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 colour-coded progress bar that is tied to completion criteria in activities and resources.
• New Learning Analytics reports - eClass instructors now have the option to choose from a number of configurable reports that can help them see patterns of student access, engagement, and performance.
• ePortfolio (Mahara) group creation improvements - eClass users can now automatically create groups from the ePortfolio block in their course.

Please note that while we have booked a 6 hour maintenance window, eClass will be available as soon as the required infrastructure changes are complete. We will be sending an additional announcement once access to eClass has been restored.

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