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Technical Support Archive

2023

October

Start date:: October 2, 2023 7:30 am
End date:: October 2, 2023 8:00 am

The Virtual Lab will be undergoing a brief maintenance period starting October 2nd at 7:30am CT. During the outage you may be disconnected from the Lab if you were logged on prior to 7:30am, but new connections past 8:00am should be unaffected. If you experience any issues past 8:00am CT please reach out via ticket or phone call.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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August

There will be a planned maintenance of Virtual Lab servers on Monday, August 28th starting at 7:00am CST until 9:00am CST. During this time if you are accessing the Virtual Lab you may get disconnected. If you experience any issues with accessing the Virtual Lab after 9:00am CT please reach out to us by phone or by filling out the form to the right. Thank you!

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

On Saturday August 5th starting at 1pm CT there will be maintenance to our phone system that may last until 4pm CT. This maintenance is not expected to impact incoming calls, but if you experience any issues with reaching us during this time please submit a ticket so we can assist you. Thank you!

Canvas will be undergoing a planned maintenance event beginning on Thursday August 3rd at 1:05am CT and is expected to last up to 15 minutes, however it is possible the event may last until 3:05am CT. Canvas access will be unavailable during this time. If you cannot access Canvas past the maintenance window please submit a ticket via our form on this page. Thank you!

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Business Management, Business Management (BSBM), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Substance Use Disorders (SUDS) Certificate, Sustainable Management (SMGT), UW College Courses Online (CCO)

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July

Start date:: July 7, 2023 12:00 pm

The Virtual Lab will be undergoing a brief maintenance period starting July 7th at 7:00am CT. During the outage you may be disconnected from the Lab if you were logged on prior to 7:00am, but new connections past 7:00am should be unaffected. If you experience any issues past 7:00am CT please reach out via ticket or phone call.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Independent Learning

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May

Start date:: May 18, 2023 8:00 am
End date:: May 18, 2023 11:00 am

On May 18, there will be some maintenance performed on the Database Servers in the Virtual Lab. Databases in the Virtual Lab will be unavailable from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Central Time. Please refrain from using the Lab during this time.

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

Start date:: May 11, 2023 8:00 am
End date:: May 11, 2023 10:00 am

On Thursday, May 11, the Virtual Lab will be undergoing maintenance beginning at 8 a.m. and lasting until 10 a.m. Central Time. The Virtual Lab may not be available during this time, so it will be best to avoid logging in during that time.

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

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2022

December

Tech Support will offer limited availability during the week of holiday. Please see below:

Saturday, December 24 (Christmas Eve): Closed
Sunday, December 25 (Christmas Day): Closed
Monday, December 26 (Christmas Day observed): Closed
Tuesday, December 27 – Friday, December 30: 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday, December 31 (New Years Eve): Closed
Sunday, January 1 (New Years Day): Closed
Monday, January 2 (New Years Day observed): Closed

All times listed are Central Time.

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November

Tech Support will be changing ticketing systems at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 9, 2022.

If you have a ticket that was created on or before 2 p.m., November 9, you will receive a new ticket number via email. Please keep an eye out for that update and reply to that email with any updates or information as requested.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), BSN@Home, Business Management (BSBM), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Substance Use Disorders (SUDS) Certificate, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Tech Support will offer limited availability during the weekend of the Thanksgiving holiday. Please see below:

Thursday, Thanksgiving (November 24): Closed
Friday (November 25): 8am – 6pm
Saturday (November 26): 8am – 9pm
Sunday (November 27): 9am – 11pm

Regular hours (7 a.m. to 11 p.m. 7 days per week) will resume Monday, November 28.

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October

Start date:: October 18, 2022 4:00 pm
End date:: October 21, 2022 6:00 pm

RESOLUTION UPDATE: Oct 19, 2:00 p.m.: The Virtual Lab environment continues to work as expected, and UWEX staff continue to monitor. One of the service providers for the Virtual Lab had a nation-wide outage on Tuesday. Please continue to save often and back up your work.

RESOLUTION: Oct 18, 8:30 p.m.: The issue appears to be resolved, but we are continuing to monitor. Please be sure to back up your work and save often.

Initial Post: Oct 18, 4 p.m.: The Virtual Lab is experiencing an outage. Engineers are actively working on resolving the issue. We will post updates as they develop.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: October 18, 2022 3:00 pm
End date:: October 18, 2022 5:00 am

Oct 18, 12:00 p.m.: The Virtual Lab is now allowing log-ins. Please be sure to save and back up your work regularly.

Oct 18, 11:30 a.m.: The Virtual Lab is currently unavailable. Engineers are actively working on resolving the issue. We will post updates as they develop.

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September

UPDATE: As of 2:30 p.m., Wednesday, September 21, the outage appears to be resolved.

Users are experiencing slowness and errors when accessing Canvas in the US region. An issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented. The issue can be tracked at: https://status.instructure.com/

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Substance Use Disorders (SUDS) Certificate, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: September 25, 2022 9:00 am
End date:: September 26, 2022 12:00 pm

On Sunday, September 25, from 9 a.m. until about noon. During this time, Independent Learning students will be unable to access their IL Student Accounts (transcripts, extensions, etc.) and will be unable to enroll in courses.

