Blackboard Users,
We need you to quickly review your course content on our test server.
In preparation for the upgrade to Blackboard system 7.2 this summer we are going to do a “dress rehearsal” upgrade on a test server to ensure that the “real” upgrade process will run smoothly. The real upgrade is scheduled to occur between June 26th and July 5th.
We need your help:
- To be sure that the folks at Blackboard copied our data correctly, could you please look at the test server and verify that your course looks OK based on the content it had as of Monday, May 14th when it was copied. No updates made after May 14th will be reflected here: https://umiamitemp.blackboard.com (login info is the same as it is for the “real” UM Blackboard)
§ Make sure your courses were copied.
§ Course documents and assignments should be accessible (check at least a few)
§ Buttons and settings should be the same.
§ Etc…
- If you see anything wrong, please let us know right away. If it all looks good, you don’t need to do anything.
After we complete the “dress rehearsal” upgrade to system 7.2 (May 31st), we will ask you to check the test server again to be sure that the upgrade hasn’t affected your course content (the same course content you are verifying now). This will also give you a sneak peak at the new Blackboard system 7.2.
Thank you.
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JENNIFER CLISTER
Blackboard & Technology Integration Analyst
University of Miami IAC
305-284-3949
