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<Title>Blackboard Down for Maintenance from 10 pm Fri. 1/27 to 1 am Sat. 1/28</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/08/blackboard_week.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">scheduled maintenance </a>from 10 pm Friday, Jan. 27 to 1 am Saturday, Jan. 28. DoIT staff will be performing MS Windows Server maintenance and updates during this time. 
    
    We appreciate your patience and apologize for any inconveniences that this down time may cause.</div>
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<Summary>The UMBC Blackboard server will be down for three hours of scheduled maintenance from 10 pm Friday, Jan. 27 to 1 am Saturday, Jan. 28. DoIT staff will be performing MS Windows Server maintenance...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/01/blackboard_down_26.html</Website>
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<PostedAt>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:58:21 -0500</PostedAt>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="11407" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/training/posts/11407">
<Title>Known Issues with Enrollment of Bb Courses</Title>
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    <strong>UPDATE: 1/24/12</strong>
    
    As of 10:30 a.m. today, course enrollment updates are now occurring hourly.
    
    <u><strong>Current SA to Bb Update Schedule</strong></u>:
    
    <li> New user updates - top of the hour
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    <li> New enrollment updates - bottom of the hour
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    <li> 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 <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/blackboard_lear.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">December 23 upgrade</a>:
    
    <strong>12/29/11</strong>: <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/sp2012_bb_cours.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Spring 2012 Bb courses were auto created but auto enrollment is still once a day</a>
    <strong>12/28/11</strong>: <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/wt2012_bb_cours.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Bb auto enrollment changed from every two hours to once a day</a>
    <strong>12/26/11</strong>: <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/doit_reports_is.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Winter 2012 courses were manually created by hand, not auto created</a>
    
    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.</li>
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<Summary>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 -...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/01/known_issues_wi.html</Website>
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<PostedAt>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:23:30 -0500</PostedAt>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="11307" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/training/posts/11307">
<Title>Resolved: Slow RT (Request Tracker) Performance</Title>
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    <strong>UPDATE</strong>
    
    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.
    <hr>
    DoIT has received several reports of sluggish performance of the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">RT (Request Tracker) ticketing system</a>. 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 <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/faq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">www.umbc.edu/faq</a>.
    
    DoIT will update the campus when we know more.</div>
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<Summary>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...</Summary>
<Website>http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2012/01/rt_request_trac.html</Website>
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<PostedAt>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:43:00 -0500</PostedAt>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="11182" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/training/posts/11182">
<Title>SP2012 Blackboard Drop-in Sessions</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">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 will be available to work one-on-one with with users who show up during the designated times. Please note that this is not a formal Blackboard training class.  Users may show up or leave at any point during these sessions.
    
    Additional dates and times may be added as demand warrants.</div>
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<Summary>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...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="11044" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/training/posts/11044">
<Title>SP2012 Bb Courses Auto Created and Enrolled</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Following yesterday's <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/wt2012_bb_cours.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">announcement</a> of a new "<a href="http://library.blackboard.com/ref/df5b20ed-ce8d-4428-a595-a0091b23dda3/Content/_admin_server_backup/backup_snap_about_snapshot_tool.htm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">snapshot</a>" data synchronization process between SA and Blackboard, DoIT reports that a Bb course shell has been auto created and enrolled for all Spring 2012 courses in the Schedule of Classes. As previously <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/wt2012_bb_cours.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">announced</a>, all Bb course shell enrollments are being updated daily at 9 a.m., pending further development and testing of the new process.
    
    <strong>Reminder</strong>: All Bb course shells are unavailable (to students) until the instructor of record <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/VoAc" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">makes the course available</a>. 
    
    If you have questions or concerns not addressed by this update, please consult the specific <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blackboard/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Blackboard Help</a> section of the <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/faq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">IT support FAQs</a> or submit a Request Tracker (RT) ticket via the <a href="http://my.umbc.edu/help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">myUMBC Help menu</a> or directly at <a href="http://rt.umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://rt.umbc.edu</a>.
    
    Sincerely,
    
    John Fritz
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<Summary>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...</Summary>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="11038" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/training/posts/11038">
<Title>WT2012 Bb Courses Enrolled Daily at 9 a.m., For Now</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">To resolve <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/blogs/oit-news/archives/2011/12/doit_reports_is.html" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">reported issues</a> with Winter and Spring 2012 Blackboard courses, DoIT has successfully tested Blackboard's "<a href="http://library.blackboard.com/ref/df5b20ed-ce8d-4428-a595-a0091b23dda3/Content/_admin_server_backup/backup_snap_about_snapshot_tool.htm" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">snapshot</a>" process for automatically creating and enrolling all UMBC Bb courses based on updates to the Student Administration (SA) system. As a result, all Winter 2012 Bb course enrollments have been updated today, and will continue to be updated at 9 a.m.</div>
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