We expect access to be restored fully by noon on Sunday, September 25.

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

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August

Start date:: August 19, 2022 7:00 pm
End date:: August 19, 2022 9:00 pm

On Friday, August 19, the Virtual Lab will undergo scheduled maintenance from approximately 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central Time. Please avoid logging into the Lab during that time.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: August 12, 2022 12:00 am
End date:: August 12, 2022 3:00 pm

10:11 a.m. UPDATE: The outage appears to be resolved. Please let us know if you experience further issues with the Virtual Lab.

The Virtual Lab is currently experiencing an outage of service. Technicians are actively working on resolving the issue.

We will post updates as they developed.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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July

Start date:: July 1, 2022 6:00 am
End date:: July 1, 2022 8:00 am

On Friday, July 1, the Virtual Lab will be undergoing maintenance from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m. Central Time. Please do not attempt to access the Lab during that time; it will be unavailable.

Start date:: July 16, 2022 12:00 am
End date:: July 16, 2022 8:00 am

MyLab Math will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, July 16, starting at 12 a.m. and ending at 8 a.m. (Central Time).

MyLab Math will be unavailable during this time.

Affected program(s): Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Flexible Option (Flex), Independent Learning

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June

Canvas will be undergoing some planned maintenance on their quiz tool on June 23, from 1 a.m. to 3 a.m. Central Time.

Please avoid attempting completing any quizzes in Canvas during that time.

Start date:: June 18, 2022 12:00 am
End date:: June 18, 2022 8:00 am

MyLab Math will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Saturday, June 18, from midnight to 8 a.m. Central Time. Please avoid logging in or attempting work in MyLab Math during this time.

Affected program(s): Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Flexible Option (Flex), Independent Learning

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May

The Virtual Lab may not be immediately available to students in some programs for Preview Week. We are finalizing the environments, so they will be ready and available a bit later in the week.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Information Technology Management (ITM)

Start date:: May 27, 2022 5:00 pm
End date:: May 27, 2022 7:00 pm

The Virtual Lab will be undergoing scheduled maintenance on Friday evening, May 27, from 5 p.m. to about 7 p.m. Central Time. Please avoid logging in or being logged into the Lab during that time, as any sessions will be disconnected when the maintenance begins.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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April

Starting Friday, April 22, the email address associated with the webform to the right will change. The new email address will be IT-ServiceDesk@wisconsin.edu. Please continue to reach out to us using the webform or the phone number to the right and we will be happy to assist you.

***If you already have an open ticket with us, we will continue to communicate with you via the oel-support@uwss.wisconsin.edu email address.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), BSN@Home, Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Substance Use Disorders (SUDS) Certificate, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: April 1, 2022 3:00 pm
End date:: April 1, 2022 11:00 pm

We have become aware of an issue with CLUSTAL-X in the Virtual Lab for ABT 780 students. We are working on resolving the issue as soon as possible.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT)

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March

UWEX Technical Support will be offering limited hours of business during spring break. Please see our schedule below. All times listed are Central time.

Saturday, March 12 – 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, March 13 – 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Monday – Friday, March 14 – 18 – 7:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 19 – 12:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Please note that Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 13.

We will return to our normal hours of operation Sunday, March 20 (7 a.m. – 11 p.m.).

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January

UPDATE:

This issue is RESOLVED as of 8 a.m. on 1/31/22.

From 1/28/22:

DS 710 students are encountering an issue running Anaconda in the Virtual Lab. Please follow the instructions in this KnowledgeBase document for the current workaround.

Engineers are working on resolving the issue.

Affected program(s): Data Science Degree (DS)

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2021

December

Canvas is currently experiencing some degraded performance and/or complete outage due to AWS currently experiencing an outage. The incident can be tracked at https://status.instructure.com/

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November

Start date:: November 20, 2021 12:00 am
End date:: November 20, 2021 8:00 am

On Saturday, November 20, from midnight to about 8 a.m., MyLab Math and MathXL will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance. You will be unable to access these programs during this time, so please be sure to schedule any work for times outside of that window.

Affected program(s): Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Flexible Option (Flex), Independent Learning

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October

Start date:: October 23, 2021 12:00 am
End date:: October 23, 2021 8:00 am

From midnight the morning of October 23 to 8 a.m., MyLabMath and MathXL will be unavailable due to planned maintenance. Please do not attempt work during this time. If you need assistance, contact Technical Support using the contact information to the right on this page.

Affected program(s): Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Independent Learning

Start date:: October 18, 2021 7:00 am
End date:: October 18, 2021 8:00 am

There will be a brief outage of the Virtual Lab for IT Management students from 7 a.m. until 8 a.m. Monday, October 18. If you experience difficulties accessing the Lab outside of that time, please let us know.

Affected program(s): Information Technology Management (ITM)

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August

Start date:: August 25, 2021 10:00 am
End date:: August 26, 2021 3:00 pm

UPDATE: The LAMP server is back up and running as of this update at 3:30 on 8/26.

