Tweet We are pleased to be able to report that the backup process has completed and all systems are running as expected. We have had no reports of performance issues, but will continue to monitor the system.
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Wolsey VLE System Backup – 20 March 2012
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March 20th, 2012 Tweet Due to a technical problem with the backup of the Wolsey VLE system last night (19th March 2012) it is necessary to run the backup procedure this morning, the backup process is now underway, we hope there will not be any noticeable difference in performance for you, but if you do experience a slight [...]
Wiki, Blogs and Podcasts – License Expiry Message in Wolsey – RESOLVED
AaronB December 14th, 2011 Tweet Unfortunately we are still waiting for the license key to arrive from the software vendors, which has been delayed, resulting in an expired license. Both staff and students will receive a warning page when trying to access Wikis, Blogs and Podcasts that are provided through the Learning Objects company. Apologies to all for this [...]
SafeAssign Downtime – 27th December 2011
AaronB December 12th, 2011 Tweet We have received notification that SafeAssign will be taken offline on December 27th for maintenance and performance upgrades. Below is the message we have received: SAFEASSIGN MAINTENANCE UPDATE: The SafeAssign service will be unavailable on Tuesday December 27, 2011 from 2:00 PM until Tuesday December 27, 2011 at 8:00 PM. SafeAssign is being taken [...]
SafeAssign not Returning Plagiarism Score Reports
AaronB December 8th, 2011 Tweet We have received notification from Blackboard that the SafeAssign plagiarism software has had a technical problem and was taken offline to be reconfigured. The service is now backup and running, but a large backlog of submission has occurred. This means that if you have had or have due, student submissions, the plagiarism reports will not [...]
Issues with Wolsey and Internet Explorer 9
AaronB October 4th, 2011 Tweet Recently Microsoft has released its latest version of Internet Explorer, IE9. Unfortunately this latest release has compatibility issues with a number of websites, including Blackboard that powers Wolsey. You may notice some of the following issues: Drop down menus not working Issues with Gradebook rows/coumns Unable to reorder items Not all users are experiencing [...]
Student login problems
David Mullett September 26th, 2011 Tweet Just a quick post to inform everyone that student’s can’t currently login to the UCS network, IT Services are currently looking into this issue and we’ll update when we know more. These problems of course affect our Wolsey VLE for students. Thanks David
*Resolved* RSS Error in Wolsey Assessments Folder
AaronB September 20th, 2011 Tweet Status: Resolved Fix: Not required, fixed at system level We have become aware of a problem within the “Assessments” folder on all Wolsey modules. Issue: The 2011 modules template included an RSS feed that pulls all the Online Submission FAQ information from the UCS FAQ Engine. Description: This is a dynamic link that loads [...]
Monitoring Attendance & Registers
AaronB September 16th, 2011 Tweet Our Academic Services (AS) office are looking at ways they can make lecturer’s life easier, especially where registers/attendance monitoring are concerned. Our Management Information Team are looking at electronic swipe card devices in certain rooms, as well as a mobile unit, currently this is a relatively small pilot project. We have been asked what [...]
The start of Student Induction Season
AaronB September 7th, 2011 Tweet The start of September brings with it the colder winds and rain, as well as the start of Student Induction season. This year we have changed how we deliver our induction sessions to new students, in the past we have mainly concentrated on a basic point and click around Wolsey, spending up to an hour showing [...]
