VIU will be performing routine server maintenance on VIUTube on Thursday August 4th between 7:00pm and 8:00pm. During this time VIUTube will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Author: Michael Paskevicius
Michael Paskevicius is a Learning Technologies Application Developer in the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning. My role involves researching and deploying educational technologies, administering, developing and integrating elearning software and developing faculty competencies in the use of emerging technologies.
Server Maintenance – Sunday, July 10th
Our service provider will be performing routine maintenance on the servers that host VIULearn between 1am and 7am on July 10th. During this period you may lose access to VIULearn for several minutes. Please save any work and log out of the system during this time period. Thanks for your patience!
Login Issues in VIULearn
VIULearn is currently experiencing login failures for users on the Nanaimo campus. IT is currently working with our internet provider to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience.
All systems stable
We are pleased to announce that all systems are functioning normally.
Network Outage Impacting CIEL Services
A significant campus network outage is currently impacting access to VIULearn, VIUTube and WordPress. We apologize for the inconvenience.
For the latest updates on this outage please see the Information Technology Services notice.
All systems stable
VIULearn is functioning normally.
Please keep in mind that new versions of Firefox, Chrome, and Internet Explorer are blocking unsecured web content, including some content in VIULearn (Desire2Learn). Please click here for more information.
All systems stable
We are pleased to report that all systems are stable.
Desire2Learn July Maintenance Window
The Desire2Learn July maintenance window is scheduled for Saturday July 13 at 10:00pm to Sunday July 14 at 4:00am PDT.
Desire2Learn’s servers will be unavailable during the maintenance window.
Some users experiencing D2L content/login issues
Some users are reporting intermittent issues logging into D2L and accessing D2L content. If you receive an error we suggest retrying as these issues tend to occur only 25% of the time. We are working with Desire2Learn to resolve this issue as soon as possible and will update the community once this has been resolved.
Desire2Learn 10.2 Upgrade Notice
On Thursday June 27th we will be upgrading the Desire2Learn learning environment to version 10.2. The upgrade is scheduled for 6am and should be completed by 12pm at the very latest.
The latest version of 10.2 includes significant updates to the Discussions, Content, and Email tools and minor updates to the Dropbox and Gradebook tools. For a review of the changes please see this document.