On Wednesday, August 25, the LAMP server used in some Flex courses (sometimes known as a student’s “web space”) will be undergoing maintenance. This outage may extend to Thursday, August 26. Please be aware that you may experience difficulties working in applications or pages which access the LAMP server during that time.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Some websites hosted in the DoIT Web Hosting environment are currently experiencing degraded performance. Media content within Canvas may take a while to load. Technologists are aware and working to resolve the issue. You can track the incident here: https://outages.doit.wisc.edu/outage/94766128d392a0bfca1f7a43be974897972be05ada

Start date:: August 7, 2021 12:00 am
End date:: August 7, 2021 8:00 am

From about midnight to about 8 a.m. Central Time on August 7, MathXL and MyLabMath will be undergoing maintenance. You may not be able to access your courses in those systems during that time. Be sure to schedule any work you must complete for times outside of that window.

Affected program(s): Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Flexible Option (Flex), Independent Learning

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June

Start date:: June 18, 2021 5:00 am
End date:: June 21, 2021 5:00 am

The Permission Number Websites will be temporarily unavailable from Friday, June 18, until Monday, June 21, due to scheduled maintenance.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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May

New SUDS Canvas users may experience a “Page error” when attempting to login to Canvas for the first time. We are actively looking into the issue, and please check back here for updates as they are made available.

Affected program(s): Substance Use Disorders (SUDS) Certificate

There will be two upcoming maintenance periods in Canvas: May 9 (12:00 a.m. to 2 a.m. Central Time) and May 16 (12:00 a.m. to 4 a.m. Central Time).

During these times, media content in your courses (videos, lectures, etc.) may not be available.

***The Tech Support website will also not be available during these times. Please check back again outside of those times if you need assistance.

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April

Start date:: April 4, 2021 12:00 pm
End date:: April 4, 2021 1:00 pm

There will be an update of the Canvas content host on Sunday, April 4, beginning at 7 a.m. Central Daylight Time, expected to last about 15 to 30 minutes. During this time, you may be unable to view certain videos or presentations, but you should be able to once the update is done.

Please reach out to our office using the form on the right if you experience difficulties outside of this time and we will be happy to help.

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March

Canvas will be undergoing scheduled maintenance at 3am CT Thursday, March 25th for up to one hour. During this time Canvas access may be unnavailable, and you can check the status of the update here.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Sustainable Management (SMGT), UW College Courses Online (CCO)

End date:: March 18, 2021 10:00 am

Virtual Lab access for course ITM 715: Data Science, is experiencing some technical difficulties at this time. You may encounter error messages such as “Loading Desktop… your desktop will take a few minutes to set up. It may take as long as 12 minutes, we will connect you as soon as it is ready”

We are working on the issue and will post updates as they are available.

Affected program(s): Information Technology Management (ITM)

When trying to access Canvas, you may be unable to log in, experience long load times and/or page errors. Canvas support is aware of the issue and is working to resolve this as quickly as possible.

Check back here for updates or at: https://status.instructure.com/

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Sustainable Management (SMGT), UW College Courses Online (CCO)

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February

When logging into the Virtual Lab users may be experiencing intermittent connectivity. Not all users are affected at this time. If you are experiencing any issues, please refer to the help doc below for more information. Check back here for all future updates.

https://kb.uwex.uwc.edu/ceoel/page.php?id=108831

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Information Technology Management (ITM)

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2020

December

Starting at 8pm CT on December 18th the following sites will be temporarily unavailable for roughly an hour due to required maintenance to our network:

admin.wlearn.com, register.wlearn.com, and uwexdata.wisconsin.edu

Please check back here for updates if you attempt to access any of the above sites and they are not working as expected.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

UWEX Tech Support will offer modified hours over the holiday season. Please see the schedule below:

December 23 – 8am – 6:30pm
December 24 and December 25 – CLOSED
December 26 and December 27 – 8am – 6pm
December 28 -December 30 – 8am – 7pm
December 31 and January 1 – CLOSED
January 2 and January 3 – 8am – 6pm

We will return to our normal business hours on January 4.

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November

Start date:: November 20, 2020 5:30 pm
End date:: November 21, 2020 12:00 pm

There will be a planned maintenance event beginning the evening of Friday, November 20, lasting through the morning of Saturday, November 21. This outage will affect several systems. Please read the below list to identify if you will be affected.

Canvas Access for Independent Learning (IL) and Substance Use Disorders Certificate (SUD-C) students only
Calls to Success Coaches, Admissions, Financial Aid, the UWEX Registrar, and Tech Support
Permission Number Site access for all programs
Flexible Option Student Admission Portal (my.uwex.edu)
IL grade entry (IL instructors only)

During the above time period, you will not be able to access any of the above systems. Please arrange your time so that you can do your necessary work outside of the times of the outage.

Tech Support will offer limited availability during the weekend of the Thanksgiving holiday. Please see below:

Thursday 11/26/2020 – Closed (Thanksgiving Day)
Friday 11/27/2020 – 8 am to 7 pm
Saturday 11/28/2020 – 8 am to 9 pm
Sunday 11/29/2020 – 9 am to 11 pm

Start date:: November 19, 2020 8:00 pm
End date:: November 19, 2020 9:00 pm

On Tuesday, November 10, from approximately 8 to 8:30 p.m. Central Time, the permission number sites and IL grading site will be unavailable. Please avoid using those sites at that time. If you run into difficulties outside of that time, please let us know by submitting the form to the right or calling us.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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October

Start date:: October 27, 2020 5:00 pm
End date:: October 27, 2020 6:00 pm

12:30 UPDATE (Oct 27): Our system is back online and fully operational.

