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Holiday Hours — Winter Break 2016
Dec. 15, 2016—With the fall 2016 semester winding down, the Blackboard support team at the Center for Teaching has already begun working with many instructors around campus to ready spring courses. If you plan to work on your Blackboard courses over the winter holiday, we will be available to help via email at blackboard@vanderbilt.edu. Please note that...
Regularly Scheduled Down Time MOVED UP: Sunday, September 9, 6AM-7AM
Sep. 8, 2012—OAK Support received reports of an issue with one of the widely used features of OAK. In order to fix the issue, OAK needs to be “down” for approximately 45-60 minutes. Because we do not like to take OAK down unnecessarily, yet understand this needs to be addressed, the issue will be fixed this Sunday...
OAK Gets New Look and Functionality August 12
Aug. 8, 2012—OAK (Online Access to Knowledge), Vanderbilt’s course management system, is expanding current functionality to provide additional services and customizations. Efficiencies in course delivery and management will also be attained. Several years ago, a proposal was prepared to enhance OAK that included a consolidated list of requests from the schools and student leaders. The collected information...
Regularly Scheduled Down Time EXTENDED: Sunday, May 20 6AM-1PM
May. 3, 2012—OAK will be down Sunday, May 20 from 6AM to 1PM for maintenance. The allotted time has been extended this month to accommodate a change necessary for the growth OAK has experienced over the years. In the event that the work is completed ahead of schedule, OAK will be made available early. Please visit the...
CANCELLED: Regularly Scheduled Down Time Sunday, Feb 19
Feb. 13, 2012—OAK will NOT be down Sunday, February 19 for maintenance. Please visit the main OAK Website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates. Note about Regularly Scheduled Maintenance: Though we like to have our servers up 24/7, there are times when we need to take them down to perform regular maintenance. Please...
Semester Reminders: Enrolling Students and Making Courses Available
Jan. 10, 2012—Enrolling students directly in OAK DOES NOT officially enroll them your the course. Course instructors have the ability to enroll students directly in their OAK course. This capability is available so instructors can add guests to their courses. If a student needs to be added to the course, they should enroll in that course through...
A Note from Blackboard: SafeAssign Performance Update
Dec. 12, 2011—SafeAssign is experiencing regular delays due to load on the system. In one sense, the cause of these delays is quite simple: the rate of papers being submitted exceeding the speed with which SafeAssign can process papers. Submissions go into a queue, and are processed in a first-in, first-out order. When the submissions are entering...
OAK News Blog Gets New Look
Jun. 23, 2011—The OAK News Blog updated its look to match other Vanderbilt websites. The new look should make viewing the archives easier to use.
OAK to Expand Functionality
May. 24, 2011—OAK, Vanderbilt’s course management system, will be expanding current functionality to provide additional services and customizations, as well as attain efficiencies in course delivery and management. Powered by Blackboard Learn “Course Delivery,” Vanderbilt will add the “Community Engagement” system to OAK to achieve these goals. Several years ago, a proposal was prepared to enhance OAK...
ePassword Change Deadline June 15, 2010
Mar. 17, 2010—In order to enhance security and comply with federal audit requirements, Vanderbilt plans to implement a mandatory annual ePassword change process by June 15, 2010. To change your ePassword, please go to www.vanderbilt.edu/passwordchange and follow the instructions. We encourage you to change your password right away and not wait for the June 15 deadline.