Update: Blackboard is back in service, four hours earlier than expected. Please contact us at blackboard@richmond.edu with any issues or questions.

In order to install patches and maintenance software on the UR Blackboard servers yet minimize impact on usage, the system will be unavailable during an early morning upgrade, 10 p.m. to 6 a.m., Friday, May 9. The user interface will not change and all course content will still be available after the work. Please schedule your UR Blackboard usage accordingly and contact us at blackboard@richmond.edu with any questions or concerns. Continue to check the Blackboard News site (http://blog.richmond.edu/blackboard/) for additional information concerning this outage.