Oct 27 UPDATE: We will be undergoing additional maintenance from noon to 1 p.m. (Central Time). Our ticketing system may not allow the form submissions through. Please submit tickets after that time or call 877-724-7883. If we are not available, please leave a message and we will respond to you as soon as possible.

4:30 p.m. UPDATE: Our ticketing system continues to experience difficulties, but we are closely monitoring the situation as engineers work to resolve it. We will continue to respond to webform submissions as quickly as we are able. For more immediate assistance, please call 877-724-7883.

10/26/20 2:30 p.m. Posting: Our ticketing system will be undergoing maintenance from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Central Time today, October 26. Please wait until after 4 p.m. to submit the webform to the right. We will assist you as soon as possible after the maintenance.

Start date:: October 3, 2020 3:00 am

October 19 Update: We have implemented an alternative solution for this course. Please see the e-mail from your Success Coach for more information or contact Tech Support if you run into any difficulties and we will be happy to help.

October 5 Update: We continue to engage with our Virtual Lab partners to resolve the issue of intermittent slowness in the CYB Virtual Lab environment. We appreciate your patience and will post updates as they develop.

October 2 Posting: We have received reports of slowness in the Virtual Lab environment for students in the Cybersecurity (CYB) program. Our Virtual Lab partners are working to resolve this high-priority issue. We will post updates here as we receive them.

Affected program(s): Cybersecurity (CYB)

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September

Due to the Microsoft Office 365 outage that began late Monday evening (9/28), there are still some lingering issues with stand alone Office 365 tools for some users, as well as the integration with Canvas’ Collaboration tool.

Sept. 5 9am CT

Start date:: September 3, 2020 8:00 pm
End date:: September 4, 2020 5:00 am

Virtual Lab credentials for the HIMT program have not yet been activated, so if you are receiving an Unknown User login failure please check back here for further updates.

Affected program(s): Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT)

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August

Start date:: August 13, 2020 6:00 pm
End date:: August 13, 2020 8:00 pm

The permission number sites (sites beginning with register.wlearn.com) and the Independent Learning Grading Site (LPV) will be unavailable due to maintenance from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Central Time on August 13. Please avoid attempting to log into or use those sites at that time.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Associate of Arts and Science (AAS), Cybersecurity (CYB), Data Science Degree (DS), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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July

Scheduled network outage for maintenance on 7/18 from 8am – 12:30pm will affect the following sites:

admin.wlearn.com

uwexdata.wisconsin.edu

Start date:: July 21, 2020 3:00 am
End date:: July 21, 2020 4:00 am

Canvas will be performing maintenance on July 21 between 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. Central Time. Please note that you may not be able to access Canvas for about 15 minutes during this time.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Sustainable Management (SMGT), UW College Courses Online (CCO)

Start date:: July 3, 2020 12:00 am
End date:: July 3, 2020 8:00 am

On July 3, from midnight Central Time to 8 a.m. Central Time, MyLabsPlus will be unavailable to students, faculty, and administrators. Please try to access MyLabsPlus outside of this maintenance window. If you run into difficulties accessing MyLabsPlus at any other time, please contact our office.

Affected program(s): UW College Courses Online (CCO)

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June

Start date:: June 24, 2020 12:00 am
End date:: June 24, 2020 1:30 am

On Tuesday, Jun 23, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Central Time, maintenance will be performed on the permission number sites and the IL grading site. During this time, students will be unable to access the permission number site for their program and Independent Learning instructors will be unable to enter grades into the LPV.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), Data Science Degree (DS), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: June 20, 2020 3:00 am
End date:: June 20, 2020 5:00 am

Planned outage for site maintenance is scheduled for 6/19 and should last between 15-30 minutes, however up to two hours may be needed if issues arise.

Start date:: June 20, 2020 6:00 pm
End date:: June 27, 2020 11:00 pm

6/26/20 UPDATE: The Saturday, June 27 maintenance has been postponed. We will post a separate outage notification when that is rescheduled.

On Saturday, June 20, and Saturday, June 27, two separate maintenance events will be performed on the permission number sites and the IL grading site. During this time, students will be unable to access the permission number site for their program and Independent Learning instructors will be unable to enter grades into the LPV.

On Saturday, June 20, maintenance is expected to begin at 8 a.m. and conclude by 2:30 p.m.

On Saturday June 27, maintenance is expected to begin at 8 a.m. and conclude by 1 p.m.

Start date:: June 8, 2020 3:00 pm
End date:: June 8, 2020 8:00 pm

Maintenance will be performed on videos in all Canvas courses starting Monday, June 8, through Wednesday, June 10. During this time, you may experience a disruption in being able to access videos, but transcripts will still be available. If you do experience difficulties accessing videos in your course, please try again later. The disruption should not take the entire three days per video; you should be able to access that video later in the day.

