On October 8, 2010, we announced a serious technical issue with the Blackboard 9.1 migration as confirmed by Blackboard. We also indicated that we would produce a migration plan by November 1, 2010.
As promised, the Distance Learning Office and Computer Services have developed the following detailed plan:
* The new Blackboard 9.1 server will be available for content migration by course owners on Nov. 29, 2010.
* The Blackboard 8 (Bb8) and Blackboard 9.1 (Bb91) systems will run in parallel.
* Each course owner will need to export their course(s) from Bb8 and import them into a course shell in Bb91.
* Bb91 will be production for the start of Summer 2011 semester.
* Bb8 will continue to be available to course owners for one calendar year starting the beginning of Summer 2011 and ending the close of Spring 2012. The Bb8 system only will be for course content retrieval. The Bb8 system only can be restored to the final backup point which will be the end of Spring 2011. This system will not have support from either vendor (Blackboard and Oracle) during this period.
* Students with Spring 2011 incompletes will need to complete their work on Bb91.
* When Bb91 is made available for content migration, all course shells, including ZZZZ_999_username, will be present. Additional development course shell areas will be created and made available upon request.
This plan eliminates any issue with the database migration problems experienced during testing. We believe this plan provides the safest and most comprehensive approach for business continuity and data integrity.
Distance Learning and Computer Services
Published: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000 by w.jojo