[BB] Blackboard System Upgrade: UPDATE

Blackboard Users,

 

As you know, Blackboard is currently down. It will be back up and publicly available on Thursday, July 5^th.

 

After speaking with the people at Blackboard today, we are on schedule to test the system starting Tuesday, July 3^rd. We will have the 3^rd and 4^th of July to test the new system to make sure it is ready to release.

 

When Blackboard makes the system privately available to us (through a URL), we will share it with you so that you can review your course sites and make sure everything looks OK. We will ask that you not share this URL with your students because we will take the system back down if there are any problems. Blackboard will be available to students on July 5^th.

 

Stay tuned for more information on testing the new system when it becomes available to us.

 

Also, stay tuned for another message that will give an overview of new features in Blackboard System 7.2.

 

 

Information for Instructors with Courses on the Temporary Server…

 

For those of you who have had your courses moved to the temporary server, you can remain on the temporary server for the rest of the semester. At the end of the summer, we can move your course back over to regular Blackboard for posterity (if you want that).
* Remember that any courses that were moved but not edited do not need to be moved back. All the content that was on Blackboard before it went down will still be there when it comes back up.

 

For those who have NOT had courses moved, but have had temporary courses and accounts created, you may want to switch back to regular Blackboard when it is available again. Any content that you posted before Bb went down will still be there, so if you haven’t posted too much new content to the temporary server, it might be easier to abandon it. Since your students are logging in to the temporary server with temporary accounts (while students in courses that were moved before Bb went down have the same login info as they do on regular Bb), it may be easier for them to return to the regular Blackboard site.

 

 

 

Thank you for all your patience and contribution to this great effort.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

[BB] Blackboard Goes Down TONIGHT

Blackboard Users,

 

Blackboard will be OUT OF SERVICE until Wednesday, July 5^th starting TONIGHT at MIDNIGHT!

 

Here is a list of courses that we have either moved or are working on moving…

 

If your course (or organization) is not on this list and you want it to be moved, fill out this form immediately so that we can manually move your material to a temporary server.

 

Also, if you know anyone teaching a course this summer and suspect that they may not be aware that Blackboard will be going down, please let them know.

 

 

COURSE ID

ACC212VX-074

ACC404TU-074

ACC505VY-074

ACC64943-074

ARH132RY-074 BIL104EF-073

BSL68566-074

CAP38002-074

CAP43802-074

CAP69001-074

CHM103B-074

CHM114-074

CHM202RS-074

CHM206-074

CHM206P2-074

CHM206PR-074

CIS120QR-074

ENG201P-074

ENG202Q-074

EPS360ST-074

IACUCREVIEW

IBC-01

IGS59901-074

IGS613KY-081

IGS614UY-081 MAIA: Master of Arts… (Org)

MAS201Q-074

MLS621VY-074

NEU10001-074

NUR307CR-073

NUR314CR-073

NUR315AP-073

NUR40009-073

NUR40209-073

NUR42001-073

NUR42002-073

NUR44101-073

NUR44102-073

NUR441CR-073

NUR448AP-073

NUR52306-073

NUR523AP-073

NUR523-Simulation

NUR551JY-072

NUR553KY-072

NUR555ET-073

NUR55801-073

NUR558GV-073

NUR609GV-073

NUR616UY-072

NUR619DS-073

NUR62201-073

NUR622DS-073

NUR630AP-073

NUR646ET-073

NUR64701-073

NUR647FU-073

NUR648SX-072

OLI502-080

Towards_Non_being (Org)

PFP501SU-080

POL20001-074

POL391Q-074

POL59901-074

POL599VY-074

ProjectABCsPart1

ProjectABCsPart2

ProjectABCsPart3

ProjectABCsPart4

ProjectABCsPart5

PSY643-031

PTS61501-074

PTS66501-074

radonc001

SPA211V2-074

SPA32202-073

TAL527UY-074

 

 

 

One additional note…. If you need access to your gradebook for Summer1 grades you can retrieve them and save them as an Excel file before Blackboard goes down tonight.

 

To open your gradebook in Excel so that you can save or print it follow these steps:
  1. Go to the Control Panel

  2. From the Gradebook, click the "Download Grades" button
  3. Select Comma delimited and click "Submit" button
  4. Click "Download" button … choose whether you want to save or open the file and click OK

  5. You can format the column headers to make them easier to read.

  6. Save the Excel file.

 

 

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard Manager

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

[BB] Saving your course content

Blackboard Users,

 

Are there old courses that you would like to save or course content that you would like to access outside of Blackboard?

