Attention ExamLock users,

A new version of ExamLock was released Monday January 22nd, 2024 at 9:00AM. This release addresses a number of bugs in the client application, completes the transition to the new version of the session manager tool, and improves the processes surrounding exam attempt restarts.

This version has been updated in all on-campus labs and all student devices will be required to pull the new version the next time the application is launched.

Instructors should follow

Attention eClass Users,

A server misconfiguration on Wednesday January 17th, 2024 from approximately 1:00AM to 3:00PM caused email messages to be sent from one of the eClass test servers to a small number of instructors and students. These messages were duplicates of real messages from the actual eClass production instance but contained links and allowed access to the test environment.

This misconfiguration has been repaired and the test server has been blocked from further user

Attention eClass users,

Welcome back staff, faculty, and students for the Winter 2024 semester! All users should be aware of the following changes that have occurred over the winter break:

• The eClass update has fixed a number of known issues including the return of IP-restricted quiz reviews and a fix to an editing issue caused by non-standard characters in file names.
• A number of fixes have been added for the Dark theme
• A different conversion library has been installed to improve

UPDATE: The eClass outage is complete. The changes were completed early and eClass was released at 3:00AM.

Attention eClass users,

There will be a scheduled maintenance outage for eClass on Saturday, January 6th 2024 from 12:00AM - 11:59PM (24 hours). This outage is required to perform an update and complete 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

Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that users may notice slow performance or error messages on Sunday December 17th, 2023 from 1:00AM to 2:00AM. Our hosting team will be performing infrastructure tuning and maintenance at this time.

eClass will be available throughout the window but users may notice performance degradations.

Thank you very much for your patience during this outage. If you have any questions, please contact us at eclass@ualberta.ca

Regards,
IST eClass

Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that there will be a brief eClass outage on Saturday December 2nd, 2023 from 12:00AM to 1:00AM. This outage is required by our hosting team to perform infrastructure maintenance.

eClass will be unavailable throughout the outage window.

Thank you very much for your patience during this outage. If you have any questions, please contact us at eclass@ualberta.ca

Regards,
IST eClass Support