Blackboard will be deploying Collaborate Ultra v21.06 release to US (AWS Virginia). Collaborate Ultra customers will experience intermittent availability during the maintenance window, Thursday, April 8, 2021 1:00 AM CDT-Thursday, April 8, 2021 5:00 AM CDT. See release notes for new Collaborate Ultra features and upgrades, such as: See more students with Gallery view Whiteboard…
Dear colleagues, Due to concerns with Respondus Monitor’s facial detection functions, Respondus has disabled those functions for all UA users. While instructors will continue to see the face detection options in settings, they are turned off by default and cannot be enabled. Students will still be prompted to ensure proper camera positioning before starting the…
3/16 @ 11:21 AM CDT – Currently there is an issue with prescheduled messages being sent an hour later than expected due to the time change. Messages appear to be sending at the correct time in the user interface but actual delivery is delayed by one hour. The Development team is working towards a resolution.…
Turnitin is currently undergoing Emergency Maintenance. The Turnitin integration in Blackboard may be intermittent or inaccessible during this period. See more about the status of this issue: https://turnitin.statuspage.io/incidents/36xnw1xg8smx Update 1:28 PM CST 3/12: Emergency Maintenance is complete. For all customers using Turnitin Feedback Studio, we have restored the ability to submit papers and view similarity…
Blackboard Learn will be unavailable between 1 AM and 5 AM CST on Friday, March 5 for emergency data center maintenance. Please contact cit@ua.edu if you have questions or need instructional technology assistance.
Turnitin users are currently experiencing an unexpected service disruption when viewing similarity/originality reports. During this time, users may find they are unable to make a submission or view their Similarity Report. For updates on this Turnitin issue: https://turnitin.statuspage.io/incidents/1kg2yx4bffn6 Resolved by Turnitin March 1 – Reported outage duration, March 1 9:00 am – 1:00 pm CST
Midterm Grades due March 5 at Midnight Midterm grades are due 3/5 at 11:59 p.m. Instructors are required to submit midterm grades for all 100- and 200-level courses. Midterm grading should be used to submit grades assigned for non-attendance. Helpful Grading Info Importing Final and Midterm Grades from Blackboard into MyBama Assigning Non-Attendance Grade Reason…
Some instructors and students are facing sporadic issues navigating to and viewing Peermark reviews in Turnitin. Users unable to view or navigate between peer reviews. Please ensure you are accessing feedback correctly (feedback how-to video for students here) and contact us if the reviews are still unavailable.
Customizing the Blackboard Grade Center Need to align your Grade Center with your course syllabus? Learn how to create columns, weight grades, and adjust your schema with CIT’s Blackboard Advanced: Setting Up the Grade Center YouTube video. Midterm Grades due March 5 at Midnight Midterm grades are due 3/5 at 11:59 p.m. Instructors are required…
Resolved: The Blackboard Learn course list in myBama is not currently directing users to Blackboard successfully. 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.
