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Fall 2024 Term - Ends
December 08, 2024 marks the last day of the Fall 2024 semester.
Final Grades are due by December 15, 2024.
Upcoming Maintenance for Webex LTI and Webex LTI Legacy
Webex is sending this notification to site administrator contacts at https://govst.webex.com
We are writing to inform you about an upcoming scheduled maintenance for Webex LTI and Webex LTI Legacy. The maintenance will begin on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at 11:00 pm CST, and will last for 8 hours. During the maintenance period, Webex LTI and Webex LTI Legacy will be unavailable inside of your LMS.
Action required:
Once the maintenance is complete, instructors will need to log back in with Webex inside of Webex LTI or Webex LTI Legacy in the LMS and accept the requested permissions. This step is necessary to use certain features that require Webex access, such as scheduling new meetings, and will ensure seamless functionality moving forward.
Blackboard only: Instructors using Webex LTI Legacy in Blackboard will also need to reauthorize with the LMS from the Setup tab.
Next steps:
For future updates about scheduled maintenance, we encourage you to subscribe to our status page at https://lti-status.webex.com .
Webex appreciates your understanding and cooperation as they work to improve their services.
Course Creation and Instructor Enrollment
Spring 2025 courses are created and ready for Instructors to build their online, hybrid, or web-enhanced courses.
Students will not be enrolled into Blackboard until 01/06/2025, but will not have access to Spring 2025 courses until 01/20/2025.
Blackboard Cross-listing Deadline
If cross-listing is not completed by the deadline, the system will create multiple Blackboard shells, which may be confusing to both students and instructors.
If you cross-list before the deadline, however, there will be only one shell created in Blackboard. This is a better situation for both instructors and students, so that no confusion arises about what shell either instructors or students should be working in during the Spring semester.
Please note: Once the cross-listing courses are entered into Colleague, please refrain from making any changes to the "primary course status" of the courses. Making changes to the cross-listed sections after the courses have been created, will also generate multiple courses in Blackboard. Doing so has major implications for Colleague, the Registrar and Blackboard.
If changes occur after end of October, please contact blackboard@govst.edu so that we can make any appropriate adjustments.
Your cooperation is highly appreciated by The Center for Teaching and Learning! We look forward to working with you for a successful Spring 2025 semester.
SafeAssign Maintenance
SafeAssign will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on November 19, 2024, from 5:00 AM to 7:00 AM CDT. During this time, the service will be completely unavailable, and any submissions will need to be resubmitted after the maintenance.
This upgrade is critical for improving system performance and ensuring more efficient plagiarism detection for both Blackboard and API clients. We appreciate your understanding and encourage users to plan ahead to minimize disruptions.
Estimated duration: 2 hours
Fall 2024 Term - Begins
Today marks the first day of the fall semester. Students will not be able to access fall 2024 courses in their Blackboard Course List until August 26, 2024. Please note, late start courses will be available in Blackboard on the date the late start course begins.