You can save your Blackboard course content to your computer, and there is a free tool from UNC called “bFree” that will organize it for you. Here’s how…

 

Save Your Course

1. Go to the Control Panel and click the Archive Course link. This will allow you to create a zipped file and save it to your desktop.

 

2. Go to this Web site (http://its.unc.edu/tl/tli/bFree/) and click the Information & Download link.
3. Scroll down and click the Click here to download bFree link
4. Once you have installed the application, you will see the following interface.
5. Click the Open an exported zip file… button

 

6. Navigate to the location where you saved your archived course and select that zipped file.
7. Your course content will appear as directories in the bFree window (below)
8. Choose what content you want to extract by checking the boxes on the right
9. Then choose whether or not you would like to extract your course as a Web site (where you navigate content using an HTML page) or as a directory structure.  (See examples at the bottom of this message.)
10. Click Extract button you choose at the bottom of the window.

 

11. Choose where you would like to archive your course content. If you would like to save it to its own directory, enter the directory name at the prompt

 

 

Files/Folders Vs. Web Site Navigation

Here is the difference between the two different types of navigation based on the two different extraction types:

 

Extract as Files/Folders                                    Extract as Web Site (links)

      

 

 

Saving your course will allow you to access to all your course content on your own computer, and you will be able to view it outside of Blackboard. If you have any questions, call the Help Desk: 305-284-3949.

bFree works with Windows and Mac OS X. It requires that you have the latest Java Software installed.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

[BB] Blackboard Running Again

Blackboard Users,

 

Blackboard is now up and running again. Thank you for your patience.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

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From: Clister, Jennifer R
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 11:39 AM
To: 'BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU'
Subject: RE: Blackboard DOWN: update

 

Blackboard Users,

 

Blackboard missed their 11am target for restoring our service. Their new estimate is to restore service by 1:00pm.

 

I will provide more information as I get it. Thank you for your patience.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

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From: Clister, Jennifer R
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:42 AM
To: 'BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU'
Subject: RE: Blackboard DOWN

 

Blackboard Users,

 

I have just spoken with the people at Blackboard. They said there is a problem with their data center, and they *HOPE* to have it resolved by 11am.

 

I hope so too. I will let you know what happens.

 

-Jennifer

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

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From: Clister, Jennifer R
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:18 AM
To: 'BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU'
Subject: Blackboard DOWN
Importance: High

 

As of 10:07am, the Blackboard system is down. We are talking with the people at Blackboard to find out what is going on and will report back with more information as soon as it’s available.

 

I’m sorry for the inconvenience. This downtime was not scheduled with us.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

Re: [BB] Blackboard DOWN: update

Blackboard Users,

 

Blackboard missed their 11am target for restoring our service. Their new estimate is to restore service by 1:00pm.

 

I will provide more information as I get it. Thank you for your patience.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

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From: Clister, Jennifer R
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:42 AM
To: 'BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU'
Subject: RE: Blackboard DOWN

 

Blackboard Users,

 

I have just spoken with the people at Blackboard. They said there is a problem with their data center, and they *HOPE* to have it resolved by 11am.

 

I hope so too. I will let you know what happens.

 

-Jennifer

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

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From: Clister, Jennifer R
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:18 AM
To: 'BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU'
Subject: Blackboard DOWN
Importance: High

 

As of 10:07am, the Blackboard system is down. We are talking with the people at Blackboard to find out what is going on and will report back with more information as soon as it’s available.

 

I’m sorry for the inconvenience. This downtime was not scheduled with us.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

Re: [BB] Blackboard DOWN

Blackboard Users,

 

I have just spoken with the people at Blackboard. They said there is a problem with their data center, and they *HOPE* to have it resolved by 11am.

 

I hope so too. I will let you know what happens.

 

-Jennifer

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

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From: Clister, Jennifer R
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2007 10:18 AM
To: 'BB@LISTSERV.MIAMI.EDU'
Subject: Blackboard DOWN
Importance: High

 

As of 10:07am, the Blackboard system is down. We are talking with the people at Blackboard to find out what is going on and will report back with more information as soon as it’s available.

 

I’m sorry for the inconvenience. This downtime was not scheduled with us.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

[BB] Blackboard DOWN

As of 10:07am, the Blackboard system is down. We are talking with the people at Blackboard to find out what is going on and will report back with more information as soon as it’s available.

 

I’m sorry for the inconvenience. This downtime was not scheduled with us.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949

 

[BB] Bb Down: 6/8, 3-5am

Blackboard Users,

 

Blackboard will be intermittently unavailable from 3:00am - 5:00am on Friday, June 8th for regularly scheduled maintenance.  Please plan accordingly.

 

____________________________________

JENNIFER CLISTER

Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst

University of Miami IAC

305-284-3949