Migration 2014
Migration Update – January 30th
Jan. 30, 2015—The migration from OAK to Blackboard managed hosting is now complete. Most courses from Fall 2013 to present are now available in Blackboard, as are all organizations. We have only a few remaining issues to resolve: Very Large Courses: OAK courses over 4GB in size cannot be automatically migrated to Blackboard. If you are an...
Migration Update – January 16th
Jan. 16, 2015—The migration from OAK to Blackboard managed hosting is nearly complete. Most courses from Fall 2013 to present are now available in Blackboard, as are all organizations. Following is a list of outstanding issues resulting from the migration: Large Courses: OAK courses over 1GB in size are currently being migrated to Blackboard. This batch of...
Welcome to Blackboard – January 2nd Update
Jan. 2, 2015—Faculty, students, and staff will notice a few changes when they log in to OAK. Vanderbilt has migrated its course management system, powered by Blackboard but known locally as OAK (Online Access to Knowledge), from Vanderbilt servers to Blackboard servers as part of an effort to improve performance and reliability. Important Changes: We are retiring...
Welcome to Blackboard
Dec. 23, 2014—Starting today, faculty, students, and staff will notice a few changes when they log in to OAK. Vanderbilt has migrated its course management system, powered by Blackboard but known locally as OAK (Online Access to Knowledge), from Vanderbilt servers to Blackboard servers as part of an effort to improve performance and reliability. Important Changes: We...
Blackboard unavailable Dec. 21-22 as courses are migrated to new environment
Dec. 16, 2014—As part of an effort to improve performance and reliability, Vanderbilt’s OAK course management system, powered by Blackboard, is in the process of migrating from Vanderbilt servers to Blackboard servers. The system will be unavailable Dec. 21-22 as part of this migration, and access to some courses will be limited in December. Many courses have...
OAK’s Transition to Blackboard – Letter to Faculty
Nov. 21, 2014—Dear faculty colleagues: As we migrate OAK course materials from their current (still-problematic) on-campus existence to the new hosted Blackboard environment, there will be periods of black-out where you will not be able to access your course materials. We have staggered this work to minimize down time. Schedule November 10 – Migration began for Fall...
Managed Hosting Transition Schedule
Oct. 31, 2014—Over the next two months, Vanderbilt’s OAK course management system, powered by Blackboard, will move from Vanderbilt servers to Blackboard servers. This transition to what’s called “managed hosting” will improve performance and reliability and make available new tools for instructors. These tools include Kaltura, a tool for sharing and managing multimedia files, and a content...
Course Size Strategy
Oct. 28, 2014—Earlier this year, the OAK Steering Committee approved a decision to transition OAK to what’s called “managed hosting.” OAK is powered by the course management system Blackboard. We have run Blackboard on Vanderbilt web servers since the system was adopted about a decade ago. This winter, OAK will be moving to Blackboard servers, a move...