Joel VannerFaculty can self-provision sandboxes by following the steps here. Staff who would like a sandbox should contact QU IT.
For those not familiar with the term, a sandbox course is a blank course with no student enrollments. Content built in a sandbox can easily be copied to the course of record course shell that has student enrollments.
Read more about the Blackboard deprecation process here →
Key Dates
2026
Recommended deadline of October 31, 2026 for exporting or downloading any Blackboard course and organization content you would like to keep.
Blackboard Learn Original courses and organizations become read-only for all users on December 31, 2026.
This date is enforced by Blackboard and cannot be changed.
After this date, all Original courses and organizations will become read-only for everyone, including instructors, students, organization leaders, and administrators. Content will remain viewable, but no one will be able to modify content or interact with collaborative integrated tools.
Please make alternate plans if you anticipate students will need to complete work in an Original course or organization past this date.
2027
End of access to Original courses and organizations for faculty, students, and administrators on October 31, 2027.
Blackboard will begin auto-converting Original courses and organizations into Ultra courses. This date is enforced by Blackboard and cannot be changed.
2028
Institutional access to Blackboard ends on June 30, 2028.
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