myBama update – June 1
Sat., Jun 1, 6 a.m. – 8 a.m. OIT will be doing an update to myBama. Blackboard Learn users will need to log into Blackboard via the direct URL, ualearn.blackboard.com, during this update window.
News
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…
Blackboard Learn Upgrade May 8 – 10
Blackboard Learn will be unavailable due to a scheduled upgrade beginning Wednesday, May 8 at 8:00 p.m. until Friday, May 10 at 12:00 p.m.
Blackboard Grader App End of Life
Blackboard, Inc. has discontinued the Blackboard Grader mobile app effective March 29, 2019. The app has been removed from app stores and support has ceased. Users with instructor roles should download Blackboard Instructor as a replacement.
Tegrity Maintenance March 31 – early morning
Tegrity engineers will be performing maintenance on their servers on March 31 from 12:00 a.m. to 7 a.m. CDT. There will be a 3-hour downtime window from 12:00 a.m to 3 a.m. CDT.
Long filenames cause Blackboard Learn errors
Blackboard Learn users should avoid lengthy filenames for content they upload to Blackboard. Keep filenames to under 64 characters to avoid these errors.
People.ua.edu is available
The issue with people.ua.edu has been resolved and users should contact our office if they experience issues.
People.ua.edu
All people.ua.edu sites are currently down. We will update with more information as we receive it.
McGraw Hill to Discontinue Tegrity June 30, 2020
McGraw Hill has announced that they are discontinuing their Tegrity lecture capture product effective June 30, 2020. We are already looking at other lecture capture options and are building a plan to get something new in place as soon as we can. There are a couple of products that are similar in function and workflow…
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…