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Is Blackboard down right now?

No, it’s up.

Blackboard appears to be up and running normally.

checked responded in 75msHTTP 200

Over the last 7 days, Blackboard has answered our automated checks with 100.00% availability and a typical response time of ~77 ms. According to Blackboard's official status page, the most recent outage began 2026-08-19 22:10 UTC and lasted 1d 22h (severity: down). It was reported as "Blackboard Service Interruption".

Blackboard is a learning management system that universities and schools use for coursework, submissions and grading. Its outages cluster around assignment deadlines, which is exactly when submission traffic peaks.

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Is Blackboard down for everyone or just you?

Our automated checks are reaching Blackboard normally right now, and it answered our last one in 75ms. That makes any trouble you are hitting more likely to be local to your connection, account or network than a full outage, which usually means you can fix it from your end.

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Blackboard response time (last 24h)

Last 24hpeak 394 ms

Blackboard incident history (last 90 days)

JulAugSep
  • up
  • slow
  • down
  • no reading
All 37 recorded outages

6 of the incidents below were reported by Blackboard on days we were not yet monitoring, so the timeline above leaves those days hatched rather than colouring them in.

DateWhat happenedDurationSeverity
Blackboard Service InterruptionReported by Blackboard1d 22hDown
Few Blackboard SaaS clients are facing Intermittent outageReported by Blackboard7h 11mDegraded
Mailings Currently Unavailable - Evaluate, Institutional Effectiveness, Milestone, Portfolio, Course EvaluationsReported by Blackboard2h 45mDegraded
Accreditation & Program Review ErrorsReported by Blackboard1dDegraded
Blackboard SaaS LMS Outage - GlobalReported by Blackboard4h 23mDown
Few Blackboard SaaS clients are facing performance issueReported by Blackboard15h 53mDegraded

Blackboard uptime

100.00%
7 days
100.00%
30 days
100.00%
90 days

Measured since 2026-08-21. Windows reaching further back are averaged over the 19 days we watched, not the full period. Counts our own checks. Days Blackboard reported an incident are coloured in the timeline above but do not change this figure.

What to do if Blackboard is down for just you

  • Hard-refresh the page (Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+R) to bypass a stale cached asset.
  • Try an incognito window to rule out a browser extension or cookie problem.
  • Confirm your subscription or billing is active — access issues can mimic outages.
  • Switch networks or devices to isolate whether the problem is on your end.

Frequently asked questions

Blackboard appears to be up and running normally. Last checked 2026-09-08 14:46 UTC.

Blackboard’s official status page

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