Blackboard announces critical production downtime: 8 p.m. ET, Friday, Oct. 30, to 8 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 31

On Friday, Oct. 30, beginning at 8 p.m. (ET) through Saturday, Oct. 31, at 8 a.m. the https://blackboard.jhu.edu system will be taken offline to apply critical security updates. The system will be unavailable during this time, and the maintenance page will be displayed until the system is again available for use.

  • Faculty: We recommend faculty avoid scheduling assignments or assessments to be due during this timeframe.

  • Students: If students have questions or concerns about how this outage might affect their ability to complete coursework, we recommend reaching out to course faculty directly to discuss.