UPDATE: 1/24/12 As of 10:30 a.m. today, course enrollment updates are now occurring hourly. Current SA to Bb Update Schedule:

New user updates - top of the hour

New enrollment updates - bottom of the hour

New course updates - daily at 2:15 a.m.

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As reported previously, there have been a number of issues with auto creation and enrollment of Blackboard courses since the December 23 upgrade: 12/29/11: Spring 2012 Bb courses were auto created but auto enrollment is still once a day 12/28/11: Bb auto enrollment changed from every two hours to once a day 12/26/11: Winter 2012 courses were manually created by hand, not auto created Basically, DoIT has had to completely re-engineer Bb's integration with the Student Administration (SA) system, a project we'd planned for Summer 2012. Good news? It is nearly completed and appears to be working. Bad news? It is not fully tested.

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UPDATE: 1/24/12 As of 10:30 a.m. today, course enrollment updates are now occurring hourly. Current SA to Bb Update Schedule: New user updates - top of the hour New enrollment updates -...

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DoIT has received several reports of sluggish performance of the RT (Request Tracker) ticketing system. Initial attempts to adjust the system memory resources have not been successful, so DoIT staff members are exploring possible hardware issues. The Technology Support Center (TSC) can still be reached at 410.455.3838, but RT's current issues will affect the TSC staff's ability to update existing tickets. Meanwhile, several IT-related frequently asked questions (FAQs) are available from the myUMBC help menu or directly at www.umbc.edu/faq. DoIT will update the campus when we know more. ]]>

UPDATE DoIT staff have identified an issue with the system storage which has been fixed. Please contact DoIT if you are still experiencing the slowness identified earlier today. DoIT has...

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DoIT is offering drop in Blackboard Drop-in sessions to assist and help faculty prepare for the spring semester The following drop in sessions will be held in Engineering 025. A DoIT staff member...

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Daily enrollment updates continue at 9 a.m.

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Following yesterday's announcement of a new "snapshot" data synchronization process between SA and Blackboard, DoIT reports that a Bb course shell has been auto created and enrolled for all Spring...

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DoIT successfully tests new "snapshot" process for synchronizing Bb courses with Student Administration (SA) updates of official course enrollments.

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To resolve reported issues with Winter and Spring 2012 Blackboard courses, DoIT has successfully tested Blackboard's "snapshot" process for automatically creating and enrolling all UMBC Bb courses...

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1. WT 2012 Faculty can still view and email course roster through SA.
2. Creation of SP 2012 Bb course shells delayed pending resolution of current issue.

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WT 2012 Faculty can still view and email course roster through SA. Creation of SP 2012 Bb course shells delayed pending resolution of current issue.

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While the campus Blackboard server was successfully upgraded on Friday, December 23, DoIT has encountered issues with the planned auto-creation of Winter and Spring 2012 Bb course shells. We are...

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The scheduled upgrade for the Blackboard Learn 9.1 system was completed at approximately 2:30 pm on Friday, Dec. 23, and the system was made available to the campus community at that time. We...

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