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Jul
23
ePoll Service End of Life
Posted by Chris Goetz on 23 July 2025 04:51 PM

Attention ePoll Users,

Please be advised that the ePoll service will be decommissioned on December 31st, 2025.

The UofA has selected Wooclap as our new polling and student response system to replace ePoll. All ePoll users are encouraged to transition to this new platform. Unfortunately, there is no mechanism to migrate existing questions from ePoll into Wooclap but the new service does have the ability to automatically generate questions from a number of sources including the ability to


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Jul
4
Digital Learning Environment Changes for Summer 2025
Posted by Dave Laurie on 04 July 2025 04:04 PM

Attention eClass and Canvas Users,

This news post contains important information for a number of Digital Learning Environment improvements that will be introduced over the summer. 


eClass End of Life

eClass received its final update prior to Summer 2025, the final term for active credit courses on the system. At the end of the summer 2025 term, a number of changes will be made to the service as it enters a read-only state:

  • Course creation for eClass will no longer be available.
  • No new

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Jun
13

UPDATE: The outage was completed early - eClass was released at 1:05AM.

Attention eClass users,

There will be a scheduled maintenance outage for eClass on Saturday, June 21st, 2025 from 12:00AM - 11:59PM (24 hours). This outage is required to perform a version upgrade for eClass. 

Please note that while we have booked a 24 hour maintenance window, eClass will be available as soon as the required changes are complete. We will be sending an additional announcement once access to eClass has


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May
2
Digital Learning Environment Changes in Spring 2025
Posted by Chris Goetz on 02 May 2025 06:37 PM

Attention eClass and Canvas Users,

As we begin the last 2 terms (Spring and Summer 2025) using eClass, a number of changes are being rolled out across the Digital Learning Environment. Many new tools and features are coming into Canvas prior to our full transition to the new LMS in Fall 2025, and some of our other centrally supported teaching and learning services are also receiving some updates. We are also especially excited to introduce Wooclap, the new polling solution and student


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Apr
16
eClass Maintenance Outage Saturday May 3rd 2025 12:00AM - 11:59PM
Posted by Dave Laurie on 16 April 2025 02:21 PM

Attention eClass users,

There will be a scheduled maintenance outage for eClass on Saturday, May 3rd 2025 from 12:00AM - 11:59PM (24 hours). This outage is required to perform infrastructure changes for eClass. 

Please note that while we have booked a 24-hour maintenance window, eClass will be available as soon as the required changes are complete. We will be sending an additional announcement once access to eClass has been restored.

eClass will be unavailable for the duration of


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