Overview:
Colgate’s Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) will be offline for maintenance from Mon Jun 20 at noon until Thu Jun 23 at 4:00pm.
During this outage Moodle will be upgraded from version 2.5 to version 3.0 and hosting will be transferred from local servers to eThink Education servers.
Impact:
System Changes:
- Moodle will be upgraded to a new version, 3.0
- The general interface (theme) of Colgate’s Moodle will have a more modern look and feel to enhance navigation and the user experience. Lambda
- Standard logins will be changed to the Colgate CAS single-sign-on used in familiar sites such as the Portal
- Account, course, and enrollments will be fully automated
- File uploads will be limited to 64MB
- Our Moodle servers will be hosted off campus with eThink Education
Not changed:
- All courses and content on the current Moodle server will be transitioned automatically to the new v3.0 server
- CAS logins still use your Colgate network username and password
Time Frame:
Moodle will be removed from service at 12:00pm (noon) Mon June 20. Service will be restored at 12:00pm (noon) Thu Jun 23.
The Moodle system upgrade will continue throughout the summer as we make final configurations, add features, and adjust settings.
Affected Users:
Faculty, staff and students who use our Moodle LMS.
For more Information:
The new Moodle is documented at our new Moodle Info site at Moodle-Info.Colgate.Edu
If you have questions about this transition please contact the ITS Service Desk (see Colgate.Edu/itshelp) or contact any of the following Academic Technologies staff:
- Doug Higgins (dhiggins@colgate.edu ext 6337)
- Dan Wheeler (dwheeler@colgate.edu ext 7742)
- Jeff Nugent (jnugent@colgate.edu ext 6347)
- Kelly Dempsey (kdempsey@colgate.edu ext 7596)
- Zlatko Grozl (zgrozl@colgate.edu ext 6492)
