Blackboard Update Complete
The update of Blackboard to version Q4 2017 starting on August 11, 2018 at 10:00pm was completed at 6:30am on August 12, 2018.
Author: Green, Aimee
Blackboard Outage 7/22/18 from 8-10am
On Sunday, July 22, 2018 from 8:00-10:00am, Blackboard will be unavailable for schedule maintenance.
Blackboard Login Changes Completed
Single Sign-On has been added to Blackboard. If you are using a bookmark to get to Blackboard, you will need to update it to blackboard.towson.edu. Anyone who has difficulties logging in on a browser should try clearing their cache. If you are using a mobile app, please sign out and log in again by searching for
Blackboard Unavailable Friday, July 20, 2018
On Friday, July 20, 2018, Blackboard Inc. Engineers will be performing maintenance from 11:00pm until 7:00am on Saturday, July 21, 2018. During this time, Blackboard will be unavailable.
Updates to Blackboard Login Beginning July 10, 2018 10pm
Single Sign-On will be added to Blackboard Login. If you are already logged into another TU system when you navigate to Blackboard, you will be automatically logged in to Blackboard. If not, you will need to enter your NetID and password at the login page and then you will have access to the Blackboard environment.
Intermittent Outages Friday, July 6, 2018
On Friday, July 6, 2018, Blackboard Inc. Engineers will be performing maintenance between 12:00am and 6:00am. During this time, Blackboard will be available, but users may experience intermittent outages.
Non-Service Impacting Maintenance June 16, 2018
On Saturday, June 16, 2018, Blackboard Inc. Engineers will be performing maintenance from 10:00am to 7:00pm. During this time, Blackboard will be available to all users.
Collaborate Ultra Downtime
During the weekend of May 11-13, 2018, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra will be receiving maintenance and updates. Because this is a cloud based service, we do not have any control over the downtimes. While you should be able to access Collaborate Ultra during things weekend, please note that you may experience connectivity issues during this time.
Collaborate Ultra April Update
Blackboard, Inc. engineers have announced an upcoming update for Collaborate Ultra on Sunday, April 8, from 12:00am to 5:00am.
SafeAssign Maintenance – April 2, 2018
Blackboard Inc. Engineers will be performing maintenance to SafeAssign on Monday, April 2, 2018 from 3:00AM to 10:00AM. During this time, SafeAssign will not be able to accept any submissions and any papers submitted through SafeAssign will not receive an originality report. If you need to submit a SafeAssign submission, please do so before 3:00AM