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DoIT Support for Collaborate Will End Next Summer, 2025
Alternate synchronous tools include Google, Microsoft, Webex
After many years of use, UMBC’s license for Class Collaborate (formerly Blackboard Collaborate) will end on July 31, 2025. As one of our longest licensed tools, Collaborate provided synchronous...
Posted: August 15, 2024, 11:32 AM
DoIT to retain Collaborate recordings for 12 months
Recordings made before July 1, 2023 to be retired
Synchronous engagement tools provide platforms for instructors and students to meet during online, hybrid, and hyflex class sessions. Many courses record these live sessions to provide a lecture...
Posted: April 11, 2023, 11:13 AM
Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled Dec. 26, 6:30 AM - 6:30 PM
System-wide update planned
Blackboard engineers will perform a system upgrade and maintenance on Monday morning, December 26, 2016, from 6:30 AM to 6:30 PM. Blackboard will be offline during this period. The downtime...
Posted: December 2, 2016, 9:49 AM