Summer 2019 Blackboard upgrade – reminder

Reminder! The first phase of this summer’s Blackboard upgrade is scheduled this coming weekend (2-4 August).  Blackboard will be unavailable to all users from 5pm on Friday 2nd August, unavailable Saturday 3rd and at risk on Sunday 4th.

MyHallam information pages will remain available during the upgrade, but staff and students will not be able to log in to Blackboard nor access any Blackboard sites. Please do not schedule teaching and learning activities in Blackboard during this time, including online submission of assessments.

We know that there are some teaching programmes which will be affected by the downtime and we apologise for the inconvenience this will cause. As always, the upgrade team will strive to minimise any downtime.

If you have student work to mark and wish to continue marking during the downtime, consider downloading any student work submitted online prior to the upgrade commencing and adding the feedback in Blackboard once the upgrade is complete.

If you have any support needs related to Blackboard please contact your Faculty TEL Team.

A further reminder will be sent regarding the second phase of the upgrade (scheduled 30 August – 1 September) when Blackboard will be unavailable to all users from 5pm on Friday 30th August, unavailable Saturday 31st and at risk on Sunday 1st September.