Attention eClass Users,

With exam period and the end of term approaching, we thought we’d pass along links to a number of articles that may come in handy for instructors this month.

Verifying your course closing dates using the new Course Management block

A local custom built block released this summer that gives you access to view and easily change your course availability around exam time.

Configuring the eClass gradebook

As it is nearing time to release grades, this article is a

Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that there is a scheduled maintenance outage on Saturday, November 14th, 2015 from 6:00 AM - 9:00 AM. This outage is required to release a number of usability improvements and backend fixes.

eClass and eClassLive will be unavailable throughout the outage, so please do not schedule any teaching or learning activities within the maintenance window.

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

Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that there is a scheduled maintenance outage on Saturday, October 17th, 2015 from 6:00AM - 9:00AM. This outage is required by our hosting provider to perform database maintenance.

eClass and eClassLive will be unavailable throughout the outage, so please do not schedule any teaching or learning activities within the maintenance window.

Thank you very much for your patience during this outage. If you have any questions, please contact us

Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that there is a scheduled maintenance outage on Saturday, September 5th, 2015 from 6:00AM - 8:00AM. This outage is required to perform required system configuration changes as well as to add 2 new question types for eClass quizzes. For more information on the new quiz question types available in eClass, please see HERE.

eClass and eClassLive will be unavailable throughout the outage, so please do not schedule any teaching or learning activities

Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that there is a scheduled maintenance outage on Saturday, August 29th, 2015 from 12:00AM - 2:00AM. This outage is required to increase the system hardware in preparation for Fall 2015 term.

eClass and eClassLive will be unavailable throughout the outage, so please do not schedule any teaching or learning activities within the maintenance window.

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

NOTE: This outage has been postponed until AUGUST 18th 2015

Attention Mahara ePortfolio users,

Please be aware that there will be a maintenance outage for Mahara on Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 from 10:00PM - 1:00AM the following morning. This outage is required to perform operating system updates on the Mahara server.

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