Our LMS vendor, Canvas, will be performing system-wide maintenance on Tuesday, November 24 between 11:15 PM to 1:15 AM PST. During this time, all users will experience about 15 minutes (or less) of downtime where we will be unable to access or use bCourses.
November 18, 2015
November 3, 2015
This article includes updates from the October 10 Canvas Release Notes.
October 23, 2015
In some bCourses Assignments with Turnitin enabled, Originality Check reports are not being automatically generated when a student submits their work. Canvas and Turnitin are currently working on a resolution to this issue.
October 20, 2015
Users unable to log into bCourses from approximately 5:40 PM - 6:00 PM on Tuesday, 10/20/15.
September 29, 2015
This is a status message to inform users that bCourses is currently operational and has recovered from the system outages last week that affected access and the functionality of tools.
If there are any issues, we will post a new news alert. Thank you for your patience!
September 25, 2015
Starting around 7 AM on Friday morning, September 25, 2015, a campus database issue began triggering a general slowdown across ETS services.
September 23, 2015
Given the network service interruptions this past weekend, ETS is extending the deadline for bSpace course owners and project site owners to access their content to Wednesday, October 21st. We want to ensure instructors and project owners have enough time to address their content retrieval needs in case the downtime affected their plans. The original deadline was the end of September. The extension will provide an additional 3 weeks for bSpace content retrieval.
September 22, 2015
There was an issue that prevented some users who have a CalNet Guest Collaboration account from logging into bCourses from 8 AM Monday, September 21, until 12:30 PM Tuesday, September 22. This issue has been resolved. Please contact bcourseshelp@berkeley.edu if you are still having issues accessing bCourses.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
September 21, 2015
New updates for this release include concluded Groups and polling in Conferences.
September 19, 2015
September 16, 2015
CHANGED: Scheduled Maintenance
Outage Start Time: September 21, 2015, 6PM
Outage End Time: September 22, 2015, 8AM
Description: Wireless Printing will not be availabe in any ETS computer facilities.
September 11, 2015
Crocodoc, which tool that generates the document preview in the Speedgrader, was unavailable this morning, 9/11/15 from about 9:00 AM to 9:30 AM. If you went into the Speedgrader during this time, you would have seen an error message and been unable to preview or mark-up submissions. However, you would have still been able to download the files.
The issue has been resolved as of 9:27 AM. Please see http://status.instructure.com/ for more information.
September 4, 2015
Some instructors, when uploading from i>grader to bCourses, are experiencing a bug that causes scores to appear for only the first student listed in "Grades". If this impacts you, please see our help document What to do if only one student's i>clicker scores appear in bCourses.
August 28, 2015
August 27, 2015
Billboard has listed KALX Radio as one of the top college radio stations in the country.
August 26, 2015
Users may have experienced system slowness Wednesday 8/26/2015 from 11:00 AM to 11:15 AM. Please see the Canvas system status page for more information: http://status.instructure.com/
On Monday, August 31, 2015, between 6:00 AM to 8:00 AM, the following bCourses tools will be unavailable due to system maintenance:
August 18, 2015
ETS and key campus partners working together to create a new integrated service space for instructors to learn, explore and collaborate.
The AirBears Wi-Fi connection point has been retired. Users with a CalNet id should connect via AirBears2. Guests are encouraged to use the CalVisitor Wi-Fi network.
August 13, 2015
After a national search, ETS is pleased to welcome Meggan Levitt, PhD as our new Deputy Director. Thank you to our interview team which included a cross-section of campus including instructors, IT partners, and teaching and learning partners.