Month February 2022


Blackboard Collaborate Scheduled Maintenance – March 10

From Blackboard: Feb 24, 14:08 EST Scheduled – Blackboard will be deploying our Collaborate v22.04 release to the US region (https://us.bbcollab.com), hosted in AWS (US – Virginia): us-east-1. Start Time: Thursday, March 10, 2022 2:00 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time) UTC/GMT -5 hours End Time: Thursday, March 10, 2022 6:00 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time)…


Instructional Technology News – February 18, 2022

Hello instructors, Melissa from The Center for Instructional Technology here with some instructional technology news and tips. Learning ePortfolios in the Classroom: A Panel Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 2:00-3:30 pm Location: Lackey Room, Bryant Conference Center This professional development session, brought to you by The College of Continuing Studies and The Center for Instructional Technology,…


Known Issue: Lastpass and Blackboard Test Options

The LastPass browser extension may incorrectly autofill fields and generate passwords when editing Test Options in Blackboard Learn. LastPass suggests editing settings for Blackboard in your LastPass vault if you encounter this issue: Go to lastpass.com and log in. Go to Passwords Hover over Blackboard tile and click wrench icon to edit settings Click Advanced…


RESOLVED – Known Issue: Blackboard Ally Degraded Performance

Update 02/18/2022 10 a.m.: Blackboard has resolved this issue. CIT has learned that Blackboard is monitoring an issue with Blackboard Ally for LMS that was preventing the processing of new content added to Learn courses. The issue has been addressed, but delays may continue until February 4. From Blackboard: Ally – US-EAST-1 – Degraded Performance…


Blackboard Developer Portal Critical Maintenance

CIT has been informed that Blackboard will perform critical maintenance tonight, Wed., Feb. 2, 11:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Central. This maintenance could affect the availability and/or performance of some Blackboard Learn Integrations and third-party tools. From Blackboard: Due to an unprecedented increase in usage, Blackboard will be performing database scaling to improve performance for…