Attention eClass Users,

Please be aware that there will be a short outage for eClass on Wednesday, May 7th, 2014 at 5:00AM. This brief outage is required for our eClass hosting provider to implement a recent system security update, and it should take no longer than 5 minutes. User access to the system may be interrupted during this update, so any users who are active in the system during this outage may need to wait a few minutes and then log back into the system.

Thank you very much

Attention eClass Users,

Please be aware that there will be an outage for eClass on Saturday, May 3rd, 2014 from 5:00AM to 7:00AM. This outage is required for our eClass hosting provider to update the operating systems on some of our servers. The system will be completely unavailable during this time so please do not schedule any teaching or learning activities.

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

Attention eClass Users,

Please be aware that there will a brief outage for eClass on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 at 5:00AM for no longer than 5 minutes. Some users might not be able to access eClass during this outage.

We understand that that the timing of this outage is not ideal, but this brief outage will allow our hosting provider to resolve some recent network issues in eClass and help to ensure further network stability for the duration of the final exam period.

Thank you very much

This is a final reminder that the eCast service will soon undergo decommissioning because both the hardware and the software will soon be unsupported. As a replacement for eCast, AICT is now supporting 3 different services: iTunes U, YouTube for Education, and Vimeo. Information about these services is available at: www.aict.ualberta.ca/cnc/video

If you would like to retain any of your eCast content, you will need to manually copy the media you wish to save off of the eCast server by

Attention eClass Users,

Please be aware that there will an outage for eClass on Friday, April 11th, 2014 at 5:00AM for no longer than 30 minutes. eClass will be unavailable during this brief outage while we apply crucial security patches to eClass.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

CTL Tech

Attention eClass Users,

Please be aware that there will an outage for eClass on Saturday, April 5th, 2014 from 2:00AM to 4:00AM. During this outage, CTL will be updating the eClass Course Overview block (where your courses are listed on the eClass home page) to further improve overall system performance.

In addition to improving performance, this update may also refresh the order of courses in your list, with all new and upcoming courses being sorted to the top. If desired, courses in your