Spring 2013

• Monday, Mar. 25, 10:34pm-10:50pm

  Unexpected downtime.

• Saturday, Mar. 2, 12:30-1:37am

  Interim solution to fix system issues affecting Blackboard
  
  Due to recent issues with Computing Services' back-end systems (i.e., Storage Area Network technology failures) that have been causing Blackboard to go down, we are scheduling a necessary downtime window to put into place an interim solution that should improve system performance this semester.
  
  This outage will occur from 12:30am-5:00am on March 2 (just after Midnight on Saturday morning).
  
  We apologize for the recent series of Blackboard outages and for any disruption to your academic work this may have caused. The stability and security of the Blackboard service is a number one priority for us and we are working to remediate the situation.
  See measures we are taking towards a long-term solution...

• Tuesday, Feb. 26, 6:45-8:30pm

  *** Prior to the planned downtime, Blackboard took and additional unexpected downtime on Tues., Feb. 26, from 6:45-8:30pm. ***

• Saturday, Feb. 23, 9:00am-12:30pm

  Blackboard services have been restored. We experienced an UNEXPECTED Blackboard service outage on Saturday, February 23, 2013 from approximately 9am until 12:30pm due to several back-end technical issues. We were actively working to resolve the problem during this time. The issues have been resolved and we will continue to monitor the service closely.
  
  We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced due to this unexpected downtime and thank you for your patience.

• Saturday, Feb. 16, 12:00-1:45am

  Due to recent issues with some of Computing Services' back-end systems that have been causing Blackboard to fail and become unavailable at times during the last two weekends, we are scheduling a necessary system maintenance window from 12:00am (Midnight) until 1:00am on February 16 (early Saturday). Blackboard will be UNAVAILABLE during this 1-hour window. We apologize for any inconvenience you may experience as a result of this necessary outage.

• Saturday, Feb. 9, 4:30pm-7:30pm

  Blackboard services have been restored. We experienced an UNEXPECTED Blackboard service outage on Saturday, February 9, 2013 from approximately 4:30pm until 7:30pm due to several back-end technical issues. We were actively working to resolve the problem during this time. The issues have been resolved and we will continue to monitor the service closely.
  
  We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced due to this unexpected downtime and thank you for your patience.

• Tuesday, Feb. 5: 11:20pm-12:30am

  N.B.: 40 minutes of emergency downtime predated the maintenance window.
  
  A necessary system outage has been put in place from 12:00am Midnight until 3:00am on Tuesday, February 5, 2013 to resolve issues related to the unexpected service outage that occurred this past weekend. Because of broader issues affecting a set of central computing systems, some that the Blackboard service relies upon, the Blackboard system was unexpectedly unavailable on Sunday, Feb 3. Though we were able to bring the system back up, we have found additional critical system work that is now needed.
  
  We apologize for any inconvenience you may experience as a result of this unexpected downtime and thank you for your patience.

• Sunday, Feb. 3: 10:11am-4:32pm

  Blackboard is currently experiencing technical problems.
  We are actively working on a solution.

• Wednesday, Jan. 2: 12:00am-11:59pm

  Blackboard will be unavailable on
  Wednesday, January 2 from 12:00am to 11:59pm (EST)
  for necessary system maintenance.

Fall 2012

• Saturday, Nov. 17: 6:00am-6:30am

  Blackboard will be unavailable on
  Saturday, November 17 from 6-6:30am (EST)
  for necessary system maintenance.

• Thursday, Nov. 8: 10:00pm-12:00am

  Blackboard will be unavailable on
  Thursday, November 8 from 10:00pm-12:00am (EST)
  for necessary system maintenance.

• Thursday, Oct. 4: 10:00pm-11:00pm

  Blackboard will be UNAVAILABLE on
  Thursday, October 4th from 10:00 to 11:00pm (EDT)
  for necessary system maintenance.

• Wednesday, Sep. 19: 10:00pm-11:00pm

  Blackboard will be UNAVAILABLE tonight, Wednesday, September 19 from 10:00pm-11:00pm (EDT). This downtime is necessary to address problems which caused an unexpected outage around 10:30pm on Tuesday, September 18 which lasted for about an hour. We apologize for any inconvenience you may have experienced as a result of the unexpected service outage. Thank you.

• Thursday, Sep. 6: 10:00pm-10:30pm

  Blackboard will be UNAVAILABLE tonight (9/6) from 10-11:00pm as we work to resolve the problem that Blackboard is loading slowly or not at all in some browsers. Until we can fully resolve this problem, we suggest you try these work-arounds: Use a different browser and/or remove these modules – Needs Attention, What's New, Alerts, To Do – from your "My Blackboard" page by clicking the "X" in the header bar of each. We apologize for any inconvenience you experience as a result of this issue.