IT Weekly Announcement - October 19, 2012
Current & Scheduled Outages/System Updates
Sunday Maintenance
Every Sunday, between 3:00am – 11:00am, all systems will be intermittently unavailable while important maintenance and updates are performed.
Major Network Upgrade, Sunday October 21st
Due to network upgrades, networking services will be interrupted on Sunday, October 21st, from 8:00AM until 4:00PM. All networking services will be interrupted for this time period, including e-mail, file shares and Internet access for the following buildings:
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East Hall
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Barnard Hall
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Memorial Hall
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Student Center
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Burritt Library
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Willard Hall
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Welte Hall
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Marcus White Hall
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ITBD (including phones)
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Diloerto Hall
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Davidson Hall
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Student Technology Center
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Welte Garage
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Police Department
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Maloney Hall
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Online Blue Chip Deposits Delay Over The Weekend
Online Blue Chip deposits made between 8:00pm Friday, October 19th to 9:00am Monday October 22nd will not be processed until Monday morning. Cash Blue Chip deposits via Valueports/Cash Value Centers will be posted immediately.
Other Announcements
Classroom Instructor Workstation Reminders
If you are teaching in a classroom with an Instructor Workstation this semester, please remember that when class is over there are two important things you need to do. 1) LOGOFF the PC. Do not Shutdown or Restart the PC, this could cause a significant delay for the next professor. 2) Press the green Power Display button to turn off the projector. The projector bulb burns out based on usage time. They are expensive to replace. If the projector is left on it adds to usage and burnout time.
Blackboard Learn Updates
- The creation of Blackboard Learn course shells is now automated for Winter Intersession 2013 and beyond. Blackboard Learn is the official learning management system of the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. Blackboard Vista is being phased out. The process in place for creating Blackboard Vista shells has now been switched to creating Blackboard Learn shells. For details on how to create a Blackboard Learn shell, please click here. Creation of the Winter Intersession shells will be processed at the next timeslot listed. While Spring 2013 course shells can be requested now, they will not be created until after November 16.
- If you would still like to use Blackboard Vista for Winter Intersession 2013 or Spring 2013, please click here to request a Vista course shell.
- The IDTRC is offering a condensed version of the Blackboard Learn workshop. This workshop is 1.5 hours and covers the topics you will need to get you started using Blackboard. We invite you to attend a session. Please click here to view the workshop schedule and to register.
