November 15, 2019 What do I need to know? VPN (Virtual Private Network) service is temporarily unavailable. When did this occur? November 15, 2019 2:45 PDT Who is impacted? This is limited to a small number of UFV personnel and contractors who use VPN intermittently for remote system maintenance, etc. What should I do? Monitor […]
Free Printing for UFV Students – November 06th!
UFV is hosting the annual “Long Night Against Procrastination” Wednesday, Nov 6th at 5:00pm. This is the perfect time to get all your printing out of the way while its free of charge! Sign up as a team or go solo at https://ufv.campuslabs.ca/engage/organization/asc
Information Notice – Slow Email Search
October 28, 2019 UFV Employee email users trying to search for email using the Outlook search functions may experience slowness or may not see any results. What do I need to do? IT Services is taking action to restore the service. The search function will gradually improve over the next few hours and is expected […]
Information Notice – Recent Phishing Email Attempts
Recent Phishing Email Attempts October 16, 2019 What do I need to know? UFV has recently been the target of email phishing attempts in which the email sender is impersonating a UFV Faculty, Staff and even executive member. What do I need to do? If you receive a suspicious email, do not respond. Contact the […]
Blackboard Learn System Issues – Oct 7, 2019 (2:58 pm) Resolved 3:40pm
UPDATE: myClass services are restored at 3:40pm. Blackboard Learn (myClass) is currently unavailable. IT Services are working on resolving the issue. At this time there is no ETA for resolution. We will update this post as soon as more information becomes available.
Planned System Maintenance – Banner Annual Update : October 12th – 15th
Planned System Maintenance: Banner Annual Update October 04, 2019 Why are we doing this update? The UFV Banner system requires annual updates in order to resolve known issues and address performance and security concerns discovered by Ellucian over the previous year. When will this occur? The system will be brought down for maintenance starting Saturday […]
Planned System Maintenance: Blackboard (myClass) Update – Oct. 11-12 2019
Planned System Maintenance: Blackboard (myClass) Update October 03, 2019 Why are we doing this project? UFV’s current version of Blackboard (Learning Management System) is now beyond it’s support date and experiencing technical issues; IT Services, in partnership with Teaching and Learning, is leading an effort that will see Blackboard updated to a more recent version. […]
Rogers Mobile Migration
The Office of the Chief Information Officer has initiated the migration of our mobile phone provider from our previous carrier to Rogers. The UFV mobility contract with Telus ended in 2018 and a new agreement has been negotiated and signed with Rogers Mobility. In consultation with Senior Administration, ITS has begun working to access the […]
Information: Banner Search Change
Information: Banner Search Change October 1, 2019 What do I need to know? We have made some changes to how Banner searches for person records prior to ID creation. What do I need to do? This will require no change on your part; users who create person records in Banner may notice that GOAMTCH has […]
Windows 10 Upgrade – What do I need to know?
September 30, 2019 Why are we doing this project? Windows 7 will no longer be supported after January 2020; IT Services is leading a project that will see all centrally managed computers upgraded to the Windows 10 operating system. This includes all employee, student lab, and classroom based computers. Windows 10 will bring enhanced productivity […]