Saturday, February 28, 2015
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Friday, February 27, 2015
[BB] Changes on Blackboard: Student Preview, Button background, and News articles
- The "Student Preview" button will be easier to find, now that it has been labeled.
- Some buttons that were blue on dark gray will be easier to read since they are now blue on light gray.
- The New York Times and UM news articles on the "News" tab will no longer disappear after loading the page.
Friday, February 06, 2015
[BB] RESOLVED - Blackboard unreachable from on campus
- Bill -
On Feb 6, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Vilberg, William R. <bill.vilberg@miami.edu> wrote:
The UM Blackboard system, http://courses.miami.edu, is not currently reachable from the Coral Gables campus. We can reach it from our cell phones, when we turn off wifi, so the system is up, but there appears to be some network issue between the Coral Gables campus and the Blackboard server in northern Virginia. Not sure about other locations, other than my AT&T iPhone can open it.
We will update you as soon as we get further information.
- Bill -
William (Bill) Vilberg
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-218-3052 (cell)
[BB] Update 1 - Blackboard unreachable from on campus
Further updates to follow.
- Bill -
On Feb 6, 2015, at 12:58 PM, Vilberg, William R. <bill.vilberg@miami.edu> wrote:
The UM Blackboard system, http://courses.miami.edu, is not currently reachable from the Coral Gables campus. We can reach it from our cell phones, when we turn off wifi, so the system is up, but there appears to be some network issue between the Coral Gables campus and the Blackboard server in northern Virginia. Not sure about other locations, other than my AT&T iPhone can open it.
We will update you as soon as we get further information.
- Bill -
William (Bill) Vilberg
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-218-3052 (cell)
[BB] Blackboard unreachable from on campus
We will update you as soon as we get further information.
- Bill -
William (Bill) Vilberg
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-218-3052 (cell)
Thursday, January 15, 2015
[BB] New posts on blackboardinfo.weebly.com
- Blackboard Print Button Removed During Upgrade - Try PrintWhatYouLike
- Students Who Are Blocked From a Blackboard Course Site
- Courses Missing on Blackboard for Students
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-218-3052 (cell)
Tuesday, January 06, 2015
[BB] Blackboard courses sites setup
Dear Blackboard Users,
With the beginning of every semester, you might like to have your Blackboard course sites setup in a specific way. Below are services we offer for your course sites. Let us know if we can do any of these, or anything else to assist you at the start of the semester. Send email to blackboardhelp@miami.edu or call 305-284-3949 to make a request or get assistance.
1. Course Merge
If you teach multiple sections of a course, or have both graduate and undergraduate students in the same course, it may be easier to combine them into one Blackboard course site, rather than have a separate site for each section. With the merged site, you can post your course material once rather than posting it in each section’s site separately.
Note: This should be done before any activity takes place in the course sites. Please be aware User records, such as discussion board posts, grades, and assessment attempts will not be copied to the new site.
2. Course Augment
There is also the option to do a course "augment" which will maintain all of your original course sites and add one additional master site with all of the students from your various sections. With the course augment option you can use the master site to post course material in one location, and reserve the individual section course sites for assignments or tests specific to each course section.
3. Course Copy
If you have material from a prior semester that you would like to copy into the course site you are setting up, you can call us to do a course copy for you or you can follow the steps at the link below to do it yourself:
http://goo.gl/uq1qU
Note: You need to be enrolled as an instructor in both the source and destination courses sites in order to perform a Course Copy. User records, such as discussion board posts, grades, and assessment attempts will not be copied. Do NOT copy course enrollments.
4. Teaching Assistant enrollment
Teaching assistants are not added automatically to your class, they have to be entered manually. You can have us do it for you or you can do it yourself using the instructions at the following link:
http://goo.gl/ON85r
5. Course Availability
When created, course sites are unavailable to students. We can make them available for you or you can follow these easy steps to do it yourself:
Please feel free to contact us for any issues you might have. Our business hours are from Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm and our phone number is 305-284-3949 or you can email us at blackboardhelp@miami.edu
Your Blackboard team
(P): 305-284-3949
Sunday, January 04, 2015
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Friday, December 26, 2014
[BB] Blackboard upgrade completed
Dear Blackboard Users,
The Blackboard upgrade is now completed and ready for access. Should you have any issues, please send an email to blackboardhelp@miami.edu or call 305-284-3949 and leave a voice mail, we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Learning Platforms Team.
