Scheduled maintenance for 2014

Blackboard will be taken offline approximately once a month for system maintenance. These scheduled outages will benefit Blackboard users by keeping our system stable and up-to-date.

6AM-9AM on the following Saturdays:

January 25 2014 – complete

February 22 2014 – scheduled outage canceled

April 19 2014 – complete

May 17 2014

July 5 2014

August 2 2014

October 18 2014

November 15 2014

If you have questions about the planned outages, please email lynn.greenough@oregonstate.edu

There are no larger upgrades scheduled at this time, but we will keep you informed as that changes.

Blackboard Upgrade to Service Pack 13

Blackboard was upgraded from Service Pack 9 to Service Pack 13 on December 21, 2013.

At a glance, here are 5 exciting features in the upgrade:

1. Interactive calendar
2. Streamlined assignment grading
3. Improved content editor
4. Improved discussion boards
5. New options to analyze test results

In addition to these five, there are several new updates in Service Pack 13 that will benefit students and instructors. See TAC’s web page for more details on what’s new in the upgrade.