Users who attempt to upload .docx files to Blackboard using Safari report receiving an error message stating that the file can’t be uploaded. A Blackboard Support ticket about this issue is being created. The workaround is to use Chrome or Firefox to upload .docx files.
UA’s instance of Blackboard will be updated starting at 8:30 p.m. May 9. The update is scheduled to be completed by noon May 11. During the update window Blackboard will be unavailable.
10:00 a.m. CDT – Some Collaborate users are experiencing connection timed out messages when attempting to join sessions. Users already connected to sessions should not be affected. Collaborate DevOps is working to investigate and resolve this issue
Some UA Blackboard users experienced a period of unavailability between 1:18 – 3:37 a.m. April 17. Blackboard technicians are investigating.
Safari version 11.1 released in early April may cause students and instructors to see a time out message when attempting to upload a file to Blackboard. Please use Firefox or Chrome browsers for file uploads.
The Turnitin system is experiencing sporadic outages that began around 7:00 AM this morning. Turnitin Status updates can be found on Twitter.
Turnitin reported that users had difficulty viewing paper submissions from 7:45 AM to 11:55 AM on March 28.
Some Turnitin users were unable to view submissions in Feedback Studio between 10:00 PM on Monday, March 26 and 12:40 AM on Tuesday, March 27.
Blackboard engineers will be performing maintenance on the data center that hosts UA’s instance of Blackboard Collaborate between 4-5 a.m. CDT March 20. The Collaborate system will be unavailable during this time.
Some users may have experienced a problem accessing or submitting to Turnitin today between 12:09 – 1:09 pm.
