From Jeremy Graham, Technical Manager for Blackboard Learning System Operations:

“In what has become an annual event, staff from CTSI and I+TS will be performing an upgrade on the University’s Blackboard Learn portal (https://portal.utoronto.ca) on Friday May 13th and Saturday May 14th 2011.

The upgrade will bring Blackboard up to the most recent, and now most commonly deployed version of the application – version 9.1.

In addition to fixing a number of known issues with the software, the new version offers several new features. These include course Wikis, a more complete method for managing course files and better integration with third-party media providers such as YouTube. Documentation on the new features will be made available on our Information Site at http://www.portalinfo.utoronto.ca as it becomes available.

Unfortunately as the upgrade process is disruptive, the portal will be unavailable on the 2 days in question.

Please send questions or comments to portal.help@utoronto.ca