CAFE: Center for Advancement of Faculty Excellence

We are a resource for faculty to find and use the best technologies in pedagogically excellent ways to support student learning.

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Instructure has implemented back-end workarounds as they await a more permanent fix from AWS, restoring Canvas to normal operations

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Canvas is currently experiencing service degradation due to outages with Amazon Web Services. The technicians at Instructure are actively investigating https://t.co/M03ZUnHPIQ

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We are pleased to advise that service has been restored. The disruption occurred at the times below:

PDT  August 12 10:10 - 11:06
BST August 12 18:10 - 19:06
AEST August 13 03:10 - 04:06

Please accept our apologies if you were impacted by today’s degradation.

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We have identified the issue, and we are currently working on implementing a solution. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience. For updates, please visit https://t.co/SieBElno6x

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Due to an unexpected third party intermittent service degradation, users of Turnitin, Turnitin UK, & iThenticate may experience sporadic network issues while trying to use the service. Thank you for your patience as we investigate. For updates please visit https://t.co/jfQkTi4Sbi

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We're happy to report that Blackboard has resumed normal operations as of ~4:42pm PDT. Students who were taking their Final Exams may need to request an additional testing attempt from their instructors

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Blackboard is currently experiencing intermittent service issues. IT has been made aware of the issue and is currently investigating. We'll provide more info ASAP

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IT is continuing to investigate Blackboard's unexpected outage. We'll provide more info ASAP

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Emergency Maintenance is now complete. For all customers using Turnitin Feedback Studio, we have restored the ability to submit papers and view similarity scores, access submissions, and use grading tools.

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Turnitin is currently undergoing Emergency Maintenance. Turnitin services will be inaccessible during this period. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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We're receiving updates that logging out of the Zoom application, then back in using Single Sign-On (SSO) resolves the issue!

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MediaVision is currently investigating several reports of meeting limitations in our university Zoom license. More info to come!

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Spring students have successfully been enrolled into their upcoming Blackboard courses! Instructors: Be sure to make your courses available to students: https://t.co/eSavIhQrem

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Spring semester is just around the corner! Students will be enrolled into their upcoming Blackboard courses by Jan 21 - 22. Be sure to get your course copy requests in early! https://t.co/Yg20JkhTzx

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A friendly reminder that Studio 6 and CAFE will be closed Monday (1/18) in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day https://t.co/jy1bOFT9Lv

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Wishing you health and happiness as we close for Winter break. Studio 6 will reopen Mon, Jan 4. Happy holidays!

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Studio 6 is open 9am-5pm today (12/21) thru Wed (12/23), after which we'll be closed for Winter break. We'll reopen Mon, Jan 4th and will follow-up on requests in the order they're received. Contact info, hours, and services: https://t.co/DVLzSMQQcj

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Studio 6 and CAFE are closed during the Thanksgiving break. We'll be open thru 7pm today (11/25) to answer your learning tech questions and will return Mon (11/30). Wishing you and yours a happy and safe long weekend

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Blackboard has released an update for their mobile application that will fix this issue. Please update your Blackboard mobile application as soon as possible

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CAFE is receiving reports of student difficulty logging into the Blackboard mobile application on iOS devices. We're actively investigating and will provide more information ASAP

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A minor Bb update has been flagged as the culprit for many Apple users encountering difficulty with the Bb mobile app. Bb is actively investigating this matter further. As a workaround: Simply access Blackboard using your mobile browser at https://t.co/YkaQpPCgBm