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Summer 2024 Term - Ends
August 11, 2024 marks the last day of the Summer 2024 semester.
Final Grades are due by August 19, 2024.
SafeAssign Maintenance
SafeAssign will undergo a maintenance update on July 31, 2024, during low peak hours. For Learn clients, all submissions during this time will be queued and will be processed at the end of the maintenance period. For API clients, it will be necessary to resubmit all submissions made during the downtime period.
This downtime is essential for a backend infrastructure update, as we are transitioning to a new infrastructure. This transition impacts all SafeAssign clients.
The start time of this maintenance is Jul 31, 03:00AM EDT and should take approximately two hours.
Course Creation and Instructor Enrollment
Fall 2024 courses are created and ready for Instructors to build their online, hybrid, or web-enhanced courses.
Students will not be enrolled into Blackboard until 08/12/2024, but will not have access to Fall 2024 courses until 08/26/2024.
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 Fall 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 mid June, 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 Fall 2024 semester.
Summer 2024 Term - Begins
Today marks the first day of the summer semester. Students will not be able to access summer 2024 courses in their Blackboard Course List until May 13, 2024. Please note, late start courses will be available in Blackboard on the date the late start course begins.