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Blackboard Maintenance Planned - Requires Outage, August 17, 2009
The UTTC Blackboard installation is scheduled for maintenance to install a minor service pack, which requires a 15 hour system outage. The UTTC Blackboard installation will be unavailable beginning at 11:00pm Central time on Sunday, August 16 through 2:00pm Central time on Monday, August 17.
This update introduces Firefox 3 as a certified browser and IE 8 as a compatible browser, along with the Grade Center improvements outlined below.
Blackboard Upgrade Information
Blackboard Maintenance Planned - Requires Outage, August 17, 2009
The UTTC Blackboard installation is scheduled for maintenance to install a minor service pack, which requires a 15 hour system outage. The UTTC Blackboard installation will be unavailable beginning at 11:00pm Central time on Sunday, August 16 through 2:00pm Central time on Monday, August 17.
This update introduces Firefox 3 as a certified browser and IE 8 as a compatible browser, along with the Grade Center improvements outlined below.
Grade Center Improvements
In addition to stabilizing the Grade Center through resolving many outstanding bugs, the following improvements have been made to the Grade Center for this release:
- An automatic secondary sort on the first name when the primary sort is on the last name
- Smart VIews function with multiple group selections
- The Grade Center can display more than 100 columns correctly
Please let us know if you have any questions or concerns regarding this Blackboard maintenance. We are available by phone at 1-888-Texas-16 or by email at telecampus@utsystem.edu. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage.