Once a month, BlueView and MYDUSIS are taken down for maintenance from 4:00pm until about 10:00-ish. You can still reach Blackboard and Drake email by using these direct web addresses:
Blackboard: http://bb.drake.edu/
Email: http://webmail.drake.edu/
For planning purposes here's the schedule for the maintenance dates for the rest of 2008:
July 11
August 8
September 12
Octover 17
November 14
December 12
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Drake System Maintenance
BlueView and MYDUSIS will be unavailable at approximately 4:00 p.m. on Friday, June 13, 2008 due to routine maintenance. These applications will be available again at approximately 6:30 p.m.
You can still access Blackboard and webmail directly (without going through BlueView) at the following web addresses:
You can still access Blackboard and webmail directly (without going through BlueView) at the following web addresses:
- Blackboard: http://bb.drake.edu
- Email: http://webmail.drake.edu
- Friday, August 1 - NOTE: This is expected to be an extended maintenance window possible lasting through August 3 in order to upgrade blueView to the current vendor release. (but you can still get through BB and email through the direct web addresses)
- Friday, September 12, 2008
- Friday, October 17, 2008
Monday, June 2, 2008
Drake Internet Outage--Friday, June 6
FYI:
The Office of Information Technology is planning an Internet maintenance outage scheduled for Friday, 6 June 2008 beginning at 4:30 PM, Central Time (U.S.).
The Internet maintenance will improve the quality of service to the internet offering at Drake. The maintenance outage scheduled will last 30 minutes.
Internet Services functions will be unavailable during the maintenance outage as connectivity will be taken down while migrating to a new service. All Inbound and Outbound functions will be unavailable during this time, including:
The Office of Information Technology is planning an Internet maintenance outage scheduled for Friday, 6 June 2008 beginning at 4:30 PM, Central Time (U.S.).
The Internet maintenance will improve the quality of service to the internet offering at Drake. The maintenance outage scheduled will last 30 minutes.
Internet Services functions will be unavailable during the maintenance outage as connectivity will be taken down while migrating to a new service. All Inbound and Outbound functions will be unavailable during this time, including:
- Mail service, including sending and receiving mail
- Access to the blueView home page
- Blackboard
- Internet access Drake
Thursday, May 22, 2008
APA Update
I received the following from a former student who is now a writing teacher and consultant (Cecelia Munzenmaier):
If any of your students have EBSCO create reference citations for them, they may find the database name replaced by a DOI identifier, as in this example Whitmeyer, J. M. (2000). Power through appointment. Social Science Research, 29(4), 535-555. doi:10.1006/ssre.2000.0680
This is correct, according to the update to electronic reference style at http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html
Another change is that the retrieval date is no longer required for sources that are unlikely to change.
These changes are summarized at http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html
If any of your students have EBSCO create reference citations for them, they may find the database name replaced by a DOI identifier, as in this example Whitmeyer, J. M. (2000). Power through appointment. Social Science Research, 29(4), 535-555. doi:10.1006/ssre.2000.0680
This is correct, according to the update to electronic reference style at http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html
Another change is that the retrieval date is no longer required for sources that are unlikely to change.
These changes are summarized at http://www.apastyle.org/elecmedia.html
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
New Policy: You can take *six* credits before you are admitted
Hi Everyone-
I just learned of a change of policy that will take effect Fall 2008.
Currently, students are allowed to take up to 12 credits before they are officially accepted into any graduate program in the School of Education. Beginning Fall 2008, students will be able to take 6 graduate credits before being accepted into the program.
What does this mean for you?
If you have not yet completed the admissions process and been accepted into ALOP...you'll want to do it by the end of the summer. Here is the admission process, but if you have questions feel free to give me a call or send me an email.
I just learned of a change of policy that will take effect Fall 2008.
Currently, students are allowed to take up to 12 credits before they are officially accepted into any graduate program in the School of Education. Beginning Fall 2008, students will be able to take 6 graduate credits before being accepted into the program.
What does this mean for you?
If you have not yet completed the admissions process and been accepted into ALOP...you'll want to do it by the end of the summer. Here is the admission process, but if you have questions feel free to give me a call or send me an email.
Monday, April 21, 2008
FYI: Billing of tuition and fees
Beginning Summer 2008, billing of tuition and fees will be sent to students via BlueView. The student will receive an email notice that their billing statement is available on-line. The student will be directed to BlueView, then to the Student Services Tab. Their statement will be available in the "My Drake Account" channel. Students can view their statements and make payments on-line, if they choose.
Any questions regarding your statement or if you are experiencing any difficulties accessing your statement through BlueView, please contact the Office of Student Accounts at 515-271-4777.
Any questions regarding your statement or if you are experiencing any difficulties accessing your statement through BlueView, please contact the Office of Student Accounts at 515-271-4777.
Heads up on Drake email fraudulent messages
Dear Drake Community,
Drake OIT is notifying its Webmail customers about an abusive email practice in which a fraudulent message requests that the Universities Webmail customers submit personal information online.
Drake OIT emphasize that we never uses electronic communication to request personal information, and it is warning consumers to delete suspicious email and report encounters with the abusive practice known as "phishing." "Phishing" is typically an electronic attempt to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, birth dates, passwords, bank account or credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity.
The suspicious email message was sent last week to Webmail users with Drake Email accounts. It falsely claims an affiliation with Drake while making a request for personal data.
Customers who encounter a suspicious email or website claiming an affiliation with Webmail should report the information by reporting it to the Drake Service Desk (x3001).
Joseph M. Dworak
Director Computer & Network Services Office of Information Technology
Drake OIT is notifying its Webmail customers about an abusive email practice in which a fraudulent message requests that the Universities Webmail customers submit personal information online.
Drake OIT emphasize that we never uses electronic communication to request personal information, and it is warning consumers to delete suspicious email and report encounters with the abusive practice known as "phishing." "Phishing" is typically an electronic attempt to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, birth dates, passwords, bank account or credit card details, by masquerading as a trustworthy entity.
The suspicious email message was sent last week to Webmail users with Drake Email accounts. It falsely claims an affiliation with Drake while making a request for personal data.
Customers who encounter a suspicious email or website claiming an affiliation with Webmail should report the information by reporting it to the Drake Service Desk (x3001).
Joseph M. Dworak
Director Computer & Network Services Office of Information Technology
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