Academic Technology news and updates
This page contains updates about new technologies or developments in current technologies and information about TEL events that you might find useful.
Moodle database scheduled upgrade
A change to the Moodle database has been scheduled for Tuesday 3rd March from 07:00-09:00 am as part of ongoing work to improve the performance of Moodle.
Moodle essential maintenance
Moodle will be undergoing essential maintenance on Wednesday 11th December 6am-8am and may be unavailable for short periods during this time.
JISC digital experience insights survey results 2019
JISC are delighted to announce the launch of their Digital experience insights survey 2019: findings from teaching staff in UK further and higher education report. This report shares the outcomes and findings from the 2018-19 survey with data collected from 6,534 teaching staff from 61 different FE colleges, sixth form colleges and universities across the United Kingdom. Thank you to all those colleges, sixth form colleges and universities who participated in the survey.
Reminder: University House Data shutdown 9 & 10 December
To ensure the university is meeting statutory legal requirements, the Estates Team is required to carry out electrical testing on the University House Data Centre, plus other communications equipment rooms, this year. The mains power to the data centre, associated rooms and all cooling plants will have to be switched off whilst the work is carried out.
Vevox
Pilot of Vevox software to replace TurningPoint.