Blackboard Announcements
This is a page for Blackboard Announcements.
May 12, 2016 10:00 AM - Blackboard Learn Unavailable for System Maintenance - Saturday, May 14, 2016, Midnight-6:00 a.m.
On Saturday, May 14, 2016, the UHV Blackboard system will be unavailable to all users from Midnight to 6:00 a.m. while the UH Main Campus completes maintenance on several servers. Users will be unable to log into and access the Blackboard system during this time. Please visit this website for important updates and new information.
April 6, 2016 10:07 AM - UHV Summer 2016 Semester - Student Access to Online Courses Starts Tuesday, May 31, 2016
The UHV Summer 2016 semester begins Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, UHV students will have access to their online courses, including their syllabus, handouts, notes, quizzes, and other online course information.
On Tuesday, May 31, 2016, UHV students will have access to their Summer 2016 Blackboard online courses (in accordance with the UHV class schedule). If you’ve logged into the Blackboard system before May 31, 2016 for the Summer 2016 semester, you won’t see your course content until the May 31, 2016 first class day.
April 6, 2016 10:02 AM - All Prospective UHV Graduates - Summer 2016 Graduation Application Deadline
The deadline for UHV Summer 2016 graduation applications is Friday, June 10, 2016.
Date: Friday, June 10, 2016
Please complete the following steps:
- Apply online at https://www.uhv.edu/myuhv/.
- Choose UHV Self-Service.
- Select Degree Progress/Graduation.
- Select Apply for Graduation.
April 4, 2016 10:49 AM - UPDATE - Blackboard Inline Grading Fix Applied Saturday - Issue Resolved
The UH Main Campus reports they applied the final resolution from Blackboard for the inline grading (Crocodoc service) issue on Saturday, April 2, 2016, during a special maintenance window from 4:00-6:00 a.m. This has resolved the issue with the inline grading feature in Blackboard courses for students and faculty. We apologize for any inconvenience the issue may have caused before the final solution was applied.
April 1, 2016 7:28 AM - UPDATE - Blackboard System Available Again - Inline Grading Fix Not Applied
The UH Main Campus is investigating an issue with the restart process of the Blackboard system. It looks like the UH/UHV Blackboard system is not booting up properly after the early morning maintenance window. Technicians and engineers are working on the issue and hope to have it resolved soon. Please visit this website for additional updates and important information. We apologize for this inconvenience.
April 1, 2016 6:36 AM - UPDATE - Blackboard Issue with Restart
The UH Main Campus is investigating an issue with the restart process of the Blackboard system. It looks like the UH/UHV Blackboard system is not booting up properly after the early morning maintenance window. Technicians and engineers are working on the issue and hope to have it resolved soon. Please visit this website for additional updates and important information. We apologize for this inconvenience.
January 29, 2016 3:26 AM - UPDATE - UH Main Campus Reviewing Final Fix for New Faculty Enrollments
The UH Main Campus is reviewing the final solution to the issue with new UHV faculty enrollments in the Blackboard system. After testing and confirming successful resolution, the UH Main Campus will roll the change out for UHV. Additional updates and other important information will be made available here at this site, so please visit the site again for additional information.
January 27, 2016 7:02 AM - UPDATE - UH Main Campus Still Testing Fix for New Faculty Enrollments
The UH Main Campus is still testing the fix to resolve the issue with new UHV faculty enrollments in the Blackboard system. UHV has requested an update and estimated time of repair for the issue from the UH Main Campus. Additional updates and other important information will be made available here at this site, so please visit this site again for additional information.
January 26, 2016 6:51 AM - UPDATE - UH Main Campus Testing Fix for New Faculty Enrollment Issue in Blackboard
The UH Main Campus reports that they are currently testing a fix to resolve the issue with new UHV faculty enrollments in the Blackboard system. Additional updates and other important information will be made available here at this site, so please visit this site again for additional information.
January 25, 2016 6:56 AM - UPDATE - UH Main Campus Still Working to Resolve Issue with New Faculty & Adjunct Accounts in Blackboard
UHV is still waiting to find out from the UH Main Campus when the issue with new faculty enrollments into the Blackboard system has been resolved. We currently don't have an estimated time when this issue will be repaired, but are checking with the UH Main Campus on a regular basis. Please visit this website for updates and important information.
