Vista 4/Blackboard Vista Timeline

 

 

Date

Activity

Notes

3/21/08

Pre-Spring 2007 courses purged from production server

 

4/7/08

Deadline to submit requests to save Summer 2007 courses as templates

 

4/14/08

Deadline to stop working on Summer 2008 course shells

let Ed Tech know if you want this course shell saved as a template for Summer 08

4/15/08-4/30/08

Summer 2008 faculty will not have access to their summer courses

 

5/1/08

Vista 4 available for Summer 2008 faculty

development server

5/5/08

Vista 4 available for Summer 2008 students

development server

5/22/08

Vista 4 training for faculty

9:30 AM – 12 Noon, E190

5/27/08

Spring 2007 courses purged from production server

 

5/31/08

Last day to work on Fall 2008 course shells

no need to have templates built by Ed Tech; Fall 2008 course sections will be migrated over to Vista 4 production server

6/1/08

Vista 3 no longer available

 

6/1/08

Spring 2008 incompletes off-line

make arrangements with students to work off-line for incompletes

6/1/08

2007 & 2008 courses moved to Vista 4

 

6/1/08-8/1/08

Fall 2008 faculty will not have access to their fall courses

Fall 2007, Winter 2007, Spring 2008, and Fall 2008 courses migrated over to Vista 4 production server

7/12/08 & 7/13/08

Vista 4 will be down for data center maintenance

make arrangements with students to work off-line; development server

8/1/08

Vista 4 available for Fall 2008 faculty

production server

8/27/08

Vista 4 training for faculty

9:30 AM – 12 Noon, E190

 

If you’re interested in seeing what changes have been made, you can download the “Transitioning from WebCT Vista 3 to Blackboard Vista” at: http://www.commnet.edu/academics/webct/documentation_vista.asp.