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CEITalerts

  1. New Wireless system coming this fall. For this and more DC technology news go to ceitnews.com/2012/06/01/cei…
  2. Blackboard 9, Blackboard 8 and myDouglas will not be available on May 26 2012, from 10:00 PM to 11:00 PM for system maintenance.
  3. Outlook client or desktop expiration message? CEIT has pushed out a solution that requires you to re-boot your computer.
  4. All DC Outlook users:You may cancel the expiration/activation popup message on your computer. CEIT is working on a global solution for this.
  5. All systems are operational.
  6. Blackboard 8 is available.
  7. Blackboard 8 is not available. CEIT is working on resolving the issue.
  8. Blackboard 8 is down this morning. We are working on it.
  9. On Fri. May 4, at 3 PM, CEIT will be performing a GroupWise (GW) backup. GW will be available on Mon. May 7 for access to your GW archives.
  10. When in doubt, Outlook web access: anywhere.exchserver.net/owa
  11. We have drop-in Outlook sessions at both campuses today, info here: douglas.bc.ca/ceit/employee-…
  12. When in doubt, Outlook web access: anywhere.exchserver.net/owa
  13. @davidnwright we're pulling for us too.
  14. Old email from last 2 months migrated slower than expected: you will see it coming in over the next few days. New mail arriving normally.
  15. GroupWise Email shutdown will begin, Fri. April 27th at 5:50 pm. On Mon., Apr. 30th at 8 am, DC employees will begin using Outlook 2010.
  16. Blackboard 9 will not be available on April 26, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.
  17. All systems are operational.
  18. Blackboard 8 is accessible through myDouglas
  19. myDouglas and Blackboard 8 are now available.
  20. myDouglas and Blackboard 8 not available from 5:00 pm to 5:15 pm today April 4. Student Self Service is accessible from douglas.bc.ca/application-se…