Blackboard Archive

Blackboard Unavailable During Maintenance Period March 13, 3–7 a.m.

March 9, 2021
Blackboard will be unavailable while while critical security updates are added on Saturday, March 13, from 3–7 a.m. CST.
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Enhance Your Blackboard Skills

May 19, 2020
Enhance your Blackboard skills with a wide-range of workshops available throughout the summer.
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Blackboard Workshops: Collaborate Ultra and Assignments and Tests

March 31, 2020
Attend an online workshop to learn more about Blackboard tools that will help you teach during the COVID-19 crisis (and beyond!)
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Online Tutoring Available from the ARC

March 26, 2020
The Academic Resource Center has moved all tutoring services online to Blackboard Collaborate Ultra rooms.
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Zotero Workshop to Help You Create Bibliographies

March 19, 2019
Zotero is a citation manager that can save you a lot of time by collecting bibliographic information for your sources and inserting references automatically into your written work.
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Blackboard Unavailable January 2–8

December 16, 2016
The Blackboard system will be down from January 2 through Sunday, January 8.
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Brown Bag | Using Blackboard for Testing

October 5, 2015
IIT Online will be leading a one-hour session on using Blackboard for testing on Thursday, October 8 from 12:45-1:45 p.m. in Stuart Building, Room 103.
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Blackboard Fall Updates

August 15, 2014
Blackboard Learn (Bb), IIT's learning management system (LMS), will be updated to the latest service pack during this Friday’s (August 15) routine OTS service window.
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Old Blackboard 8 Decommissioning Targeted for December 13

November 25, 2013
Access to the old Blackboard 8 system (used prior to Spring 2013) will conclude at the end of this semester.
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Update: Fall 2013 Blackboard

August 14, 2013
IIT will upgrade Blackboard for the fall semester on Friday, August 16. The new version introduces global navigation and a dashboardcalled My Blackboard, which will centralize information from across your courses. There is also an improved calendar that will allow you to integrate your Blackboard calendar with iCal or Google.
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Faculty/Staff
- ACE Professors Modares and Mohammadi Contribute to the International Conference on Reliable Engineering Computing
  May 06, 2021
  Mehdi Modares, associate professor, and Jamshid Mohammadi, professor in the Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering department, will contribute to the 9th International Virtual Conference on Reliable Engineering Computing.
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- TIAA May Financial Wellness Webinars
  May 06, 2021
  TIAA, one of Illinois Tech’s 403(b) Retirement Plan vendors, has announced several Financial Essentials webinars running from May 11-13, 2021. Sessions are open to all retirement plan participants regardless of the vendor with which they invest, and are available for on-demand viewing for 30 days following the live broadcasts.
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- Lifeworks is Highlighting Mental Health Awareness Month this May
  May 06, 2021
  In addition to their Heartbeat Newsletter, which features resources like "Understanding Burnout" and a self-care infographic, they've launched a new Building Your Self-Care Toolkit microsite. There will also be a live webinar on May 11 at 1pm CST called “Mental Health Trends During the COVID-19 Pandemic.”
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- Financial Wellness Series Kicks Off on May 11!
  May 04, 2021
  Human Resources is pleased to present a series of Financial Wellness courses, made possible by Illinois Tech’s partnership with PNC Bank. The first course, Budgeting 2.0, will take place via virtual workshop on Tuesday, May 11 at Noon.
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- Black Women at Illinois Tech Networking Group
  May 04, 2021
  Join fellow Black women staff and faculty at Illinois Tech monthly as we meet to network and share our commonalities. The group meets every third Thursday of the month.
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- Faculty Fellowship Award – Applications due May 21
  May 04, 2021
  The Center for Learning Innovation will offer Faculty Fellowship Awards awards that are open to all faculty members (including adjunct faculty). The deadline for submitting proposals is May 21, 2021.
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- Spotlight on Illinois Tech’s New Pet Insurance
  April 27, 2021
  Whether you've become the owner of a pandemic puppy or have had fur babies for years, Illinois Tech's new Pet Insurance benefit is definitely something you'll want to consider.
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- When was the last time you reviewed your beneficiaries?
  April 23, 2021
  Naming and regularly reviewing beneficiaries (and updating if necessary) is important to ensure that your funds and benefit amounts will be distributed according to your wishes in the event of your death.
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- Lifeworks April Features, Smartphone App, and CareNow Programs
  April 23, 2021
  Lifeworks, Illinois Tech’s Employee Assistance Program, is featuring Embracing Diversity in their April issue of the Heartbeat Newsletter.
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- Staff Advisory Council Election Update: Voting Ends This Friday at 5 p.m.
  April 13, 2021
  This is a reminder that voting on new Staff Advisory Council members ends this Friday, April 16, at 5 p.m. An alphabetical list of candidates and their nomination statements, and link to vote are available here.
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