I know not many faculty members are devoted Bboard users, but for those who do use it, there was a portal post today about Bboard moving:
Great News! BBOARD is being replaced with a new product that allows all faculty and staff to access BBoard through the myScranton portal. We will be able to access BBOARD from both on and off campus. All replies to a specific message in the new BBOARD will be grouped or linked to that message so it will be easier to follow a specific conversation.
The new BBOARD will be implemented over the Easter break. Existing postings in the Thunderbird BBoard will remain. All new entries and responses should be posted in the new system. When you return on Tuesday, April 26, log into myScranton and click on the Employee tab. Then click on the link to the new BBoard in the BBoard channel (underneath the Self Service (UIS) channel).
It’ll be interesting to see if and how Bboard use changes now that it will require logging into my.scranton rather than being accessible through Thunderbird.
Just for documentation… IR started a discussion on Bboard today about whether the new phpBB Bboard is better than the old Thunderbird Bboard. So far the poll is showing 71% in favor of the old Bboard. Complaints listed including a) having to log in to my.scranton (an additional step), b) frequent log-outs and c) lack of signatures (posters are identified by email address rather than by name). IR addressed the log-out issue by increasing the login timeout.
Some posts on the board are getting upwards of 250 views, but an eyeballed average would be more like 160.