Start date:: June 3, 2020 7:00 pm
End date:: June 3, 2020 8:00 pm

2:58 p.m. Update: The form is now functional.

2:30 p.m.: The webform to the right is currently experiencing issues. Please call our office at 877-724-7883 if you need assistance.

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May

End date:: May 21, 2020 7:00 pm

The web form is currently experiencing an issue that we are aware of and looking into. If you submit a ticket and get a reply that the message has been rolled back (or you get no reply at all) please direct your request via our phone line or check out the Knowledge Base articles for self-help.

Affected program(s): Applied Biotechnology (ABT), Applied Computing (APC), BSN@Home, Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Information Technology Management (ITM), Parkside Project Management, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Phone system maintenance is scheduled for tonight beginning at 7:00 CST – 11:00 CST. During this time we will be unable to receive phone calls. If you are in need of Technical Support please contact us by using the web form to submit a ticket or visit our self –help knowledgebase for answers to common questions.

Start date:: May 8, 2020 12:00 am
End date:: May 8, 2020 1:00 am

On Thursday, May 7, maintenance will be performed on the permission number sites and the IL grading site. During this time, students will be unable to access the permission number site for their program and Independent Learning instructors will be unable to enter grades into the LPV.

Maintenance is expected to begin at 7 p.m. and conclude by 8 p.m.

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April

Start date:: April 28, 2020 5:00 pm
End date:: April 28, 2020 6:00 am

Maintenance for Canvas is scheduled to occur at 12:30 a.m. Central Time on Tuesday, April 28. There is expected to be a brief window of time when Canvas will be unavailable to users. Please schedule any work or exams to occur outside that time. Canvas is expected to be available again after about half an hour.

Start date:: April 14, 2020 6:00 pm
End date:: April 14, 2020 8:50 pm

HIMT student may be experiencing a “Page not Found” error when accessing media items within their courses. Check here for updates.

Affected program(s): Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT)

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March

Start date:: March 16, 2020 10:00 am

While UW campuses are suspending face-to-face classes due to COVID-19, your online program remains unaffected. For more information, visit UW System’s Coronavirus (COVID-19) Preparedness website or reach out to your Success Coach. You can also register now for Summer Semester—Courses Begin May 26.

Technical Support hours and availability remain the same.

Start date:: March 13, 2020 11:35 pm
End date:: March 14, 2020 2:44 am

Start date:: March 5, 2020 7:00 pm
End date:: March 6, 2020 8:00 pm

All media (videos, pictures, slideshows, etc.) in Canvas courses is very slow right now due to a server outage. This outage also affects all UWEX program websites and this Tech Support site. We appreciate your patience as technicians actively work to resolve the issue.

Right now, you can expect long, slow load times of pages that are connected to your UWEX course(s). We will post updates as they develop.

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February

Start date:: February 22, 2020 6:00 am
End date:: February 24, 2020 4:00 pm

UPDATE: This issue has been resolved.

Beginning late on February 22, we were notified of issues encountered by students attempting to access the Virtual Lab for their Data Science (DS), Applied Computing (APC) and Health Information Management and Technology (HIMT) courses. We have reached out to our Virtual Lab partners and will post updates as they develop.

Thank you for your patience!

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Data Science Degree (DS), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT)

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January

Our offices will be closed Monday, January 20, for the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. We will respond to all tickets and voicemails as soon as possible on Tuesday, January 21.

Start date:: January 12, 2020 6:00 am
End date:: January 12, 2020 2:00 pm

Access to Canvas may be interrupted between 12 a.m. and 8 a.m. (Central Time) on Sunday, January 12. Please avoid logging in during this time to ensure no work is lost.

Start date:: January 2, 2020 6:00 am
End date:: January 10, 2020 6:00 am

UPDATE: This has been resolved as of 1/10/20.

Students in Flex MAT 105 and BUS 201 for the January 2020 subscription period may experience difficulties accessing ALEKS.

UWEX is working on resolving the issue and will post updates as they develop.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: January 2, 2020 6:00 am
End date:: January 2, 2020 5:00 pm

UPDATE: This issue appears resolved. If you encounter any difficulties accessing your courses, please contact us using the information to the right on this page.

Some students are unable to see their January subscription period courses in Canvas. We are working on resolving the issue and will post updates as they develop.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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2019

December

Start date:: December 8, 2019 2:00 pm
End date:: December 8, 2019 4:00 pm

From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Sunday, December 8, the permission number site will be unavailable due to site updates. Please avoid attempting to register around this time. Full functionality is expected to be restored after the outage.

Start date:: December 8, 2019 2:00 pm
End date:: December 8, 2019 4:00 pm

From 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. (Central Time) Sunday, December 8, the Independent Learning (IL) registration function will be unavailable due to site updates. Please avoid attempting to register around this time. Full functionality is expected to be restored after the outage.

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

Start date:: December 3, 2019 8:00 am
End date:: December 3, 2019 9:00 am

Canvas will be undergoing maintenance on Tuesday, December 3, from approximately 2:30 a.m. to 3 a.m. Central Time. You will not be able to log into Canvas at this time. Please schedule any work or studying you plan to do around this outage to avoid issues.

