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Overview
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Blackboard Learn is moving to cloud hosting for the Fall 2021 term. The cloud infrastructure (BBLearn SaasSaaS) improves overall system performance, scalability, and allows for zero-downtime updates and fixes.
In the BBLearn Saas SaaS environment, we will always be on the most up-to-date version of Blackboard 9.1 and any technical bugs can be addressed without disruption to the user experience.
What
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's different?
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This is the same version of Blackboard that has been used for previous iterations of Blackboard courses, except that it will be in a more responsive, cloud-based environment. Instructors and students alike will notice minimal interface changes.
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Users should generally notice faster performance, such as page load times, file transfer, and task processing within the Blackboard tools.
Highlights
New Improved content editor. The content editor has been simplified while expanding several options. Users will see a new icon set, more accessibility options, an enhanced spellcheck tool, new special characters searchable library, among other changes. View Blackboard's documentation for more details: Content Editor Quick Guide and Content Editor Comparison Guide
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- Random re-ordering of assignments will no longer occur
- Enhancements to BB Annotate for file mark-up and security
- Proxy errors and performance load issues mitigated
- Content collection loading delays for certain roles resolved
Are Blackboard courses or content affected?
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All previous Blackboard courses as far back as Fall 2018 will be restored to the BBLearn Saas SaaS environment. Everything else is archived in accordance with our retention policy.
Blackboard courses moved to BBLearn Saas SaaS should appear as they do in the current environment. The same tools and functionality are installed in BBLearn Saas. Additionally, some externally-integrated tools will be taking advantage of the upgraded version of Blackboard and have newer versions replace what is in the current system.
Other considerations?
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On August 20th, the shift to BBLearn Saas SaaS as the live Blackboard environment will occur. The URL to BBLearn Saas SaaS (https://umol-amherst.blackboard.com) will be switched to the previous login page URL (https://uma.umassonline.net) and there will be only one Blackboard environment.
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