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News and Announcements

Student Enrollments Outage: August 13th-14th

5 Aug 2016
Due to scheduled maintenance by ISC, student enrollments will not be updating in Canvas on Saturday, August 13th and Sunday, August 14th. Any enrollment changes made during this period will…
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Turnitin Maintenance: Saturday, August 20th, 10am-2pm (NEW DATE)

29 Jul 2016
Turnitin may be intermittently unavailable on Saturday August 20th from 10am-2pm due to vendor maintenance. Please note this maintenance was originally scheduled for August 6th but was postponed. Instructors who…
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Turnitin Outage: 3/5/16

2 Mar 2016
Turnitin may be intermittently unavailable on Saturday, March 5, 2016 from 10 AM to 2PM due to scheduled maintenance by the vendor. Instructors who use Turnitin are encouraged to modify…
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Outage: Data Warehouse Upgrade Affecting Course Request Form 1/22/16-1/24/16

21 Jan 2016
A Data Warehouse upgrade starting on Friday, January 22nd at 4pm and ending on Sunday, January 24th will stop Student Registration System updates (SRS) from appearing in the Course Request…
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Canvas Outage: 11/26/15, 2:30-4:30 AM (15 Minutes)

24 Nov 2015
Canvas will be unavailable for a 15-minute-period between 2:30 and 4:30 am on Thursday, November 26, 2015 for scheduled maintenance. During this time, users won't be able to log into the…
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Enrollment Outages Affecting Canvas: Saturday, October 10th and 11th, 12:01am-12pm

8 Oct 2015
A scheduled outage will stop the automatic-enrollment process in Canvas sites beginning on Saturday, October 10th at 12:01am and ending no later than 12pm on the same day. A second…
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Outage Affecting Canvas Enrollments: 9/15, 9am-5pm

14 Sep 2015
A scheduled outage will stop the automatic-enrollment process in Canvas sites from Tuesday, September 15th, 9am to 5pm. Any enrollment changes made during this period will not be reflected in…
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SpeedGrader Issues in Canvas

11 Sep 2015
Canvas is currently encountering problems rendering assignment submissions in Speedgrader. You can still download assignment submissions, but SpeedGrader displays the error below. while(1);{"errors":[{"message":"An error occurred.","error_code":"internal_server_error"}],"error_report_id":} We have reported this issue…
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Maintenance Enrollment Outage in Canvas: Monday, August 10th-Tuesday, August 11th

6 Aug 2015
Due to scheduled maintenance, student enrollments will not be running in Canvas on Monday, August 10th. Any enrollment changes made during this period will not be reflected in Canvas until…
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Temporary Canvas Outage: Saturday, March 28th, 1-4am

26 Mar 2015
Canvas will be unavailable on Saturday, March 28th from 1-4am due to scheduled maintenance by our vendor. We apologize for any inconvenience this temporary outage may cause. If you are…

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    Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2021Time: 1:00pm - 1:30pm Library: Online This 30-minute workshop will focus on using Canvas Quizzes including configuring quiz settings, creating questions, and using question banks and groups.
  • Canvas Micro Workshops: SpeedGrader
    Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021Time: 11:00am - 11:30am Library: Online This 30-minute workshop will focus on using the Speedgrader in Canvas. This workshop will cover the following topics: an overview of the Speedgrader interface how to comment on and annotate submissions how to view instructor feedback from the student perspective.
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