{"id":2124,"date":"2020-07-20T12:26:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-20T11:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/?p=2124"},"modified":"2022-11-28T14:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:20:29","slug":"blackboard-learn-whats-changing-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/2020\/07\/20\/blackboard-learn-whats-changing-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Learn &#8211; what&#8217;s changing this summer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Moving to the Cloud 31st July &#8211; 3rd August 2020<\/h2>\n<p>We will be moving Blackboard to a more reliable, cloud-based platform over the first weekend in\u00a0August.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable for the entire weekend<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>from 20:00 BST on Friday 31\u00a0July<\/li>\n<li>for the whole of Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 August<\/li>\n<li>for most of Monday 3\u00a0August.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a major system upgrade, and it is impossible to predict accurately the total time required. Therefore the system should be considered as \u201cat risk\u201d for the whole of Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Update 3rd August 21:10<br \/>\nThe upgrade and migration have now completed and you can log in again<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Updates will be posted on the <a href=\"https:\/\/itsstatus.reading.ac.uk\/\">IT Status page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If there are any documents you need from Blackboard over the weekend, please make sure you download them before 8pm on Friday 31 July.<br \/>\nYou could also use the <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel-support-for-students\/2018\/08\/29\/blackboard-mobile-app-how-to-download-and-use\/\">Blackboard mobile app<\/a> to save documents for offline use.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The new platform brings many\u00a0advantages:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regularly updated \u2013 quicker access to bug fixes and new features.<\/li>\n<li>Future upgrades won\u2019t require any downtime.<\/li>\n<li>Greater system reliability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Logging in to Blackboard<\/h2>\n<p>As part of the upgrade, we will be changing the way you log in to Blackboard. From August, logging in will be exactly the same as signing in to other University systems, such as email and OneDrive. 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