On Saturday, September 29th, 2018 from 06:00 AM - 08:00 AM CDT, IT-AIS will be conducting patching efforts to multiple production infrastructure databases and application services, primarily those responsible for CatID services. This will result in a two (2) hour window where UNI users will be unable to log into Blackboard Learn, Panopto, and other systems using CatID credentials.
Some users are currently experiencing a 500 error when trying to access lynda.com videos through https://lynda.uni.edu/login. We will let you know when this issue is resolved.
On Saturday, August 11, 2018 the Panopto application will be UNAVAILABLE for scheduled maintenance. This upgrade will require downtime from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm CDT. During this time you will not be able to access recordings on your server, and any attempts to upload from clients will result in a "Server unable to connect" message.
UNI's existing on-campus Blackboard Learn System (eLearning) will be fully migrated to Blackboard Inc.'s cloud based offering known as SaaS (Software as a Service) from August 2-7, 2018. On August 1, 2018 at 11:59 p.m. CDT, UNI's Blackboard Learn System will be turned OFF for migration and will NOT be available to users during this extended maintenance period. For this migration, we will be doing a full migration of data: meaning all the existing content and entire database records will be moved to SaaS.
On Saturday, July 28, 2018 the Panopto application will be UNAVAILABLE for scheduled maintenance. This upgrade will require downtime from 9:00 pm to 12:00 am CDT. During this time you will not be able to access recordings on your server, and any attempts to upload from clients will result in a "Server unable to connect" message.
On Saturday, March 3, 2018 from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. CST, UNI users will be unable to log into the UNI eLearning (Blackboard Learn) System while maintenance is performed to patch multiple production infrastructure databases and application services that are responsible for CatID services.
On Saturday March 17, 2018 from 10 AM to 4 PM CDT, the Turnitin Application in eLearning (Blackboard Learn) will be unavailable to UNI users while maintenance is performed. This maintenance will include several hardware updates and performance improvements.
On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 from 6 a.m. to 7 a.m. CDT, the UNI eLearning System will be UNAVAILABLE to apply security related patches to the application servers. There are no changes to the Blackboard Learn (eLearning) software.
COMPLETED: At 11:35 a.m. CDT, Blackboard said "The AWS migration is now complete and the SafeAssign service is back to operating normally.".
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UPDATE: At 9:50 a.m. CDT, Blackboard said the 'The scheduled AWS migration for SafeAssign is still ongoing. We expect approximately one additional hour of downtime to complete the migration process."
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On Friday March 30, 2018 from 5:30 am to 6:30 am, IT will be performing network maintenance. There will be brief disruptions of service to the data center and the internet. This may cause interruptions with connectivity to the UNI eLearning System.
