Update @ 9:40 AM: The upgrade has been completed.
We will be upgrading Moodle to version 3.8 on Thursday, December 19th from 9am to 12pm.
For more details about Moodle 3.8 please refer to the new features tour or the version release notes. There are also a series of videos that describe new version 3.8 features.
Please contact the Helpdesk with questions or comments: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540.432.4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus).
We will be upgrading Moodle to version 3.7 on Monday, July 15th from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
For more details about Moodle 3.7 please refer to the new features tour or the version release notes. There is also a series of videos that describe new version 3.7 features.
Please contact the Helpdesk with questions or comments: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540.432.4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus).
Update 2019-07-15 6:41 PM: The upgrade is complete. Moodle is once again available.
We will be upgrading Moodle to version 3.6 on Wednesday, December 19th from 9am to 1pm.
For more details about Moodle 3.6 please refer to the new features tour or the version release notes. There are also a series of videos that describe new version 3.6 features.
Please contact the Helpdesk with questions or comments: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540.432.4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus).
We will be upgrading Moodle to version 3.5 on Thursday, July 19th from 8am-11am.
For more details about Moodle 3.5 please refer to the new features tour or the version release notes. There are also a series of videos that describe new version 3.5 features.
Turnitin functionality from within the core Moodle assignment module will now be possible post upgrade. See here for more details.
Please contact the Helpdesk with questions or comments: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540.432.4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus).
The Turnitin service, which EMU uses through Moodle, will be unavailable because of scheduled maintenance on March 17, 2018 between the hours of 11 AM and 6 PM. Turnitin is a third-party service–EMU has no control over when they perform scheduled maintenance.
Their notification about this maintenance window states:
Users will be unable to submit and grade during this maintenance window, so please ensure that any submission deadlines are adjusted to fall outside of the window.
Turnitin provides a system status page which may contain updates about this outage.
Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, February 16th we will be performing software updates on some of our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing www.emu.edu, moodle.emu.edu, and the Broadcast Email system web-interface during this time.
The web-accessible interface of the Broadcast Email system will be unavailable during this outage. However, emails sent into the Broadcast system will continue to be processed normally, but their delivery may be delayed slightly.
Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, January 12th we will be performing software updates on some of our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing www.emu.edu, moodle.emu.edu, and the Broadcast Email system web-interface during this time.
The web-accessible interface of the Broadcast Email system will be unavailable during this outage. However, emails sent into the Broadcast system will continue to be processed normally, but their delivery may be delayed slightly.
Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Tuesday, January 9th we will be performing software updates on some of our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing www.emu.edu, moodle.emu.edu, and the Broadcast Email system web-interface during this time.
The web-accessible interface of the Broadcast Email system will be unavailable during this outage. However, emails sent into the Broadcast system will continue to be processed normally, but their delivery may be delayed slightly.
Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, December 15th we will be performing software updates on some of our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing www.emu.edu and the Broadcast Email system web-interface during this time.
The web-accessible interface of the Broadcast Email system will be unavailable during this outage. However, emails sent into the Broadcast system will continue to be processed normally, but their delivery may be delayed slightly.
We will be upgrading Moodle to version 3.4 on Wednesday, December 20th from 8am-10am. This release will bring new features and fixes. Here is a preview of the main features:
For more details about Moodle 3.4 please refer to the new features tour or the version release notes. There are also a series of videos that describe new version 3.4 features.
Please contact the Helpdesk with questions or comments: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540.432.4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus).