Thursday, July 15 Panopto will require Panopto for Windows and Mac to be upgraded. When prompted, please update your software. Step-by-step guidance and instructions for upgrading on both Mac and PC are available on Panopto’s website.
On Saturday, June 26, the Panopto Cloud will be updated with the latest features and improvements. These updates will require downtime. We expect up to 4 hours of downtime starting at 8pm Central.
Currently, some users are encountering sporadic errors where administrative registration, enrollment, and course maintenance processes are not coming across from Banner/myBama to Blackboard Learn. Please report specifics to cit@ua.edu if you encounter error messages or unexpected outcomes.
For some users, the Blackboard Learn course list in myBama is not loading courses or says no courses are found. To access Blackboard Learn courses from myBama, select More at the top of the screen and choose Blackboard. Users can also log in to Blackboard Learn directly at ualearn.blackboard.com using myBama credentials.
Blackboard will perform emergency data center maintenance on Friday, June 11. Four hours of downtime can be expected between the hours of 1:00am and 5:00am CDT. Please contact cit@ua.edu if you have questions or need instructional technology assistance.
Blackboard cleanup to begin July 15. Beginning July 15, the Center for Instructional Technology will remove old course content from the Blackboard Learn system. This is in accordance with UA’s LMS Course Retention Policy, which states that materials more than two years old will be removed from the system. Students and instructors should save any materials…
On Saturday, June 26 the Panopto Cloud will be updated with new features and improvements. The update will require up to 4 hours of downtime beginning at 8pm.
Blackboard will perform emergency data center maintenance on Wednesday, June 9. Two hours of downtime can be expected between the hours of 1:00am and 5:00am. Please contact cit@ua.edu if you have questions or need instructional technology assistance.
Blackboard Learn is moving to the cloud August 5 – 13. In August, UA’s instance of Blackboard Learn will move from being hosted in Blackboard’s data centers to being hosted in the cloud, a hosting strategy otherwise known as software as a service (SaaS). Moving to SaaS allows for flexibility, scalability, resilience and innovation. Flexibility…
6/21: As of June 19, this issue should be resolved with a minor Chrome update. 6/7: Chrome (version 91) and Edge users may be continuously prompted to login to Blackboard when using Panopto. While a permanent solution is investigated, the current workaround is to use another browser such as Firefox. For further assistance, please contact…