If you encounter difficulties logging into Canvas outside of this time, we will be happy to help.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Parkside Project Management, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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November

UWEX Tech Support hours will be somewhat shortened for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Please see hours below. All times are in Central Time.

Wednesday, November 27: 7 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Thursday, November 28: CLOSED
Friday, November 29: 8 a.m. – 7 p.m.
Saturday, November 30: 8 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Sunday, December 1: 9 a.m. – 11 p.m.

Start date:: November 12, 2019 8:22 pm
End date:: November 13, 2019 1:30 am

The Permission Number site will be temporarily unavailable Tuesday, November 12th, from approximately 6:00 P.M. until 7:00 P.M., due to scheduled maintenance.

Start date:: November 11, 2019 2:00 pm
End date:: November 14, 2019 6:00 am

UPDATE: The phone system has been restored.

The UWEX phone system is currently down for the Student Services department. Success Coaches are actively monitoring e-mail. If you need to speak with your Success Coach, please e-mail them using the program e-mail address you usually use. Thank you for your patience!

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October

Start date:: October 25, 2019 6:00 pm
End date:: October 25, 2019 8:15 pm

Update: As of 3:15 p.m., the issue appears to have resolved.

As of 2 p.m. on Friday, October 25, UW Milwaukee students experienced difficulty accessing Canvas, D2L, library systems, and all 1Log-In systems. E-mail is functional. UW Milwaukee Help Desk technicians are working on resolving the issue.

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September

Start date:: September 1, 2019 4:00 am
End date:: September 1, 2019 8:00 am

The Canvas site will undergo maintenance at 11 p.m. on Saturday, August 31, until about 3 a.m. on Sunday, September 1. You may be unable to log into Canvas and/or complete work during that time.

If you experience difficulties with Canvas outside of those times, please contact our office by submitting the form to the right.

****Our office will be closed for Labor Day on Monday, September 2, but we will be happy to assist as soon as we reopen on Tuesday, September 3.****

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July

Independent Learning (IL) students may see two “instructor” options when requesting an exam in Examity. Per the instructions in your course, please choose “Examity Faculty.” This will allow you to schedule your exam. Do not choose the name of your instructor – you will not be able to schedule your exam.

If you encounter other issues attempting to schedule your exam in Examity, please let us know by submitting the form to the right and we will be happy to help.

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

Start date:: July 15, 2019 5:00 am
End date:: July 17, 2019 5:00 am

7/17/19 UPDATE: We believe this issue is resolved. If you continue to experience difficulties, please let us know by submitting the form to the right and we will be happy to help.

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

Students who enrolled in an online Independent Learning class after mid May 2019 may experience difficulties accessing Examity. Technicians are working on resolving this issue, but if you are unable to access Examity, please contact our office by submitting the form to the right and we will be happy to assist.

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

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June

Start date:: June 12, 2019 5:00 am
End date:: June 13, 2019 11:00 pm

Update: This issue is currently resolved.

UWEX is currently experiencing and outage with the phone system for incoming student calls. We are currently working to resolve the issue, but if you need assistance, please e-mail your Success Coach or the department you are trying to reach.

Thank you for your patience!

Start date:: June 2, 2019 2:00 pm
End date:: June 2, 2019 7:00 pm

PRISM will be offline from about 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 2nd for maintenance. If you encounter issues with PRISM outside of that time, please fill out and submit the form to the right and we will be happy to assist.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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May

Start date:: May 30, 2019 5:00 am
End date:: June 2, 2019 5:00 am

The preferred book vendor of the below programs is experiencing a website outage due to maintenance. We expect the site to be back up by Sunday, June 2.

Applied Computing (APC)
BSN-LINC
Data Science (DS)
Health Information Management and Technology (HIMT)
Health and Wellness Management (HWM)
Healthcare Administration (HCA)
Independent Learning (IL)
Sustainable Management

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), BSN-LINC, Data Science Degree (DS), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Independent Learning, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: May 24, 2019 5:00 am
End date:: May 24, 2019 4:00 pm

UPDATE: UWEX Phones are now back up and operational.

Thank you for your patience!

Start date:: May 27, 2019 5:00 am
End date:: May 27, 2019 5:00 am

The Tech Support Office will be closed for the Memorial Day holiday on Monday, May 27. Please submit the form to the right and we will respond to you as soon as possible when we return to the office.

Start date:: May 26, 2019 12:00 pm
End date:: May 26, 2019 5:00 pm

The below sites will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance this Sunday, May 26, from approximately 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Central time:

Independent Learning site (course catalog and IL Student Accounts)
Collaborative registration sites (APC, DS, HCA, HIMT, HWM, SMGT, BSN-LINC)
Instructor grade-entry site (LPV)

If you encounter technical difficulties with those sites outside of the time listed above, please contact our office by filling out and submitting the form to the right.

Some Parkside Project Management students may experience a delay in accessing their Summer courses in Canvas. We expect access to these courses to be restored Monday afternoon. If you continue to experience difficulties accessing your Project Management course in Canvas after Monday afternoon, please let us know by submitting the form to the right.

