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Migration 2014

  • Migration Update – January 30th

    Migration Update – January 30th

    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… Read More

    Jan. 30, 2015

  • Migration Update – January 16th

    Migration Update – January 16th

    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… Read More

    Jan. 16, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Welcome to Blackboard – January 2nd Update

    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… Read More

    Jan. 2, 2015

  • Vanderbilt University

    Welcome to Blackboard

    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… Read More

    Dec. 23, 2014

  • Blackboard unavailable Dec. 21-22 as courses are migrated to new environment

    Blackboard unavailable Dec. 21-22 as courses are migrated to new environment

    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… Read More

    Dec. 16, 2014

  • OAK’s Transition to Blackboard – Letter to Faculty

    OAK’s Transition to Blackboard – Letter to Faculty

    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… Read More

    Nov. 21, 2014

  • Managed Hosting Transition Schedule

    Managed Hosting Transition Schedule

    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… Read More

    Oct. 31, 2014

  • Course Size Strategy

    Course Size Strategy

    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… Read More

    Oct. 28, 2014