Course Copy Process
With the recent upgrade from Service Pack 7 to 9, one of the new features pertaining to the Course Copy process is a message to instructors, letting you know that the copy process is in the works or “waiting.” Please see the screenshot below. This is normal, and you will see this message before you [...]
Blackboard Upgrade
Hello ECU Faculty, Staff and Students – [Blackboard is back up as of 5/13/2013, 4 pm] You have been redirected to this page because ECU’s Blackboard system is currently down for a small upgrade. The planned downtime window is from 5/11/13 (12:30pm) through 5/13/13 (5pm). During this downtime anyone who attempts to access https://blackboard.ecu.edu will be re [...]
Sample Blackboard Quiz Available for Use
For your use – a generic sample 5-question quiz If you are interested in adding a short quiz to your Blackboard course at the beginning of the semester to determine if students can successfully take an exam in Blackboard, we have created a 5-question generic quiz. You can use the quiz “as is,” or you [...]
Safe Assignment Tool
To ECU Faculty who use SafeAssign in Blackboard – On April 8th some Blackboard customers submitted helpdesk tickets stating that the Safe Assignment tool was slow to check student submissions. I have done some local testing today (April 9th) and the tool seems to be working normally with speedy file checks. Keep in mind that [...]
Blackboard 9 Service Pack 9
Upgrade Date: 5/11/2013 What you need to know: On May 11th we will be moving from Service Pack 7 to Service Pack 9. This new version of Bb affords us a small amount of new features. Blackboard will simply be down for 6-8 hours while this happens. Then, the Blackboard team will do our testing [...]
Blackboard Course Purge from 2009,2010,2011
Every year we purge old Blackboard courses. We do so to stay within our storage goals and business policy of keeping only two years of Blackboard sites in our production system. In a few short weeks, we will be purging the following courses (all of them) unless you submit a request to have your courses [...]
Assessment Creation Best Practices and Information
Hello Everyone – Below you will see a list of tutorials and best practices for both building and taking Blackboard exams. If you ever experience any issues with students taking your Blackboard exams please report these problems asap to either Matt Long (longm@ecu.edu), Cindy Bowers (bowersc@ecu.edu), or Allen Dennis (dennisa@ecu.edu). When reporting these issues please include [...]
Technology Survey Results from Fall 2012
Regarding our technology survey from September 2012, we appreciate the instructors who took the time to respond to the two questions: (1) Are there any tools or features that you would like to see integrated with Black board, ECU’s Learning Management System? What additional support resources can we provide? (2) Please share any additional thoughts [...]
Summer 2013 Kickoff Information
Hello Everyone – Welcome back from the winter break! Below you will find all of the different tutorials to make the start of your Summer 2013 a smashing success. Good luck and please let us know if we help you with your Blackboard needs. Collapse or copy course content – click this link to learn [...]
Bb Planned Downtime – 12/19 – 12/20
Blackboard downtime on December 19-20, 2012 When: Wed, Dec 19, 8:00am-Thurs, Dec 20th, 5:00pm **Those enrolled in CPE courses that must be completed by December 31st, will be able to log back into Blackboard no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 20th Blackboard will be unavailable on Dec. 19th and 20th while we perform upgrades [...]