Baruch College

Baruch Computing and Technology Center (BCTC)

Blackboard

Blackboard Status/Alerts

  • The CUNY Portal is currently experiencing technical difficulties that are preventing users from logging into the Portal to access applications. CUNY is aware of the issue and working to restore service as soon as possible. Posted 11/12 at 9:50 AM
  • Internet Explorer 8 and Blackboard 8 - If you are using Internet Explorer 8 to access Blackboard version 8, please make sure you activate the compatibility mode to avoid experiencing issues while using Blackboard 8. Click here to learn how to turn compatiblity mode on.
  • Note to Faculty:  Please do not try to use Blackboard 6.5 as an alternative.  Although it may appear that the old system is functional, CUNY is not synchronizing it with the student information system.


Information from CUNY Regarding Blackboard Service

From Brian Cohen, CUNY's CIO - received Monday, May 18, 2009 at 4:05 PM. Subject line: "Blackboard 8.0 Status Update"

Dear Colleagues:

We have endeavored over the past several weeks to keep the University community informed of the status of the Blackboard 8.0 outages and now that the end of the semester is approaching, we thought it would be timely to provide an end-of-semester update on Blackboard 8.0 and CIS’ plans going forward . Read the remainder of the message

From Brian Cohen, CUNY's CIO - received Sunday May 10, 2009 at 12:50 PM. Subject line: "Update on Blackboard 8.0 switchover to the Hosted Environment"

Dear Colleagues:

As many of you already know the switch over to the Blackboard 8.0 hosted environment was completed yesterday, just prior to the projected completion time of 11am. Read the remainder of the message

Archive of messages from CUNY regarding Blackboard service


If you need immediate assistance, please contact the Baruch Helpdesk at 646.312.1010 (x1010).

Quicklinks

Alternative Resources for Faculty

  • eRoster - Obtain student names and email addresses
  • e-reserve - Post materials (PDF, Powerpoint, web links, etc) via the library's web site that are accessible to your students.
  • Faculty Web Server - Post course web site or files (PDF, Powerpoint, Word, Excel, etc)
  • iTunes University - Post video and audio files for your students to access.
  • Blogs - Set-up a blog where you can communicate with students
  • Surveys & Polls - Use Qualtrics to set up and administer them.

Blackboard News/FAQs