In this production release (June 3), any Course Home Page can display recent announcements, content exports expire after 30 days, and the Gradebook Individual View displays weighted grading periods. The Rich Content Editor sidebar enhancements are available for all areas of Canvas including Quizzes, and the Rich Content Editor includes […]
5/31/2017 – Blackboard Retirement
At 11:59PM Wednesday, May 31st Blackboard will be retired, and all courses that were in it will be gone. CIRT has been working with faculty on migrating courses from Blackboard to Canvas since last summer, but after the shutdown CIRT will no longer be able to migrate any courses. The […]
5/15/2017 – Canvas Support Phone Quality Issue (resolved)
At 3:20PM on Monday, May 15th Canvas informed us of an issue they were experiencing with their support team’s phone system. They reported the issue fixed, same day, at 4:20PM. Below is the original message. -LMS Team The phone system used by our Canvas Support team is currently having trouble, […]
Updates in the 5-13-2017 Production Release
In this production release (May 13), the Dashboard allows users to remove the color overlay from any course cards that include an image. In an individual course page, the page settings menu supports the Use as Front Page option. Several improvements have also been made in account-level reports. Production release […]
5/1/2017 – Blackboard Sharestream Uploads Disabled
Media uploads to Sharestream from Blackboard will be disabled on May 1, 2017. This includes adding media to a course and student Sharestream Media Assignment submissions. This change is part of the university’s transition to Canvas. The Arc media tool is now available in Canvas. If you need to preserve […]
4/24/2017 – Import/Export Slowness
Starting at 10:30AM Canvas reported jobs related to Canvas imports and exports are backed up, for some users. They are investigating the cause and will provide updates every 30 minutes. Canvas’ last update from 1:48PM announced a fix they implemented that will improve the time it takes for grade and […]
4/18/2017 – Intermittent Canvas Slowness
Canvas announced there was intermittent slowness in the system from 9:30AM until 2:30PM EST that may have effected some users. Below is their original message. -LMS Team Canvas Incident Report Some users saw job related slowness today between 7:30 MDT and 12:30 MDT Summary Some users saw long wait times […]
4/15/2017 – WileyPLUS Planned Upgrades
Wiley informed us of an upcoming maintenance for Saturday April 15th from 12AM to 9AM that will prevent access to their system. Original message below. -LMS Team Maintenance Details On Saturday, April 15 from 12 am to 9 am EST, WileyPLUS new student registration and purchase, as well as instructor […]
4/2/2017 – Blackboard Login Issue
As of 11:45AM Blackboard logins are unavailable. ITS is aware of the problem and are investigating the issue. -LMS Team
3/31/2017 – Canvas Chat Tool Maintenance
Canvas informed us they will be conducting a maintenance on the Chat tool starting the evening of Friday, May 31st and ending Saturday, April 1st. Canvas did not provide the start or end times for the maintenance, and they indicated the tool maybe unavailable for up to 24hrs. Canvas’ original […]