Jun
12
2009

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed »

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, June 12) at 06:30pm. Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team...

Posted by Eric Harvey in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Jun
9
2009

Blackboard Downtime Maintenance - June 12, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight »

Blackboard Maintenance - Friday, June 12, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month. If unforeseen circumstances cause the system to be down past midnight updates will be posted to the Blackboard system announcement blog at: http://blog.vcu.edu/blackboard/ Regards, The Blackboard Team...
Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
May
22
2009

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed »

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, May 22) at 08:15pm. Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team...
Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
May
18
2009

SafeAssign and Scholar Downtime - May 22, 2009 3:00-8:00 a.m. »

Blackboard has scheduled maintenance for services hosted at their network facility, for Friday, May 22, 2009 from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. SafeAssign and Scholar services will not be available during this time. Please note that VCU's Blackboard system WILL still be available. Regards, The VCU Blackboard Team...
Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
May
18
2009

Blackboard Downtime Maintenance - May 22, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight. »

Blackboard Maintenance - Friday, May 22, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month. If unforeseen circumstances cause the system to be down past midnight updates will be posted to the Blackboard system announcement blog at: http://blog.vcu.edu/blackboard/ Regards, The Blackboard Team...
Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
May
4
2009

SafeAssign Availability »

Blackboard confirms that SafeAssign is back online and functioning properly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SafeAssign appears to be functioning properly, however we are still attempting to contact Blackboard to confirm the status. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Blackboard Inc. reported yesterday (5/3/09) that SafeAssign services were unavailable, and that technicians were working to resolve the issue....
No Comments | Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Apr
21
2009

SafeAssign Downtime Cancelled »

We have been notified by Blackboard that the SafeAssign server maintenance, previously scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2009 has been postponed until further notice. There will be no planned interruption in SafeAssign services.  Any further details regarding the availability of SafeAssign will be posted to this blog. Regards, The VCU Blackboard Team ***********************************************************************************************************...
No Comments | Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Apr
17
2009

Blackboard Content System Access Issues »

The Blackboard servers have been restarted and the Content System is now functioning properly. We will continue to research the cause of the issue. ********************************************************************************************************* The Blackboard Content System is experiencing problems which are preventing user access.  To prevent further complications and to restore the Content System functionality, we will be...
No Comments | Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Apr
10
2009

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, April 10) at 04:30pm. »

Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team...
Posted by Paula Smith in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Apr
10
2009

Wimba Classroom Tool - Issue Resolved »

April 10, 2009 11:30am Wimba Inc. has resolved the problem and Wimba Classroom is now functioning properly. ****************************************************************************************************************** Wimba Inc. is currently experiencing server outages, which are causing Wimba Classroom servers to be inaccessible or some features not functioning. Updates will be posted as additional information becomes available....
No Comments | Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Apr
6
2009

Blackboard Downtime Maintenance - April 10, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight »

Blackboard Maintenance - Friday, April 10, 2009 - 4:00pm to midnight. Blackboard Maintenance is the second and fourth Friday of the month. If unforeseen circumstances cause the system to be down past midnight updates will be posted to the Blackboard system announcement blog at: http://blog.vcu.edu/blackboard/ Regards, The Blackboard Team...
No Comments | Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Feb
28
2009

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, Feb 27) at 11:57pm »

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, Feb 27) at 11:57pm. Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team...
Posted by Sheila Chandler in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Feb
28
2009

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, Feb 27) at 11:57pm »

Blackboard Regularly Scheduled Maintenance Completed (Friday, Feb 27) at 11:57pm. Please email blackboard@vcu.edu or call the Help Desk at 828-2227 if you experience any problems. Regards, Blackboard Team...
Posted by Sheila Chandler in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Feb
23
2009

Blackboard Downtime Maintenance – February 27, 2009 - 8:00pm to midnight »

Blackboard Maintenance - Friday, February 27, 2009 - 8:00pm to midnight. Please note that the start time is 8:00pm instead of our usual 4:00pm. This downtime will be used to switch back to the production database server. The Blackboard system has been temporarily running on a “failover” database due to...
No Comments | Posted by Jana Avery in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Feb
14
2009

Blackboard Status (Sat. Feb. 14, 2009 12:30pm) – System Back On-Line »

Blackboard Status (Sat. Feb. 14, 2009 12:30pm) – System Back On-Line Update: The Blackboard system is back up and running as of Saturday, Feb. 14 at 12:35pm. Please note that we had to go to the “failover” database and it may be slower then the “production” database. The plan will...
Posted by Sheila Chandler in the Blackboard Announcements blog.
Feb
14
2009

Blackboard Status (Sat. Feb. 14, 2009 10:00am) »

Blackboard Status (Sat. Feb. 14, 2009 10:00am) Update: The operating system could not be restored so we are switching to the standby database server. When this switch has been completed another message will be posted. The Blackboard (Bb) system is down due to a problem with a patch to the...
Posted by Sheila Chandler in the Blackboard Announcements blog.

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