Alerts
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...
OAK Upgrade Scheduled: OAK Unavailable June 2-3
May. 30, 2012—OAK support will install a Blackboard service pack, continuing the work for the OAK Enhancement Project. Beginning at 6:00 AM Saturday, June 2 through Sunday, June 3, OAK will be unavailable. There is a chance that the down time will not take the entire time. In the event that the work is completed ahead of...
OAK Currently Unavailable
Dec. 25, 2011—OAK is currently down due to an issue with MIS support systems. MIS estimates that the service will be available around noon today. This was unrelated to the upgrade. We apologize for the inconvenience. –OAK Support Staff
Unscheduled Downtime Sunday, Dec 4, 6AM – 10AM
Nov. 28, 2011—In order to avoid being unavailable during finals, OAK will be down Sunday, December 4 from 6AM to 10AM for regular maintenance to the databases. Though we like to have our servers up 24/7, there are times when we need to take them down to perform regular maintenance. Please visit the main OAK website for...
OAK Upgrade Scheduled: OAK Unavailable December 21-22
Nov. 28, 2011—OAK support will need to take advantage of Winter Break to install Blackboard service packs and begin initial work for the OAK Enhancement Project. OAK will be available through Tuesday, December 20 so faculty can report grades. Beginning early morning Wednesday, December 21, through Thursday, December 22, OAK will be unavailable. During this time, please...
CAUTION: Enrolling students directly in OAK DOES NOT officially enroll them in the course.
Aug. 11, 2011—Course instructors have the ability to enroll “students” directly in their OAK course. This capability is available so instructors can add guests to their courses. If a student needs to be added to an official Vanderbilt course, they should enroll in that course through YES; if they do not, they are not officially enrolled.
OAK Course Enrollments Coming Back Online
Jan. 5, 2011—Course enrollments are beginning to reappear. Any new enrollments may not appear immediately. Please wait until late Friday afternoon to report any issues to your local support provider. A list of support providers can be found on the main OAK website under “Help and Who to Contact” or directly at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/oak/help.php. We apologize for the...
OAK Course Enrollments Currently Experiencing Issues
Jan. 4, 2011—Beginning late this afternoon, OAK enrollments began experiencing issues. Users would experience this issue as Spring 2011 courses disappearing from their course list, though they were clearly there before. MIS is working diligently with Blackboard to resolve the issue as quickly as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience- OAK Support Staff