Thursday, December 25, 2014
[BB] Blackboard maintenance
Dear Blackboard users,
The Blackboard upgrade has begun and it will not be available until Friday, Dec. 26th in the evening. Updates will be posted at http://blackboardinfo.weebly.com
Thank you for your patience during this process
Learning Platforms Team
Thursday, December 11, 2014
[BB] Blackboard maintenance/upgrade December 26th
This update is primarily for maintenance. Only a few things are changing and those changes are slight. We will be documenting the changes and distributing them in the next few days.
The upgrade will preserved all data and accounts.
- Bill -
William (Bill) Vilberg
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-218-3052 (cell)
Sunday, December 07, 2014
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Thursday, December 04, 2014
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Monday, December 01, 2014
[BB] The New (future) Experience of Blackboard Learn
This is NOT what Blackboard looks like now or will look like after our December 26th upgrade. It may be a year until we see this new experience. If you are interested in seeing it, feel free to register and let Blackboard give you a sneak peek.
- Bill -
William (Bill) Vilberg
Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-218-3052 (cell)
[BB] Engage your students with NBC Learn videos

The University of Miami has full access to NBC Learn Higher Ed, which is an online resource of over 17,000 pieces of instructional material spanning 80 years of television. UM Libraries has scheduled an on-site training on Wednesday and Thursday, December 3 and 4. Participants will learn to explore this engaging resource and share best practices for integrating video into face-to-face or blended instruction. NBC Learn features robust searching, browsing and filtering tools to aid research and inquiry-based discovery. UM faculty, students, and staff will have complete access to resources 24/7 from school and from home.
Please join us for a hands-on and informative session on how NBC Learn can be used in your classes and course development. You can register for one or multiple subject area sessions or one of the general sessions. Drop-ins are welcome depending on space availability.
Workshops will be held at Richter Library, room 344. NBC Learn can be found in the library database list under "N" or on the UM Blackboard homepage.
Registration website: http://libguides.miami.edu/nbclearn
December 3
1. 9:30-11:00 Health & Life Sciences
2. 11:00-12:30 Arts & Humanities
3. 12:45-2:00 Education Technology / Lunch
4. 2:00-3:30 Political Science, International Studies, and Latin American Studies
5. 3:30-5:00 General Session
December 4
1. 9:30-11:00 General Session
2. 11:00-12:30 Science Technology Engineering & Mathematics (STEM)
3. 12:45-2:00 General Session / Lunch
4. 2:00-3:30 Health & Life Sciences
5. 3:30-5:00 Arts & Humanities
NBC Learn Higher Ed, the education division of NBC News, is excited to kick-off this exciting new partnership with University of Miami.

Assistant Director of Learning Platforms
Information Technology
University of Miami
305-284-3944 (desk)
786-218-3052 (cell)
Thursday, November 20, 2014
[BB] Flipping Out over the Flipped Classroom? Live Online Seminar Details
Instructional Designer for Academic Technologies
Learning, Innovation and Faculty Engagement
139 Ungar Building
305-284-9031
“Watch your Thoughts because they become your Words, watch your words because they become your Actions, watch your actions as they become your Habits, watch your habits as they become your Character, and watch your character as this becomes your Destiny…” Freeman A. Hrabowski
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
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Tuesday, November 11, 2014
[BB] Faculty Exploratory Grand Opening
Instructional Designer for Academic Technologies
Learning, Innovation and Faculty Engagement
139 Ungar Building
305-284-9031
“Watch your Thoughts because they become your Words, watch your words because they become your Actions, watch your actions as they become your Habits, watch your habits as they become your Character, and watch your character as this becomes your Destiny…” Freeman A. Hrabowski











