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OAK News Blog Gets New Look
Jun. 23, 2011—The OAK News Blog updated its look to match other Vanderbilt websites. The new look should make viewing the archives easier to use.
OAK to Expand Functionality
May. 24, 2011—OAK, Vanderbilt’s course management system, will be expanding current functionality to provide additional services and customizations, as well as attain efficiencies in course delivery and management. Powered by Blackboard Learn “Course Delivery,” Vanderbilt will add the “Community Engagement” system to OAK to achieve these goals. Several years ago, a proposal was prepared to enhance OAK...
Regularly Scheduled Down Time: Sunday, May 22 6AM-10AM
Apr. 25, 2011—OAK will be down Sunday, May 22 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. The date was changed from Sunday, May 15 to Sunday, May 22 to accommodate...
Unscheduled OAK Outage Saturday, 04/23/11 at 6AM
Apr. 22, 2011—This afternoon, OAK Support noticed that there was a problem with the process that takes the enrollments in YES and updates them in OAK. The issue causes enrollment changes for Spring 2011 and Summer 2011 to not be processed. In order to correct this, OAK needs to be “down” for approximately 30 minutes. OAK will...
CANCELLED: Regularly Scheduled Down Time Sunday, April 17
Apr. 12, 2011—OAK will NOT be down Sunday, April 17 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. Please...
CAUTION: Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 9
Mar. 15, 2011—Microsoft’s release of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) has many of the downsides of using Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) with OAK, along with one major setback: users cannot access a page that has a text box editor UNLESS “Compatibility Mode” is turned ON. One other item that users should know: the gray pop-up dialog boxes are...
CANCELLED: Regularly Scheduled Down Time Sunday, Mar 20
Mar. 15, 2011—OAK will NOT be down Sunday, March 20 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. Please...
OAK Access Restored
Mar. 13, 2011—This afternoon access to OAK was unavailable due to a network outage. The outage has been stored, but OAK Support will continue to monitor the situation throughout the evening. Please use caution when using OAK as users may experience some odd behavior moving between tasks during this time. Please let us know immediately if you...
OAK Maintenance Completed Early
Feb. 20, 2011—The maintenance work was completed at 7:15 AM. Please visit the main OAK website for maintenance updates, OAK availability, and regularly scheduled maintenance dates.
Regularly Scheduled Down Time: Sunday, February 20 6AM-10AM
Feb. 14, 2011—02.14.11 OAK will be down Sunday, February 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...
CANCELLED: Regularly Scheduled Down Time Sunday, Jan 16
Jan. 14, 2011—OAK will NOT be down Sunday, January 16 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. Please...
OAK Course Enrollments Now Correct
Jan. 7, 2011—Course enrollments in OAK are now correct. We appreciate everyone’s patience and understanding as we worked diligently to correct the issue. If you continue to experience enrollment issues, please contact your local support provider. A list of support providers can be found on the main OAK website at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/oak/help.php. We apologize for the inconvenience- OAK...
UPDATE: OAK Updates Scheduled for Tonight (Friday) at 8:00 PM
Jan. 7, 2011—Greetings: Course enrollment updates will begin to reappear tonight at 8:00 PM and may take an hour to process. During this time, OAK Support Staff will be monitoring the situation. Please visit the main OAK website at www.vanderbilt.edu/oak, or Announcements within OAK, for updates. We apologize for the inconvenience- OAK Support Staff
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