[Update: 6:00am]

The update has been completed. You can check out the release notes on MyDenison. If you find any issues please contact HelpDesk by email helpdesk@denison.edu or phone number 740-587-6395

[Original Post]

There was a highly critical security update release for Drupal on Wednesday Mar. 28th. We were able to update and test this release in our Test environment and approve it for production in an accelerated timeline due to the severity of the vulnerability. These updates will be published Thursday morning at 6:00 am.

There were also a few other Drupal modules with security updates that are included in this release. As well as some minor fixes to our custom modules and theming. The full details of these updates are outlined in our release notes on MyDenison. If you find any issues please contact HelpDesk by email helpdesk@denison.edu or phone number 740-587-6395

[Update @8:30am]

The update has been completed. You may need to clear your browser cache in order to get logged in. You can find the latest release notes on MyDenison where you can get the details for this update. If you have any problems please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu for support. Also feel free to submit suggestions from MyDenison.

[Update @7:30am]

MyDenison is back online, but is still being updated. Please note during this time you may find missing content. We will have the update completed as soon as possible and make note of it here.

Thanks for your patience!

[Original Post]

We’ve got some Big News for MyDenison users! Next week we’re pushing a major update to the MyDenison website. Just a heads up, it will be down during this time, but you should still be able to get to Denison Apps like Inbox, Calendar, etc. as well as Notebowl and Self-Service Banner directly.

This update is mostly technology based and shouldn’t change the way you use or work with MyDenison. But because this is changing the technology stack and underlying framework there maybe some small hiccups after launch. So please help us help you by sending any issues you find to me, Jon Stevens via email stevensj@denison.edu and Dialpad if it’s an emergency, or as always please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu for support. I promise we’ll work through any bugs and issues as quickly as we can.

Here are the features/fixes coming with this update:

• You can copy/paste any url in MyDenison and it will work! Of course this does assume to person you’re sending the link to can log into MyDenison and has access to the page. MyDenison is still behind our Single Sign-on and Duo for security.
• Back and Forward browser buttons work throughout the site. No more clicking on the back button and getting lost or ending up back on the landing page.
• We’re using fonts approved by Denison Universities Communications department. To help align Denison branding on campus.
• We’ve also made font sizes bigger for better readability.
• There are a lot of general style tweaks (spacing, coloring, etc.) throughout the app, this is part of an effort to not only consolidate the code we work with but also make the “look and feel” across the app more consistent.
• Announcements have been overhauled. On the homepage you’ll still see the announcements meant for you, but now you can easily get to “more announcements” and see what everyone else on campus can see.
• Some sections have been improved to not refresh your whole page when interacting with it, like Student Grades or Faculty Schedule.
• New release notes! At the bottom of the page there is a link to our release notes, where you can read about the latest changes, similar to what you’re reading now. This is to help us be more transparent with our updates so you as a community can be involved and know what’s changed.
• User roles are being updated at login, previously they were imported overnight, this should make role changes happen faster.

Hopefully these updates excite you, and again they should just be making the things you already do on MyDenison easier and better. As always please let me know if you have any questions or find anything not working as expected after the release and we’ll get it taken care of as quickly as we can.

Thanks,
Jon Stevens
ITS Web Developer

[Update 3-6-18 7:11am]

This update has been completed and you should now see the updated Denison Logo during login. If you experience any login issues with BigRedID based services, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu.

[Original Post]

Between 7:00 and 7:30 am, ITS will be performing an update to the Login Server web applications. This update includes only cosmetic changes specifically an update to the Denison Logo. This is meant to bring the logo in line with the latest styleguide from Denison University Communications department. There should be no interruption in service during the maintenance. For any specific questions related to the update please feel free to contact Jon Stevens ITS Web Developer.

If you experience login issues with BigRedID based services after this time, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu.

The Campus Calendar and News sections on the Home page of MyDenison have swapped spots. This was done to make the Campus Calendar more of a focal point for campus activities.  We have been gathering feedback in an effort to make MyDenison THE place for information and communication on campus. Be on the lookout for more surveys and changes coming soon!  Your feedback is valued.

Thanks,

ITS

Update 8/15/17 6:40 AM:

All updates successfully completed.

Original Post:

Between 6:30 and 7:30 AM, ITS will perform an update to MyDenison. During this maintenance period users may not be able to access MyDenison or it may not function as expected. This update includes:

• fixes browser url copy/paste issue, users can now copy the url for Campus Resources pages
• add debounce call to optimize the iframe resize function for Campus Resources content
• general code clean up, mostly whitespace and jshint issues

This post will be updated when work is completed. If you experience issues with MyDenison after this time, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu.

[Update 7/13/17:  6:30 AM]

All maintenance successfully completed. As part of this update there is a new toolbar for editing pages within Campus Resource. If you experience any MyDenison issues after this time, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu.

[Original Message]

ITS will be performing an upgrade to the Campus Resources section of MyDenison, Thursday morning July 13th 2017 from 5:30 AM – 6:30 AM. The Campus Resources section of MyDenison will be unavailable during this upgrade process.

An update will be posted once the upgrade work has been completed and the Campus Resources section is back on-line.

If you experience issues with the Campus Resources section after the upgrade, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu.