Teaching & Learning

Upcoming Launch of our new IT Alerting Solution – StatusPal (Effective 7/1)
June 23, 3:34pm EDT
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Jun-23, 3:34pm EDT
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Technology Services is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of our new IT Alerting Solution, going live on July 1, 2025.


Please note that existing subscriptions cannot be migrated to the new platform. To continue receiving important IT notifications, you’ll need to resubscribe to the services and communication channels you wish to follow.


To avoid missing any alerts, we encourage you to complete your subscription setup before July 1 by following the instructions in this Knowledge Article.


Feel free to share the article link with your team and colleagues to ensure a smooth transition.


Thank you for your attention and if you have any questions please email ITSMO@vcu.edu.

Issue Reported from Service Provider for Kaltura
January 21, 4:38pm EST
Teaching & Learning Kaltura
 
Jan-21, 4:38pm EST

Our service provider for Kaltura is currently experiencing an issue which is affecting customer's ability to have their Zoom recordings automatically uploaded to Kaltura.

For additional information, please see: https://status.kaltura.com/incidents/znrw4ch438rp 

We will resolve this incident once we have received confirmation the issue has been resolved from our service provider.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

 
Jan-22, 8:19am EST

We’re back! Kaltura should be up and running. In our testing, previously impacted media entries have been restored. New entries should now be unaffected. Thanks for bearing with us!

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

Login Issues for Canvas
December 10, 8:46am EST
Teaching & Learning Canvas
 
Dec-10, 8:46am EST

VCU customers may experience trouble when logging into Canvas. We are currently investigating the problem and a workaround has been implemented to prevent impacts to affected accounts.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

 
Dec-10, 11:20am EST

We're back! VCU customers should be able to now login successfully. Thank you for your patience.

In partnership with the Administrative Systems and IT Support Center teams, Learning Systems has confirmed that the issue has been resolved.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

Scheduled Maintenance for Banner Production
November 23, 12:00am EST
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Nov-23, 12:00am EST

VCU Technology Services will be performing routine maintenance beginning on 11/23/2024 starting at 12:00 AM EST.

You may not be able to access Banner Production Admin Pages, eServices, and Faculty Grade Entry for a short period of time, but we’ll have things back up and running as soon as possible to minimize disruptions.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

 
Nov-23, 5:00am EST

Scheduled maintenance for Banner Production is complete. 

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

Power outages around Monroe Park campus
November 15, 7:53am EST
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Nov-15, 7:53am EST

There are power outages around Monroe Park campus that have created network (internet) outages for the following buildings:

Academic Learning Commons

Cabell Library

Gitner House

Glading

West Carry parking deck


 
Nov-15, 8:10am EST

Power continues to create network (internet) issues.  James W Black Music Center and Moseley House have also been impacted.  

 
Nov-15, 8:34am EST

Dominion Power has been dispatched and there is no current ETA on the power restoration.  

 
Nov-15, 10:23am EST

Power has been restored and all buildings are back up and operational.

Some Server Instances Unavailable Due to Hardware Failure
November 08, 11:50pm EST
IT Resources Teaching & Learning University Applications Data Center Operations Lon-Capa Facilities Management System AiM
 
Nov-8, 11:50pm EST

VCU Technology Services is currently investigating an issue affecting the availability of a number of virtual server instances that are currently offline due to a hardware issue.  Our teams are actively engaged addressing the problem, and expect to have services restored soon.

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

 
Nov-9, 12:51am EST

We’re back!  Affected server instances have been restored to healthy hardware, and should be up and running at this time.  Thanks for bearing with us!

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

Campus-wide Internet Outage
October 25, 5:36am EDT
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Oct-25, 5:36am EDT

We are currently experiencing a campus-wide internet outage. Our team has identified a resolution and is working on implementing it onsite. We will provide further updates as they become available.

 
Oct-25, 6:19am EDT

The campus-wide outage is continuing. We are still working on implementing a solution. Some web pages and applications may be intermittently accessible to those off-campus.

 
Oct-25, 7:22am EDT

Services are coming back online and our technicians are working to confirm the restoration of all services.

 
Oct-25, 8:19am EDT

VCU's network and services have been restored.

 
Oct-25, 8:20am EDT
VCU's network and services have been restored.

Top Hat Single Sign-on Unavailable
October 18, 9:45am EDT
Teaching & Learning Top Hat
 
Oct-18, 9:45am EDT

Top Hat is currently experiencing a site-wide issue with single sign-on. Currently, VCU users are unable to sign-in using their VCU accounts through our CAS single sign-on portal. This issue was first reported to us around 9:45am this morning (10/18/2024). This issue impacts most schools using single sign-on, not just VCU. We've already notified Top Hat support of the issue and their engineering team is actively working to restore service as quickly as possible. As we receive updates from Top Hat support we will provide them via our Classroom Technology blog at https://blogs.vcu.edu/classroomtechnology.

If you have questions or concerns about Top Hat, please reach out to the IT Support Center at (804) 828-2227 or by emailing tophat@vcu.edu. 

 
Oct-18, 1:47pm EDT

Top Hat's engineering and support teams have identified the issue with Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication and have reached out to VCU Technology Services to update an expired certificate. Once this certificate issue has resolved and we are able to confirm a complete restoration of SSO authentication via VCU's CAS portal another update will be shared. 

 
Oct-18, 2:37pm EDT

The VCU Shibboleth team has implemented the new certificate for Top Hat Single Sign-On (SSO) authentication and this has been tested with the VCU CAS portal. Authentication services have been restored. 

Service Outage for VCU Reporting Center and SAS Enterprise Guide
October 18, 7:23am EDT
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Oct-18, 7:23am EDT

We are investigating an issue with SAS servers which are impacting the VCU Reporting Center and SAS Enterprise Guide. We’re working to fix the problem as quickly as we can. 

Please contact the IT Support Center with any questions or concerns at 804-828-2227 or itsc@vcu.edu. 

 
Oct-18, 10:35am EDT

We're back! Access to the VCU Reporting Center has now been restored. 

Thank you for your patience.

Internet Connectivity Issues
October 05, 3:12pm EDT
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Oct-5, 3:12pm EDT
We are aware of internet connectivity issues. Our team has identified a resolution and is working on implementing it onsite. We will provide further updates as they become available.
 
Oct-5, 8:32pm EDT

We are continuing to experience widespread internet connectivity issues impacting systems on both campuses. We are currently in escalated communication with our external vendor to determine the root cause and implement a fix.

 
Oct-5, 11:08pm EDT

Services are starting to come back online and work continues to restore all services.

 
Oct-6, 9:26am EDT
IT personnel worked overnight to restore network, data and telecommunications services. Most services are now stabilized, however it is possible that some services may still be impacted. If you experience any problems, please any IT issues to the IT Support Center at 804-828-2227. Thank you.