The University has decided to move from the Portal using Blackboard to a new teaching and learning environment called Quercus which uses the Canvas learning management system (LMS) for managing courses.
Portal/Blackboard is going away on August 31, 2018. Please see:
Local Quercus/Canvas Information Webpage
for more information about backing up your old Blackboard courses and for links to the University resources for the new Quercus/Canvas system.