As previously announced, the Division of Information Technology (DoIT) will upgrade UMBC's production Blackboard system from January 8 to 10, 2014. Due to the disruption caused by the upgrade, Winter 2014 Bb courses are now available at bb-winter.umbc.edu. After the WT2014 semester is completed (and the SP2014 semester is started), Winter courses will be migrated to the new production Bb server, typically by the end of Spring Break.
Note: There will be no access to Bb Winter courses via myUMBC. Students and faculty must use bb-winter.umbc.edu to access WT2014 courses.
SP2014 Bb courses have also been created, but will be unavailable during the January 8-10 upgrade (as will Bb communities). After the upgrade, all but WT2014 Bb courses will be available at blackboard.umbc.edu or via myUMBC.
For more information about the upgrade, new features and how to get help, see the previous announcement. As always, for on-demand video demos, short text tips & answers to UMBC's most frequently asked questions about Blackboard, click on the "Blackboard Help" tab inside UMBC's Blackboard system or visit www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help, which is part of the larger FAQ knowledge base at www.umbc.edu/faq.
