Attention eClass and ePortfolio Users,

Some users of eClass may have received an automated email notifying them that their account has been created on the Mahara ePortfolio service even though they have not requested this. This email is legitimate and should not be a cause for concern.

Accounts are being created as a part of a new synchronization feature between eClass and ePortfolios and will not affect users who do not choose to use the ePortfolio service.

If you have any questions about this

Attention eClass users,

There is a scheduled maintenance outage for eClass on May 6th 2017 from 6:00AM - 12:00PM. This outage is required to perform infrastructure maintenance and release several new features in eClass. Some of the new features include:

• New Gamification blocks:
  • Level Up! - This block allows students to receive experience points and gain levels for completing actions within a course.
  • Completion Progress - This block visualizes student progress in a course with a

Attention eClass users,

We have an important announcement that may impact your older courses on eClass.

eClass (Moodle) has now been in production since 2010. Over the last six years, the eClass database and content storage has grown dramatically to the point where it is starting to have an impact on system performance and user experience.

To address this issue, a process to limit the number of years credit courses are retained on the system has been developed and approved by the

Attention ePortfolio (Mahara) Users,

The Mahara ePortfolio service will be unavailable on Thursday March 9th, 2017 from 7:00AM to 8:00AM. This outage is required to perform an update to the system infrastructure.

This outage only affects the Mahara ePortfolio service. eClass and eClassLive will NOT be affected by this outage.

If you have any questions about this outage, please contact us at eclass@ualberta.ca

Regards,
IST eClass

Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that eClass will require an outage on Saturday, February 25th 2017 from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM. This outage is required to apply a number of bug fixes and usability improvements to eClass.

eClass and eClassLive will be unavailable for the duration of this outage. If you have any questions about this outage, please contact us at eclass@ualberta.ca

Regards,
IST eClass Support

Attention eClass External Users,

The eClass External service will be unavailable on Thursday January 19th 2017 from 7:00AM to 9:00AM. This outage is required to release a number of backend fixes and minor improvements to eClass External.

This outage only affects the eClass External service. eClass and eClassLive will NOT be affected by this outage so there will be no impact to any regular credit sections on eClass (including Faculty of Extension courses).

If you have any questions about