January 22, 2016 4:04 PM - UPDATE - UH Main Campus Continues to Work on Resolution with New Faculty & Adjunct Accounts in Blackboard
The UH Main Campus and PeopleSoft programmers are still working to resolve the issue where new UHV faculty, adjunct, and lecturer accounts aren't being enrolled in the UHV Blackboard system. This prevents the new instructors from logging into Blackboard and accessing their online courses. Existing Blackboard users are not affected by this issue. Please visit this website for updates and important information.
January 22, 2016 6:01 AM - Issue with New Faculty & Adjunct Accounts in Blackboard
The UH Main Campus and PeopleSoft programmers are working to resolve an issue where new UHV faculty, adjunct, and lecturer accounts aren't being enrolled in the UHV Blackboard system. This is preventing the new instructor accounts from being created in Blackboard and they are unable to log into the Blackboard system and access their online courses. Existing instructor accounts in Blackboard are unaffected by this issue. Please visit this website for updates and important information.
January 22, 2016 5:36 AM - UPDATE - Issue Resolved with Student Drops in Blackboard
The UH Main Campus reports that they have resolved the issue with student drops not processing in the UHV Blackboard system. UHV students who have been dropped or un-enrolled from a Blackboard course no longer appear to the instructor of record in the Groups and Users area and students will no longer see dropped courses in their Blackboard Course List module when they log into the Blackboard system.
January 21, 2016 4:26 PM - UPDATE - UH Main Campus Continues to Work on Resolution with Student Drops in Blackboard
The UH Main Campus is still working to resolve the issue UHV has been experiencing with students not being dropped or un-enrolled from their Blackboard courses. The issue is still occurring as of this update, so please visit this website for additional updates and important information.
January 21, 2016 6:31 AM - UH Main Campus Investigating Issue with Student Drops in Blackboard
The UH Main Campus is investigating an intermittent issue where students are not being dropped from their Blackboard courses/sections. The UH Main Campus is working to identify the cause and correct the issue. Currently, it looks like it is an intermittent issue where it's not affecting all UHV students and/or all UHV courses. Please visit this website for updates and important information.
December 29, 2015 8:04 AM - All Prospective UHV Graduates - Spring 2016 Graduation Application Deadline
The deadline for UHV Spring 2016 graduation applications is Friday, February 12, 2016.
Date: Friday, February 12, 2016
Please complete the following steps:
- Apply online at https://www.uhv.edu/myuhv/
- Choose UHV Self-Service.
- Select Degree Progress/Graduation.
- Select Apply for Graduation.
December 17, 2015 8:01 AM - Hardware Maintenance for UHV Blackboard System
The UH Main Campus will be completing hardware maintenance on the UHV Blackboard system starting Friday evening, December 18, 2015, at 11:30 p.m. Maintenance will end early Saturday morning, December 19, 2015, at 6:00 a.m. The UHV Blackboard system will be unavailable to all users during this maintenance time (12-18-2015 @ 11:30 p.m. through 12-19-2015 @ 6:00 a.m.). UHV faculty and students will not be able to access the Blackboard system during the maintenance period. Additional information and updates will be posted to this website, so please visit this site for additional information.
October 15, 2015 1:17 PM - Blackboard Email Issue Resolved
UHV Network Services has resolved the issue with emails not working in the Blackboard system. Users who may have tried to send emails before this fix was applied yesterday may need to re-send their email messages if they haven’t yet been received by the email recipients.
October 15, 2015 1:07 PM - Users Report Issues Accessing UHV Blackboard System
The UH Main Campus has reviewed the issue reported by UHV students with the blue dialog box obscuring test assessment questions in the separate Respondus LockDown Browser (RLDB) application and the Blackboard vendor plans to release a fix for this issue in the near future. In the meantime, UHV students who encounter this issue should use their mouse to position the blue dialog box in an area on the page where their question and answer information is not obscured until the fix can be applied and the issue resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.