{"id":3285,"date":"2017-11-17T16:07:09","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T16:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/?p=3285"},"modified":"2019-12-16T14:56:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T14:56:04","slug":"blackboard-upgrade-17th-december-planned-system-downtime-talis-issue-resolved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/tel\/2017\/11\/17\/blackboard-upgrade-17th-december-planned-system-downtime-talis-issue-resolved\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard upgrade 17th December 2017: planned system downtime, Talis ..."},"content":{"rendered":"

There will be a Blackboard upgrade taking place on 17th <\/sup>– 18th<\/sup> December. This upgrade requires system downtime.<\/p>\n

Blackboard and Turnitin will be unavailable to all users<\/strong><\/p>\n

from: 14:30 GMT on Sunday 17th<\/sup> December<\/strong> (22:30 MYT)<\/p>\n

to: 12:00 midday GMT on Monday 18th<\/sup> December<\/strong> (20:00 MYT)<\/p>\n

NOTE: We aim to make Blackboard available as soon as possible following the upgrade and it may be available before midday.<\/p>\n

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This update fixes the issue with broken links to Talis Aspire Reading Lists from Blackboard course menus.<\/p>\n

If you are responsible for module reading lists, please read the guidance below.<\/p>\n

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Reading lists for Spring term modules \u2013 information for Module Convenors<\/h2>\n

The Blackboard upgrade at the beginning of August introduced a bug which broke links from Blackboard course menus to Talis Aspire reading lists.<\/p>\n

To deal with this issue, these broken links were automatically hidden in course menus to prevent confusion for students.<\/p>\n

The Blackboard software update taking place on the 17th \u2013 18th December resolves this issue.<\/p>\n

After this time, if Module Convenors want to use the Reading List course menu link you will need to:<\/p>\n