Tag: Collaborate


Instructional Technology News – July 7, 2022

Hello instructors, I hope you’re enjoying the summer! This is Melissa from The Center for Instructional Technology with some instructional technology news and tips. There is much to share this time, and I encourage you to visit the links to learn more. Blackboard Learn Anthology Completes Merger with Blackboard, No Changes for UA Users Blackboard’s…


Instructional Technology News — June 1, 2022

Hello instructors, It’s June, and summer teaching and learning are underway! This is Melissa from The Center for Instructional Technology with some instructional technology news and tips. Updates to Cengage in Blackboard On May 25, CIT updated the method used for connecting Cengage MindLinks with Blackboard. Instructors will follow the same process for adding Cengage…


Instructional Technology News – May 2, 2022

Hello instructors, This is Melissa from The Center for Instructional Technology. I can’t believe the end of the semester is already here! We have some instructional technology news and tips to help you finish strong. Known Issue: Some Spring 2022 Blackboard Learn courses missing from user course list Some users have reported that certain Spring…


Blackboard Collaborate Scheduled Maintenance – May 12

From Blackboard: Apr 28, 17:08 EDT Scheduled – Blackboard will be deploying our Collaborate v22.08 release to the US region (https://us.bbcollab.com), hosted in AWS (US – Virginia): us-east-1. Start Time: Thursday, May 12, 2022 2:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) UTC/GMT -4 hours End Time: Thursday, May 12, 2022 6:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)…


Blackboard Collaborate Scheduled Maintenance – April 19

From Blackboard: Mar 31, 16:09 EDT Scheduled – Blackboard will be deploying our Collaborate v22.06 release to the US region (https://us.bbcollab.com), hosted in AWS (US – Virginia): us-east-1. Start Time: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 2:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) UTC/GMT -4 hours End Time: Tuesday, April 19, 2022 6:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)…


Blackboard Collaborate Scheduled Maintenance – March 10

From Blackboard: Feb 24, 14:08 EST Scheduled – Blackboard will be deploying our Collaborate v22.04 release to the US region (https://us.bbcollab.com), hosted in AWS (US – Virginia): us-east-1. Start Time: Thursday, March 10, 2022 2:00 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time) UTC/GMT -5 hours End Time: Thursday, March 10, 2022 6:00 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time)…


Blackboard Collaborate Scheduled Maintenance – February 10

From Blackboard: Collaborate (US) Impacting Maintenance Feb 10, 02:00-06:00 EST Blackboard will be deploying our Collaborate v22.02 release to the US region (https://us.bbcollab.com), hosted in AWS (US – Virginia): us-east-1. Start Time: Thursday, February 10, 2022 2:00 AM EST (Eastern Standard Time) UTC/GMT -5 hours End Time: Thursday, February 10, 2022 6:00 AM EST (Eastern…


Instructional Technology News – November 11

Hello instructors, Melissa from The Center for Instructional Technology here with some early November news and tips. Email Address in Blackboard Students who are also employees have both @ua and @crimson email addresses. These students can now specify which address they would like to use for Blackboard Learn communications. Students should use their @crimson email addresses for all academic and student-related communications. Additional information and…


Known Issue: Low speaker volume in Blackboard Collaborate when using iOS 15 and Safari 15

From Blackboard: Collaborate – Low speaker volume in Collaborate when using iOS 15 and Safari 15 Date Published: Nov 08, 2021 Category: Product:Known Issues & Error Messages; Version:Web Conferencing Article No.: 000076023 Product: Collaborate Service Pack(s): Web Conferencing Description: Collaborate users on iOS 15 and Safari 15 are experiencing low speaker volume that may make…