We regret to inform you that we will need to delay the upgrade to the Blackboard hardware and operating system scheduled for this coming weekend.  During recent testing we identified some functionality that was not performing at the speeds we expected and that would negatively affect staff during the marking period in particular.  We decided that this would be too much of an inconvenience for staff during an already stressful period and have made the decision to postpone this work.

We will reschedule the hardware and operating system migration for a later period this summer to allow us time to address this issue. We will advertise the new dates when they are agreed and apologise in advance for any inconvenience the shorter notice period about the new dates may cause you.

Note that the second scheduled upgrade will go ahead as planned on the weekend of 12-14 July.