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System Announcements

• Blackboard System Announcements (Thursday, June 1, 2017)
  

  Blackboard Support
  For Stockton-specific Blackboard support, please visit https://elearning.stockton.edu
  For general Blackboard student support, please visit https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Student
  For general Blackboard instructor support, please visit https://help.blackboard.com/Learn/Instructor
  Blackboard Collaborate - If your questions were not answered on the support page, call 1.877.382.2293.

  Browser
  Firefox is the recommended browser for Blackboard. If you are using a personally owned computer, click here to install Firefox. Be sure to run the browser check and resolve any issues. If you experience browser difficulties, please call the Help Desk at 609-652-4309.

  Smart Phones and Tablets
  The browsers available for portable devices such as smart phones and tablets are limited in functionality will not support all of the features required by Blackboard. This is especially true for assignments and tests. If you are doing anything beyond viewing course content, use a computer with the Firefox browser.

  System Maintenance
  All of our online instructional services have standard maintenance windows defined. If no maintenance is scheduled, the system will be available.

  goStockton Portal and Stockton login authentication services, Sunday, 12:01 am to 5:00 am, ET
  Blackboard, Sunday, 12:01 am to 5:00am, ET
  Blackboard Collaborate, Fridays 2:00 am to 6:00 am, ET, and Saturday, 10:00 pm to Sunday, 6:00 am, ET
  Turnitin, first and third Saturdays, 10:00am to 4:00 pm, ET (Turnitin status available at http://www.turnitin.com/en_us/support/system-status or https://twitter.com/turnitinstatus)

  Preferred Name
  If you wish to change how your first and/or middle name are displayed in Blackboard, visit https://stockton.edu/registrar/preferred-name.html to submit a name change request.

  For Faculty:

  Adding Course Content: Export/Import should be used instead of Course Copy.  For instructions, click here.

  Course Section Dates: Live, instructional course sections are created with date restrictions that correspond to the beginning of the semester and end of semester grade submission. These dates may be changed to meet the individual needs of your course. Access the desired course section, Control Panel, Customization, Properties, Course Duration, adjust dates as desired, Submit.

• MAINTENANCE: Sunday, July 2, 12:30 am to 12:30 pm (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)
  

  The Blackboard learning management system will be unavailable, Sunday, July 2, 12:30 am to 12:30 pm for an update to address a security vulnerability.

• Course Section Dates (Wednesday, June 21, 2017)
  

  Students: All live course sections (i.e., course sections used for instruction) are created with term dates. Students will not be able to access a course before the beginning of the term or after the end of the term unless the intstuctor overrides these dates. Term dates can be found on the Academic Calendar.

  Faculty: To override term dates

  1. Control Panel, Customization, Properties
  2. Scroll down to "Set Course Duration"
  3. Adjust start and end dates, as desired.
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on Submit.
• MAINTENANCE: Sunday, August 13, 2017, 3:30 am to 3:30 pm (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)
  

  The Blackboard system will be down for maintenance and updates on Sunday, August 13, 2017, from 3:30 am to 3:30 pm