As of 11/10/14, ITS has updated the behavior of Google chat within Denison Apps to automatically accept invitations for faculty and staff chat contacts within Denison. This means that faculty and staff whom you frequently email will now appear in your chat list without needing to send an invitation. If you have any questions about this change, please contact the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@denison.edu or 740-587-6395.

 Update 12:25PM

We have just received an update from our Blackboard vendor that it is now working normally.  If you continue to have problems accessing Blackboard, please contact the Help Desk  at 740-587-6395 or Helpdesk@denison.edu.  Thank you.

 

Update 11:30AM

ITS has noted that login problems are recurring and investigation is continuing.

Update 10:45AM

Blackboard is now processing logins normally. If you continue to have problems accessing Blackboard, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk.denison.edu.

Update 10:10AM

ITS is continuing to receive reports of intermittent issues accessing Blackboard.  Work is continuing to identify and correct the issue.

Update 9:20AM

Blackboard has been restored to service. If you have trouble, please try clearing your browser cache (see instructions). If you continue to have problems, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk.denison.edu.

Update 8:55 am:  

The Blackboard host site is investigating the cause of the outage and working to correct it. Further updates will be posted as they become available.

Original Post:

We are aware that Blackboard (courses.denison.edu) is currently down and are attempting to restore this service as soon as possible.  Updates will be posted as they are received.

Updated: (10/30 – 5:15 PM) – Issue resolved

As of 10/30 – 12:00 PM – some Cognos users are reporting that some of their (Faculty) reports are not displaying correctly.  The ITS BI team is actively investigating the issue and will provide updates when available.

Update:  The maintenance work has been completed:  Banner / Self-Service maintenance is scheduled for Tuesday morning, 10/28 – 6:00AM – 8:00AM

As with any system maintenance, if you encounter any issues after the planned maintenance, please report them to the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@denison.edu or 740-587-6395

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10/27/14 8:50 PM From Google’s apps status page:
“The problem with Google Drive should be resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your patience and continued support. Please rest assured that system reliability is a top priority at Google, and we are making continuous improvements to make our systems better.”

As of 11:20 Google is investigating latency issues with Drive. They expect to provide an update regarding resolution at 2:30 PM.

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Update 12/09/14

Update 10/24/14 – Early Research/Testing Results:

  • Research and testing to date have identified the following issues with Denison software/services related to Mac OS X Yosemite:
  • Student personal “Laptop to Lab” printing does not work.  Novell, which provides the iPrint client used to support Laptop to Lab printing, is aware of the issue and is investigating it. There is no timeline for a solution yet.
  • Prior versions of McAfee will not run. A new version of McAfee for OS X that supports Yosemite, version 9.7, is now available for download on MyDenison. It can be found under My Apps -> Software Downloads for Students or Faculty/Staff -> McAfee.

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