Blackboard have informed us that this maintenance is not needed on our system, so there will be no downtime on Sunday 31 May.
Please accept our apologies for the unnecessary earlier announcement.
Category: Blackboard
Blackboard maintenance, 7am-8am Sunday 31 May
UPDATE: Blackboard have informed us that this maintenance is not required on our system, so there will be no downtime.
In order to ensure the stability of Blackboard during the exam period, essential maintenance will be carried out on the system between 7am and 8am (BST) on Sunday 31 May. During this time, Blackboard will not be available, so please plan accordingly.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this downtime causes.
Turnitin planned maintenance. Wednesday 22nd April: 08:00 – 13:00
There will be a possible service disruption on Turnitin on Wednesday 22nd April from 08:00 to 13:00. This is due to Turnitin requiring time for emergency maintenance. Marking may be disrupted during this time and students using Turnitin may have to retry their submissions.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused, and for making you aware to this maintenance at short notice. Unfortunately Turnitin did not give us the usual amount of warning for this work. For more information please see the Turnitin Status page.
If you have any questions, please contact digital-education@bristol.ac.uk .
Collaborate maintenance, Wednesday 8 April, 11 pm – 3 am
Blackboard will be performing scheduled maintenance for Collaborate between 11 pm on Wednesday 8 April and 3 am on Thursday 9 April. You will experience intermittent availability of the scheduler, sessions and recordings during this time. Blackboard will try to minimise downtime and will not necessarily use the entire maintenance window.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this causes.
Blackboard planned maintenance completed
The planned maintenance of Blackboard has been completed, and the service is available again.
Blackboard planned maintenance – service unavailable 10 pm Sunday 2 February to 9 am Monday 3 February
We are planning a minor, but essential, update to Blackboard between 10 pm on Sunday 2 February and 9 am on Monday 3 February. Blackboard will be unavailable during this period and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.
Turnitin scheduled maintenance now completed: 4th January
Turnitin’s scheduled maintenance was completed on the 4th January. All services are now back to normal. They have advised you may need to restart your browser and in some cases, clear your browser’s cache before accessing Turnitin.
If you have any queries please contact digital-education@bristol.ac.uk
Turnitin services unavailable: 4th January
Turnitin have advised us that their services will be unavailable on the 4th January 2020 from 4pm – 10pm due to scheduled maintenance. Users will be unable to submit and grade during this window.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
Blackboard Mobile App Planned Maintenance/Outage 17th December 3:30 AM
Blackboard will be performing essential maintenance on the mobile app from 3:30AM on 17th December. The Blackboard app will be unavailable for around 5 hours during the maintenance; please access Blackboard using a web browser during this time.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Digital Education Office.
Winter workshops and webinars from the Digital Education Office
Places are available on Digital Education workshops and webinars before and after Christmas, including introductions to Blackboard, creating and managing online tests, and advanced use of the Grade Centre, as well as talks from AbilityNet on digital accessibility.