Due to a technical issue this morning, Blackboard courses were made unavailable. If you are using Blackboard, you must make your courses available again. Students have been notified about this issue. There are two options to make courses available: Option 1. Control Panel / Customization / Properties / Set Availability to YES. / Click Submit. Option 2. Look for the Lock […]
» Read moreSystem/Service: Blackboard When: Thursday, December 27th from 8:00am to Monday, December 31st at 5:00pm Description: Blackboard will be unavailable Thursday, December 27th from 8:00am to Monday, December 31st at 5:00pm for system maintenance. Questions should be directed to the ECU Helpdesk – 252-328-9866
» Read moreSystem/Service: Blackboard Downtime When: Saturday 8/11/2018, 9:00 PM — Sunday 8/12/208, 12:00 PM Description: Blackboard will be unavailable on Saturday August 11th from 9pm to Sunday August 12th at 12pm for system maintenance. ITCS Notifications ECU | Information Technology & Computing Services (ITCS) 1000 E. 5th Street Greenville, NC 27858-4353 Office: 252-328-9866 | helpdesk@ecu.edu | ecu.edu/itcs To check the authenticity of this e-mail: Visit the ECU IT Help […]
» Read more5/29/18 Announcements can become invisible to the instructor if they link to Content Items that are Unavailable. Here is how this issue can happen. 1. Instructor creates an Announcement that links to a Content Item 2. the instructor then edits the linked Item and sets an Availability date or similar that makes it unavailable Result: the Announcement ‘disappears’ The fix is […]
» Read moreBlackboard Planned Downtime for an upgrade During this downtime Blackboard will not be accessible. If you are a BSOM (Brody School of Medicine) staff, faculty or student please go to the alternative server we have setup for you. If you are not aware of this server please email longm@ecu.edu If you are not a BSOM staff, faculty or student Bb […]
» Read more4/20/2018 Every year we purge old Blackboard courses. We do so to stay inline with 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. 2015 – all Summer and Fall courses sites 2016 – all Spring sites This purge […]
» Read moreMay 2018 Upgrade New Features Blackboard Ally – Ally provides instructors with an accessibility score for their content and suggests ways for improvement. Both students and faculty have automatically generated alternative versions of uploaded files, such accessible HTML,digital braille, and audio formats. Support Blackboard Collaborate – Improve collaboration among students by adding real time face to face conferencing functionality. Support Delete Multiple […]
» Read moreBlackboard Ally Blackboard Ally works seamlessly with your Learning Management System (Blackboard) and Web Community Manager (WCM) website to gauge the accessibility of your content. Ally provides guidance and tips for lasting improvements to your content accessibility. Receive feedback on the accessibility of your content Improve content accessibility with Ally’s step-by-step instructions In addition to providing you with insight to your content […]
» Read moreBlackboard is currently down for planned system maintenance. The downtime is as follows. 12/19 8am through 12/24/17 noon. UPDATE: We are currently on pace to be done w the upgrade the morning of the 23rd. NOTE: Brody School of Medicine faculty and students will still have access to Blackboard during this planned downtime by using a mirror Blackboard […]
» Read moreBlackboard’s Inline Grading in the Assignment tool is now Powered by Box (starting Spring 2018 semester). The new Box View offers several improvements over Crocodoc, including improved rendering fidelity, expanded support for new file types including video and images and printing functionality. Here is a side-by-side comparison of Crocodocs vs the new Box view: As you can see the […]
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