Is Blackboard down right now? Live status and outage tracker

Blackboard outages and problems

In the past 24 hours, 148 user reports came in for Blackboard. Counting only the 15-minute windows with a spike big enough to count as an outage, that comes to 98.96% uptime for the day.

The most recent spike big enough to count as an outage was 20 hours ago. The busiest 15-minute window of the day had 14 reports, about 20 hours ago.

• Outage
  Ended 20 h ago

  Lasted 30 min
  14peak reports

Blackboard in October 2026

Problem reports in October (since 27 October)

149

Monthly report for October 2026

What people said was wrong in recent problem reports for Blackboard, as a share of those reports:

• 38% Website
• 29% Login
• 25% Homework
• 8% App

Where Blackboard problem reports come from

Recent reports came from 37 areas. The most came from around Syracuse, NY, Washington, DC and Raleigh, NC. Share of recent reports by area, named after its biggest town:

• 30% Syracuse, NY
• 5% Washington, DC
• 4% Raleigh, NC
• 4% Springfield, MA
• 4% New York City, NY
• 3% Boston, MA

From 148 recent problem reports. Big cities always send the most, so reports from many places point to a widespread problem, and one area far ahead of the rest can mean a regional one. Town names: GeoNames.

Blackboard problem spikes, last 30 days

Since 27 October, Blackboard had 1 outage spike and 2 periods of elevated reports. The longest lasted 30 min, on 28 October.

• Elevated reports
  Wed 28 Oct, 02:42–02:57

  Lasted 15 min
  10peak reports
• Outage
  Wed 28 Oct, 01:03–01:33

  Lasted 30 min
  16peak reports
• Elevated reports
  Wed 28 Oct, 00:27–00:42

  Lasted 15 min
  11peak reports

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, kept exactly as this page showed it at the time. This history starts on 27 October 2026. Monthly reports for all services

How to fix Blackboard not working

Blackboard is up on our end, so if it won't work for you, the problem is most likely on your side. Work through these in order:

1. Reload and restart

   Reload the page (Ctrl+F5, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac), or fully close the app and open it again.

2. Try another connection

   Switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data. If it works on one and not the other, the problem is your network, not Blackboard.

3. Update the app

   Install the latest version from the App Store or Google Play. Old versions can stop connecting after a server-side change.

While Blackboard is down: what to use instead

• Browser version When the mobile app will not load, open the course page in a browser and check announcements, due dates, and files.
• School email Use your school email to ask your instructor for the handout or deadline details if the course page is unavailable.
• Canvas If another course in your program uses Canvas, check that class feed for shared materials or messages while the main course site is unreachable.
• Microsoft Teams Join the class meeting in Teams if your instructor sends a link there, because the session may still run outside the course site.

Problems at the same time as Blackboard

Since 27 October, all 3 of Blackboard's spikes in problem reports overlapped a spike at another service.

When several services get problem reports at once, something they share, such as a cloud host or a network, can be the real cause. Matching times alone do not prove it.

A spike is a sharp rise in problem reports from users, as the live pages showed it. Times are Central European time.

When people report Blackboard problems

The busiest hour for reports about Blackboard is 00:00 to 01:00 Central European time, and the busiest day is Wednesday.

Each bar is the average number of user reports in that hour, or on that day of the week, from 21 days of reports since 5 October 2026. The busiest bar is highlighted. Spikes in reports are left out, so one outage does not set the pattern.

Blackboard IP address, servers and network

Service updates from @Blackboard

No posts about problems from @Blackboard in the last 14 days. The latest is from .