Blackboard Collaborate Ultra News Archive

[SOFTWARE CHANGE]: SDS Retirement – Microsoft Teams and Blackboard (Spring 2025)

December 16, 2024 · Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Main News, New Software

The Administrative and Faculty Technology Committees have approved the retirement of School Data Sync (SDS), which has been used to create a Microsoft class team for every course. Starting in the Spring 2025 semester, we will transition to a new and improved process using the tools within Blackboard Ultra. What’s New? With Blackboard Ultra, creating

[SCHEDULED OUTAGE] Banner Maintenance

December 13, 2024 · Banner, Blackboard, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Main News, Planned Maintenance

Banner will be unavailable this weekend due to scheduled system maintenance. This maintenance is essential to ensure supported configurations, improve overall performance, and enhance security measures. Please be aware this outage may affect SSB, Blackboard, Degree Works, etc.

Collaborate Ultra – Discontinued July 1, 2021

June 3, 2021 · Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, Main News, Services

Marshall’s contract with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra will not be renewed after July 1, 2021. You have been identified as a user who has engaged as a moderator during this summer so far. All summer courses will have access to the Collaborate tool through the end of all summer terms. Important: All Collaborate recordings will be