released public betas for their next version of Dreamweaver, Fireworks and Soundbooth.  To download, visit Adobe Labs.
Note: Remember to coordinate any software install on a college computer with User Support.

Blackboard 8 Workshops

In preparation for the fall implementation of Blackboard version 8, training workshops are being offered by the Center for Teaching and Learning. The workshops will be held during the summer semester and are designed to provide hands-on experience with the new features and tools including Syllabus, Glossary Manager, Self & Peer Assessment, and the [...]