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Regularly Scheduled Down Time: Sunday, Nov 17 6AM-10AM
Oct. 24, 2013—OAK will be down Sunday, November 17 from 6AM to 10AM for maintenance. We do not expect the outage to last the entire four hours. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates. Note about Regularly Scheduled Maintenance: Though we like to have our servers up 24/7,...
October Maintenance Date Moved Forward to Sunday, Oct 13 6AM – 10AM
Oct. 11, 2013—OAK will be down Sunday, October 13 between the hours 6AM and 10AM for routine maintenance. We do not expect the outage to last the entire four hours. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates. Students will notice that all their courses (both available and unavailable)...
Course Instructors: Have you tried the new Inline Assignment Grading feature?
Jun. 14, 2013—With the recent OAK upgrade, course instructors can now grade student assignments “inline.” What does that mean? Instead of downloading files, editing them in MS Word and uploading them back in OAK, or printing them out and grading them manually, you can now view and grade the assignments instead your browser. The available tools are...
OAK Element: TurningPoint Upgrade to TurningPoint 5
May. 16, 2013—TurningPoint, the student response system (clickers) used at Vanderbilt, will be upgraded Thursday, May 16 at 6:00 AM. NO OUTAGE IS REQUIRED. However, instructors will need to download the new TurningPoint client (instructions below). The new version, TurningPoint 5.2.0, is compatible with Office 2013. Students may need to verify that their devices are registered in...
May Outage Scheduled to include Maintenance and Upgrade
May. 6, 2013— OAK will be down Sunday and Monday, May 12-13 (available again by 8AM Tuesday, May 14) for routine maintenance and a software upgrade. The upgrade from Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 8 to Blackboard 9.1 Service Pack 11 will consist of several new features and bug fixes, including copy/paste from Word, a new interactive Calendar tool, and...
CANCELLED: Regularly Scheduled Down Time Sunday, April 21
Apr. 1, 2013—04.01.13 OAK will NOT be down Sunday, April 21 for maintenance. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates. Note about Regularly Scheduled Maintenance: Though we like to have our servers up 24/7, there are times when we need to take them down to perform regular maintenance....
Regularly Scheduled Down Time: Sunday, January 20, 6AM-10AM
Jan. 15, 2013—OAK will be down Sunday, January 20 from 6AM to 10AM for maintenance. We do not expect the outage to last the entire four hours. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates. Note about Regularly Scheduled Maintenance: Though we like to have our servers up 24/7,...
Unused/Empty Courses to be Removed from OAK (Spring 2007 – Spring 2012 ONLY)
Dec. 4, 2012—In our ongoing effort to improve the OAK user experience, OAK Support is removing all courses setup prior to May 2012 that have NO CONTENT OF ANY KIND in them and NO ENTRIES in the Grade Center. This includes courses for Spring 2007 through Spring 2012 that were never used. (Courses for Summer 2012 and...
CHANGE! December Down Time: Friday, December 21 12:01 AM – 4:00 AM
Nov. 26, 2012—OAK will be down Friday, December 21 12:01 AM – 4:00 AM for maintenance. The change in regularly scheduled Sunday down time in December will allow OAK to remain available during end of semester activities. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates. Note about Regularly Scheduled Maintenance: Though...
Regularly Scheduled Down Time: Sunday, November 18 6AM-10AM
Nov. 6, 2012—OAK will be down Sunday, November 18 from 6AM to 10AM for maintenance. We do not expect the outage to last the entire four hours. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates. Note about Regularly Scheduled Maintenance: Though we like to have our servers up 24/7,...