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<Title>Blackboard Weekly Maintenance Schedule Reminder</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">This is just a friendly reminder to the UMBC campus community of the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2007/09/weekly_blackboa.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard weekly maintenance schedule window</a> from Friday 10 pm to Saturday 1 am. Although this maintenance window is not always utilized, DoIT Staff will now be regularly implementing server updates on the last Friday of each month, including January 25, 2013. Reminder notices about the downtime will be posted several days in advance. Blackboard instructors should take note of the weekly maintenance window, and as a general rule, refrain from assigning any work that is due on Blackboard during this time. Similarly students should understand that Blackboard may be unavailable each week from Friday 10 pm - Saturday 1 am.<br><br>We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience as we maintain these critical systems.</div>
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<Summary>Blackboard Collaborate has published the following notice about their server maintenance scheduled for Saturday, Jan. 26 at 10 pm:   The North American Bb Collaborate servers will experience a...</Summary>
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<Summary>Blackboard Down for Maintenance 10 pm 1/ 25 to 1 am 1/26</Summary>
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<Summary>The UMBC Blackboard server will be down from 10 pm Friday 1/25 to 1 am Saturday 1/26.  This down time is during the regularly scheduled maintenance window and is necessary for DoIT staff to...</Summary>
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<Title>Blackboard Upgrade Completed Ahead of Schedule</Title>
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    request via <a href="http://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">rt.umbc.edu</a>.<br><br>Thank you for your patience during this upgrade process.<br></div>
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<Title>New MyUMBC Login Launches on January 15, 2013</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">UMBC Blackboard Update is provided by the <a href="http://umbc.edu/doit" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Division of Information Technology </a>for students, faculty and staff using Blackboard at UMBC. If you have questions or need help, please consult the <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/display/faq/Blackboard" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Help tab</a> inside Blackboard or directly at <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help</a>.  You can also contact the Technology Support Center at 410.455.3838 or <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=1867859" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">submit an RT (Request Tracker) ticket</a> via the <a href="https://rt.umbc.edu/UMBC/RequestHelp.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Help Menu</a> or directly at <a href="http://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://rt.umbc.edu</a>.<br><br><strong>HEADLINES</strong><br><br><ol><li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/news/20355" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard to be Upgraded January 4-14, 2013</a></li><li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/news/20352" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">WT2013 and SP2013 Bb Course Shells Created on 12/1</a></li><li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/news/20374" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bb Courses 4-6 Years Old to be Archived During WT13 Upgrade</a></li><li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/news/20471" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">DoIT to Change Bb Check My Activity, Add New Faculty Reports</a><br></li><li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/news/19940" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">SP2013 Bb Drop-in Sessions - F2F and Virtual Options</a></li><li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit/news/15957" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Hybrid Course Redesign Workshop, January 18, 2013</a></li></ol><br></div>
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