This is an important upgrade that requires your attention if you use Blackboard (courses and organizations).
Blackboard will be unavailable from 9:00 a.m., Saturday, July 3rd through 9:00 a.m., Sunday, July 4th while the system is upgraded to Blackboard 9.1.
After the upgrade, there will be two separate instances of Blackboard. Blackboard 8 will be available sometime on July 4th, and Blackboard 9.1 will be operational on July 6th.
Login to Blackboard 8 at https://bb.ndsu.nodak.edu or from the "Blackboard" link on the NDSU home page to access summer school courses, math placement functions and some Distance and Continuing Education courses.
All other courses and organizations will be available on Blackboard 9.1 at https://bb-2.ndsu.nodak.edu on July 6. Once these courses and organizations are moved to the new Blackboard server, you will no longer be able to access them on the Blackboard 8 server.
Visit http://www.ndsu.edu/its/blackboard/ to learn more about the new version. Visit http://www.ndsu.edu/its/bb-upgrade for an overview of what is changing, and why this upgrade is positive, not negative!
If you have questions or concerns about the upgrade contact the Instructional Services Team via email to ndsu.blackboard.support@ndsu.edu
It is our goal to make this important upgrade as painless as possible for faculty, staff and students. More information about training opportunities and additional documentation on the ITS Blackboard Web pages will be available as fall semester approaches. Go to http://www.ndsu.edu/its/training_resources/facultystaff_training for up-to-date training information.
