Category: Announcements

Box Drive for Windows Update

Box will be performing an update to the Box Drive for Windows application beginning June 19. Box Drive users should accept the Box Drive upgrade when prompted to do so. Previous versions may stop working by June 26, so please accept the update when you receive notification that it is available.  Contact the IT Service Desk with any questions 205-348-5555.

TurningPoint Maintenance

TurningPoint will be performing maintenance on their servers beginning at 9 am on Saturday, June 16, that may cause intermittent outages throughout the day. During any outages, access to both your TurningPoint account and TurningPoint mobile responding will be unavailable. Students will be notified that an update to the TurningPoint app is required upon opening their app following this release.

June 3-4 – Blackboard Collaborate Maintenance (Updated)

Between the hours of 11 p.m. June 3 and 5 a.m. June 4, Blackboard, Inc. technicians will be performing maintenance on the data center that serves UA’s instance of Collaborate. During this window, users will potentially experience intermittent connectivity issues.

Blackboard Update – May 9 – 11

UA’s instance of Blackboard will be updated starting at 8:30 p.m. May 9. The update is scheduled to be completed by noon May 11. During the update window Blackboard will be unavailable.

Upcoming Turnitin Outage 3/17

Turnitin will be unavailable on March 17th, 2018 between 10am and 4pm for maintenance related to hardware updates and performance improvements.