All posts by David Penner

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, February 17th we will be performing software updates on our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.

Scheduled: Upgrade Moodle to v3.2

On Wednesday, 21 December 2016 between 8:00am and 10:00am, Information Systems will be upgrading our Moodle system to version 3.2.

Moodle will be unavailable during the upgrade. No other systems will be affected.

This release brings new features and fixes. Highlights of the new features include:

  • Assignment overrides
  • Turnitin updates/improvements – we will also be setting the default for new assignments to “Allow Submissions after the Due Date”.
  • General fixes and improvements.
  • A new, updated and simplified theme called “Boost”.  This theme also improves how notifications and messages appear.  The intent of the theme is for Moodle to look the same across all devices (computer, tablet, and mobile) and while using the Moodle app.  Please note: We will not be rolling this out as the default theme at this time since we still need to customize it and test the new theme with all of the Moodle plug-ins that we have installed.

For more details about Moodle 3.2 please refer to the new features tour or the version release notes.  There are also a series of videos that describe new version 3.2 features.

Please contact the Helpdesk with questions or comments: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540 432 4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus).

Update: The upgrade was completed successfully at 9:00am.

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, November 18th we will be performing software updates on our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, October 21st we will be performing software updates on our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, September 16th we will be performing software updates on our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, August 19th we will be performing software updates on our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.

Scheduled: Upgrade Moodle to v3.1

On Saturday, 16 July 2016 between 9:00am and 1:00pm, Information Systems will be upgrading our Moodle system to version 3.1.

Moodle will be unavailable during the upgrade. No other systems will be affected.

Highlights of the new features in v3.1 include:

  • Improvements to assignment grading
  • Turnitin updates/improvements
  • A couple of small updates to forums
  • A recycle bin for retrieving items that were mistakenly deleted

Please contact the Helpdesk with questions or comments: helpdesk@emu.edu or 540.432.4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus).

Update 11:30am: Moodle is back up and functioning. If you are accessing Moodle from on the EMU campus and you continue to see the down for maintenance notice, please reboot your computer before contacting the Helpdesk.

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, May 20 we will be performing software updates on our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, March 18 we will be performing software updates on our website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.

Scheduled: Software Updates for Webservers

Between 6:30 AM and 7:00 AM on Friday, February 19 we will be performing software updates on three website servers. You may notice intermittent issues accessing moodle.emu.edu, 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.