Update Blackboard’s next update has been rescheduled to Saturday, August 8, 2026. The update includes a new Gradebook interface, a new Groups interface for instructors, and new capabilities in the Course Content area. These new features are highlighted in a previous CIT News update. Support CIT has updated how-to guides in the Instructional Technology Knowledge…
The upcoming release to Blackboard has many exciting updates! The most significant changes are coming to the Groups tab, the Gradebook, the Course Content page, and old Original courses. Blackboard Groups The Groups tab has an updated layout and navigation. Groups management has been redesigned to improve usability, performance, and consistency, making it faster and…
Issue Blackboard has a scheduled infrastructure maintenance for the University of Alabama’s Blackboard site. UA’s Blackboard site will be unavailable to all users for approximately 2 hours. Blackboard is modernizing the infrastructure that supports Blackboard LMS to improve security, reliability, and long‑term scalability. The upgraded infrastructure is designed to standardize environments globally, meet higher security…
Issue Users may receive an error message when logging in to Blackboard. It reads, “Sign On Error! Blackboard Learn is currently unable to log into your account using Single sign-on because the authentication request has expired. Please log out of your single sign-on and try again.” Users can choose to select the button Return to…
On May 10, 2026, the Blackboard login page changed to provide login paths for UA users and non-UA users to access their Blackboard courses. What does this mean for you? Access Blackboard via direct URL If you access Blackboard via https://ualearn.blackboard.com or the Blackboard mobile app, the login page will have a new look. Users…
Update 04/13/26: Blackboard Ally has processed the majority of the backlog which should decrease the delays for course syncs & copy processes. Blackboard Support is monitoring this issue and will continue to provide updates. Issue Faculty may experience intermittent delays in the Ally processing of content added to Blackboard. This means that new content added…
Issue There is an issue with using iClicker (a third-party tool) through the Macmillan Achieve integration. Currently, faculty may experience an issue with iClicker grade columns in the Blackboard Gradebook. If a column is deleted by the instructor, that column may reappear along with duplicate iClicker grade columns. iClicker is a polling solution offered by…
Resolved The issue is resolved. Duration: Monday, March 16, 2026 ~2:00 PM until March 18, 2026. If you are still seeing the error message in your course, please contact the Center for Instructional Technology for more troubleshooting. Update 03/17/2026: Blackboard Support is still working on a resolution. We will update this post with any new…
Issue We are aware of issues with accessing and editing Blackboard documents and files. Both faculty and students are receiving these errors. When accessing/editing Blackboard content, you may receive one of the following error messages: Not Found The message reads “The specified resource was not found, or you do not have permission to access it.”…
Issue We are aware of an Known Issue affecting file links in both online and on-campus Blackboard courses. When selecting a file, the link may direct the user to a different file in the course. Example: In a specific scenario where a document included PDF attachments from more than one course, an attachment from a…
