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.

MyEMU and Jenzabar EX Scheduled Outage

MyEMU and Jenzabar EX will be taken out of service late Sunday night, August 14, to correct an issue that may be adversely affecting system performance.  The outage will begin at 10:00 pm and we expect it to last about half an hour.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Information Systems Helpdesk at helpdesk@emu.edu or 540-432-4357 (x4357 on the Harrisonburg campus.)

Jason Alderfer
Associate Director of Technology Systems

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.