Affected courses:

PMGT 342
MKT 350
MIS 320
HRM 343

Affected program(s): Parkside Project Management

Start date:: May 10, 2019 9:00 pm
End date:: May 10, 2019 10:00 pm

PRISM will be offline from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Central time today for a critical update.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: May 12, 2019 6:30 am
End date:: May 12, 2019 11:00 am

Our payment program will be undergoing scheduled maintenance from 1:30 a.m. to 6 a.m. (Central Time) Sunday, May 12. During this time, you may encounter difficulties processing payments for IL courses and extensions and BSN LINC payments. Please do not schedule any payments during this time period. Thank you!

Affected program(s): BSN-LINC, Independent Learning

Start date:: May 3, 2019 5:00 am
End date:: May 3, 2019 4:00 pm

5/3/18 10:15 a.m. UPDATE: We have received word from the TurnItIn team that the issue is resolved. If you continue to experience difficulties, please let us know. Thank you!

We have received reports that TurnItIn, an anti-plagiarism application in some courses, is experiencing issues. TurnItIn engineers are aware of the issues and actively working to resolve them. We will post updates as we receive them.

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April

Start date:: April 25, 2019 5:00 pm
End date:: April 25, 2019 6:00 pm

PRISM will be offline this afternoon for maintenance, April 25, 2019, from approximately 12:00 PM until 1:00 PM. If you encounter difficulties outside of that time, please let us know by submitting the form to the right. Thank you!

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: April 21, 2019 2:00 pm
End date:: April 21, 2019 3:00 pm

PRISM will be offline on Sunday, April 21, 2019 from approximately 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM for maintenance. If you encounter difficulties outside of that time, please contact our office by submitting the form to the right.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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March

Start date:: March 9, 2019 3:00 pm
End date:: March 11, 2019 2:00 am

PRISM will be offline from Saturday, March 9^th, starting at approximately 9:00 AM and lasting until Sunday, March 10^th, 9 PM, for an upgrade. You will not be able to access PRISM during this time. If you encounter difficulties logging in to PRISM outside of this time, please let us know by submitting the form to the right and we will be happy to help.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: March 3, 2019 12:00 pm
End date:: March 3, 2019 9:00 pm

SOLAR will be down on Sunday, March 3, from approximately 6 a.m. to approximately noon. Please contact the UW Parkside Help Desk at 262-595-2444 if you encounter difficulties accessing SOLAR outside of that time.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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February

Start date:: February 17, 2019 6:00 am
End date:: February 20, 2019 10:00 pm

There is currently an issue being encountered by Data Science and Applied Computing students in the Virtual Lab that is keeping these students from accessing Microsoft Office applications within the Virtual Lab. If you are encountering this issue, please let us know by filling out the form to the right and we will notify the Virtual Lab technicians.

Thank you for your patience as we work toward a solution!

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Data Science Degree (DS)

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January

Start date:: January 29, 2019 6:00 pm
End date:: January 31, 2019 6:00 pm

Due to the extreme cold temperatures, the Help Desk will only be available through the web-form to the right until noon on Thursday, January 31. If you need technical assistance, please fill out and submit the form to the right and we will be happy to assist.

Start date:: January 22, 2019 6:00 am
End date:: March 8, 2019 6:00 am

UPDATE: We have received an update that this issue should be resolved for students. Faculty may need to click the “Resubmit to TurnItIn” button if they encounter issues. Thank you for your patience!

TurnItIn, a plagiarism-prevention application, is experiencing errors when students submit assignments. Technicians are working on resolving the issue. If you attempt to submit an assignment and are unable to do so due to the error, please connect with your instructor.

We will post updates as we receive them.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Data Science Degree (DS), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Healthcare Administration, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: January 15, 2019 9:30 pm
End date:: January 15, 2019 11:30 pm

The below sites may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance between 3:30 p.m. and 5 p.m., Tuesday, January 15:

Independent Learning website
BSN-LINC registration site
Independent Learning student accounts
Permission Number sites for Applied Computing, Data Science, Healthcare Administration, HIMT, HWM, and Sustainable Management
Independent Learning grade entry site (LPV)

Downtime is not expected to last more than five minutes or so, but you may want to plan any work in these sites outside of the possible outage window (3:30 – 5 p.m., Tuesday, January 15). If you experience difficulties with these sites outside of the outage window, please fill out and submit the form to the right.

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2018

December

Start date:: December 28, 2018 6:00 pm
End date:: December 29, 2018 12:00 am

PRISM has been experiencing intermittent issues on Friday, December 28. Technicians are aware of the problem and are working on resolving it.

Thank you for your patience!

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Tech Support will be available on a reduced schedule from Sunday, December 23, through Tuesday, January 1. The hours of operation are below:

Sunday, December 23: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (phone calls)
- Submitted forms will be handled until 9 p.m.
Monday, December 24: CLOSED
Tuesday, December 25: CLOSED
Wednesday, December 26: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (phone calls)
- Submitted forms will be handled until 9 p.m.
Thursday, December 27: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (phone calls)
- Submitted forms will be handled until 9 p.m.
Friday, December 28: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday, December 29: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday, December 30: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. (phone calls)
- Submitted forms will be handled until 9 p.m.
Monday, December 31: CLOSED
Tuesday, January 1: CLOSED
Wednesday, January 2: 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. (regular business hours)

Start date:: December 20, 2018 6:00 am

When IL students go to change their password in the password portal, some of them are receiving an error indicating that their username is not authorized to access the application. If you encounter this issue, please contact our office by submitting the form to the right.

