There will be a UR Blackboard outage scheduled for this Friday at 10PM that should last approximately 1 hour.  This will replace failing hardware.  If you are checking Blackboard availability after 11PM Friday night and you still gets an outage page, please force your web browser to refresh the page (Ctrl-R key combo on Windows and Command-R combo on Mac for most browsers).  When in doubt, visit this news site for an update when services have been restored.