{"id":1493,"date":"2016-06-08T14:23:21","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2016-06-09T07:35:38","modified_gmt":"2016-06-09T07:35:38","slug":"bb2016upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/2016\/06\/08\/bb2016upgrade\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackboard Upgrade: 25\/26\/27 June 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>When is it happening?<\/em><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_1494\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1494\" class=\"wp-image-1494 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/06\/1GS-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of front entrance of 1 Guildhall Square\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/06\/1GS-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/06\/1GS.jpg 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The upgrade will take place at iSolutions&#8217; headquarters in Southampton City Centre.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Blackboard will be unavailable over the weekend of:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 25 June 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 26 June 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 27 June 2016 (contingency day)<\/strong><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><em>What will be happening?<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>Over this weekend the upgrade team will be<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Upgrading Blackboard<\/li>\n<li>Applying extra security and stability patches<\/li>\n<li>Upgrading the Oracle database on which Blackboard runs from version 11 to version 12.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><em>What do I need to do?<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>If you will require access to any materials on Blackboard over the weekend, download the materials in advance.\u00a0 We have guides on how to download course materials from Blackboard here <a href=\"https:\/\/elearn.southampton.ac.uk\/blackboard\/student\/download\/\">https:\/\/elearn.southampton.ac.uk\/blackboard\/student\/download\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><em>What changes will there be after the upgrade<\/em>?<\/h1>\n<p>A number of updated features will be available.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/elearn.southampton.ac.uk\/blackboard\/newin2016\/\">We have already published updated documentation and a one page summary on the elearn.soton website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the background a number of key supporting technologies are updated, which places the platform in good standing for more significant updates from the vendor which will be released over the coming 12 months.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1496\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elearn.southampton.ac.uk\/blackboard\/newin2016\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1496\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1496\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/06\/webpage-300x190.png\" alt=\"A webpage is available listing changes to features that will result from the upgrade.\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/06\/webpage-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/mle\/files\/2016\/06\/webpage.png 499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A webpage is available listing changes to features that will result from the upgrade.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1><em>Will you really take the whole weekend?\u00a0 What about the contingency day?<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>Our target is for the work to be completed over the weekend, however we reserve the Monday 27 June as a contingency day.\u00a0 If problems occur over the weekend that set us behind schedule we will need to use the contingency day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When is it happening? 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