Attention eClass users,

Please be aware that eClass will require an outage on Saturday October 29th 2016 from 6:00 AM to 9:00 AM. This outage is required to release a number of improvements to eClass.

The changes introduced with this update include:

• A new assignment submission type will be added to allow students to submit forum posts to an assignment. This feature allows instructors to use the advanced grading methods available in assignment activities to grade student forum posts.
• Instructors will be able create and award Badges to students.
• Users will now be able to add the ‘My latest badges’ block.
• Emoticons will be available in the ATTO HTML editor.
• The Kaltura media service will be available to users in the Faculty of Education and the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry. For more information on how to use or access Kaltura, please contact Technologies in Education.
• A number of bug fixes and usability improvements will be applied 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