19 June
There are two upgrade periods for the Blackboard system in July.
| Upgrade type | When | What changes |
| Blackboard hardware | From 6pm Friday 12 and all day Saturday 13 July (at risk Sunday 14) | No changes to Blackboard functionality |
| Blackboard software upgrade | From 6pm Friday 26 and all day Saturday 27 July (at risk Sunday 28) | New features and fixes in Blackboard |
Students and staff will not be able to access shuspace or Blackboard sites during the upgrade periods. Please do not schedule teaching and learning activities in Blackboard during these times, such as online submission of assessments or inputting marks into Blackboard.
You may be aware that an earlier June upgrade of hardware and operating system had to be postponed. This is the one that will now take place on the weekend of 12-14 July.
Some teaching programmes will be affected by the downtime and we apologise for any inconvenience this causes. As always, the upgrade team will strive to minimise any downtime.
If you have any questions about the upgrades please contact bb-admin@shu.ac.uk