The Nine One Chronicles
Well GGC’s Blackboard 9 Test server is down, … and that’s a good thing. Over the next 36 hours the server will be upgraded to Blackboard Learn R 9.1 on new, more robust hardware. In addition, our beloved Learning Environment Connector (LEC) will be disconnected until we and Blackboard can determine how to best do co-production of Bb9.1 and Vista, in a post-LEC world.
This upgrade of Test, to Blackboard’s newest release is the next step in the process of keeping our LMS best-of-breed. Of course, for it to work in production, we do need to figure how we’ll authenticate between Bb Vista and Bb Learn, and how we’ll deliver Vista courses via a post-LEC "Courses" module. Blackboard is intent on supporting us well, but Fall semester starts in 61 days, yet I fully expect we’ll be ready in plenty of time. I’m hopeful because we’re GGC and that’s what we do.