Information Technology Services

Blackboard Grade Center Error

Outage category: Blackboard

Location: Online - Blackboard/myMason Grade Center

Status: Closed

Resolved Alert:

Initial Symptoms

Instructors could not reach Grade Center.

Root Cause Analysis

Cause

A Blackboard update was being applied to the system during this time.

Resolution

After multiple attempts to recreate the issue, Blackboard could not find the cause. We tested applying the next update to a test server and the issue did not occur again. We applied these updates to Production and the issue did not occur. Blackboard now has a script ready to fix the issue if it occurs again.

Prevention

We tested applying the next update to a test server and the issue did not occur again. We applied these updates to Production and the issue did not occur. Blackboard now has a script ready to fix the issue if it occurs again.