Last updated 10/19/07 3:40 pm

ELMS [http://elms.umd.edu] (Powered by Blackboard) is currently available to the university community.  Although the root cause of  the outages has been identified by the Blackboard engineers at the off-campus Blackboard hosting site, the specific module that is causing the problem has not been identified.  The system has been stabilized by turning off several modules that may have caused the   outages.  ELMS support staff will be working with the Blackboard engineers next week to begin determining which module is causing problems.

Until the correct module is identified, users will note that the What’s New module is not available to them when they log into the ELMS environment.  In addition, instructors will notice that the section and course columns will have information in them, but they will not be updated on a daily basis with any changes that may have occurred the day before.

We apologize for the inconvenience the outages have caused. We will continue to post updates on the system status at this Web site.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

ELMS Support

ELMS [http://elms.umd.edu] (Powered by Blackboard) has been unavailable throughout the afternoon of Monday, October 15, 2007. Access is intermittent. The outage is due to an issue at the off-campus Blackboard hosting site. Blackboard engineers are currently working on resolving the issue. We apologize for the inconvenience this is causing.

An update will be posted when the system becomes available.

Thank you for your patience in this matter.

Using Wimba Live Classroom in ELMS

The Office of Information Technology Academic Support group will be hosting the first in a series of Learning Technologies Brownbag Discussions this term on Friday, October 12 from noon-1 p.m.

Come join our discussion on using Wimba Live Classroom in ELMS (powered by Blackboard Academic Suite), a fully-featured live virtual classroom environment that supports audio, video, application sharing, content display, and whiteboarding. Dr. Helene Cohen will lead this discussion and share her experience using this powerful tool. The OIT learning technologies team will also be available to answer your questions and address your concerns about this tool.

Please see the Brownbag Web site for more information. Bring your lunch and nosh on light refreshments that will be provided for participants. There is no registration required.