Category: Known Issues

Blackboard Learn Privacy Notice

Users logging in to the upgraded Blackboard Learn system for the first time may be asked to agree to Privacy Terms and Conditions via a click-through announcement. This announcement is part of Blackboard’s efforts to meet newly required international data privacy regulations, including the European General Data Protection Regulation or GDPR. The GDPR and other data privacy regulations require that users be asked to newly agree to existing privacy notices.

People.ua.edu

All people.ua.edu sites are currently down. We will update with more information as we receive it.

Blackboard App – Due date Discrepancy

There’s known issue where if a user is located in a different time zone than their school’s server, they will see a different due date in the app compared to the desktop. The student will need to follow the due dates listed in the desktop version of Blackboard Learn to be in sync with the instructor and the course due dates.

Turnitin Error 500

Turnitin is currently experiencing a service disruption that may prevent instructors from commenting on student submissions.

Turnitin Upload Issue

Several users have reported that they were unable to upload submissions to Turnitin. In these instances, the upload process begins but a “successful submission” message is never displayed. To correct this, users should delete their browser history and cache.

Turnitin Issue Resolved

Turnitin experienced service issues between 4:32pm – 5:09pm on September 27th.  Those issues have been resolved and the system is currently functioning as expected.