Blackboard Technical Perspective

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• Blackboard Technical Perspective
• Bob Ervin
• Associate Vice President for Learning
  Technologies, Fayetteville Technical Community
  College

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Blackboard Version
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History of Bb Software at FTCC 11/25/2002
Version 6.0.3.27 2/20/2004 Version
6.1.0.1 8/12/2004 Version 6.2.2.77 10/13/2004
Version 6.2.3.6
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FTCCs Bb Usage
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Our Server Configurations
WEBSERVER Intel Server Platform SRSH4 with Quad
XEON 1.5GHz MP w/ 512kb L26GB Dataram PC-2100
DDR ECC REGISTERED DIMMSMaxtor Atlas 36.6GB Hard
Disk (X4)Mylex XtremeRAID 2000 w/64MBRedundant
Power SupplyWindows 2000 Advanced Server
25-Client ASQL SERVERIntel Server Platform
SRSH4 with Quad XEON 1.5GHz MP w/ 512kb L26GB
Dataram PC-2100 DDR ECC REGISTERED DIMMSMaxtor
Atlas 36.6GB Hard Disk (X4)Mylex XtremeRAID 2000
w/64MBRedundant Power SupplyWindows 2000
Advanced Server 25-Client AMicrosoft SQL Server
2000 Enterprise Edition AE Connectivity -
provided 200G of data transfer
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Technology Challenges

• Outsourcing of servers
• Stability of software
• Hotfixes/Upgrades to software
• Modular Upgrades to software
• Product Support (Bb eTicket system)

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Questions?

• What are your questions?
• Bob Ervin
• ervinb_at_faytechcc.edu
• 910-678-8466