If you are a new IL student, you may receive the error message after you have set up your account and click “Continue Logging In.” This is a known issue and we have technicians working on resolving it. However, even if you see that screen, you will still be able to log into Canvas, which is a separate website. Please follow the instructions in your welcome e-mail to access your course in Canvas once you have set up your new password and password recovery options.

If you encounter any difficulties with the above, please contact our office by submitting the form to the right.

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

Start date:: December 13, 2018 6:00 am
End date:: December 20, 2018 10:00 pm

Students and employees have reported issues accessing PRISM and other UW Colleges/Extensions sites like e-mail. If you encounter difficulties logging in, please try resetting your password by going to the password reset page and clicking “Forgot Password.” Follow the prompts to reset your password. If you continue to experience difficulties, please let us know by submitting the form to the right.

Technicians are working on resolving the issue; we will post updates as they arrive.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex), Independent Learning

Start date:: December 12, 2018 7:00 pm
End date:: December 13, 2018 4:00 am

The permission number sites and the Independent Learning instructor grade-entry site will be unavailable from approximately 8 p.m. until about 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 12, due to scheduled maintenance.

During this time, students in the Applied Computing, BSN-LINC, Data Science, Health Information Management and Technology, Health and Wellness Management, Healthcare Administration, and Sustainable Management programs will be unable to request or obtain permission numbers.

Also during this time, Independent Learning instructors will be unable to enter Independent Learning grades.

We expect functionality to return around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 12. If you experience difficulties outside the time frame listed above, please reach out to Tech Support by submitting the form to the right.

Thank you for your patience!

Start date:: December 3, 2018 6:00 am
End date:: December 10, 2018 8:00 pm

Some UW Milwaukee Flexible Option students may experience difficulties accessing their December – February competency sets in the UW Milwaukee D2L. If you do encounter this difficulty, please submit a ticket by submitting the form to the right and we will be happy to help.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: December 2, 2018 3:00 pm
End date:: December 2, 2018 8:00 pm

Oracle’s PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (CS) Bundle 51 will be applied to the UW Colleges PRISM production environment.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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November

Start date:: November 28, 2018 6:00 am
End date:: December 11, 2018 7:40 pm

There is currently an outage which is causing potential for slow playback of video and narrated PowerPoint presentations in D2L and Canvas. Technologists are aware of the issue and are currently working on resolving it. Thank you for your patience! We will post updates as we receive them.

Start date:: November 18, 2018 2:00 am
End date:: November 18, 2018 12:00 pm

The permission number sites and the Independent Learning instructor grade-entry site will be unavailable Saturday, November 17th, from approximately 8 p.m. until about 6 a.m. Sunday, November 18th, due to scheduled maintenance.

Also during this time, Independent Learning instructors will be unable to enter Independent Learning grades.

We expect functionality to return around 6 a.m. Sunday morning. If you experience difficulties outside the time frame listed above, please reach out to Tech Support by submitting the form to the right.

Thank you for your patience!

Start date:: November 14, 2018 11:00 pm
End date:: November 15, 2018 12:00 am

On Wednesday, November 14, from 5 p.m. to about 5:30 p.m., some UW Milwaukee websites will be unavailable, including D2L and Canvas. Please keep this in mind and do not submit assignments or attempt to take exams during this time if possible. If you have questions, please connect with UW Milwaukee’s Help Desk.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: November 6, 2018 6:00 am
End date:: November 8, 2018 2:30 pm

UPDATE 11/8/18 – This issue is resolved. Thank you for your patience!

We are currently experiencing difficulties with our ticketing system and our response time is a little slower than normal. We appreciate your patience as we work through this issue. If you need assistance, please feel free to call 877-724-7883.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Independent Learning, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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October

Start date:: October 10, 2018 5:00 am
End date:: October 12, 2018 5:00 am

This morning, a power outage at a UW Milwaukee facility has made access to some campus services less reliable. UITS technologists have stabilized affected services but sporadic outages may occur.

Accessing D2L or Canvas with UWM 1Login (your ePantherID) may sporadically fail
Students and instructors may be unable to change their passwords (which can be an issue should their password expire today)

If you or your students encounter issues, please contact the UWM Help Desk (helpdesk@uwm.edu, 414-229-4040) or visit gettechhelp.uwm.edu for a snapshot view of outage updates under the “Unplanned Outages” heading.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: October 2, 2018 5:00 am
End date:: October 5, 2018 5:00 am

UPDATE 10/5/18: This issue has been resolved.

Data Science and Applied Computing students have encountered difficulties working with Excel data in Tableau within the Virtual Lab. We have escalated this to the Virtual Lab technicians and will post updates here as we receive them. If you are encountering this issue for an assignment due soon, you may want to connect with your instructor.

Thank you for your patience!

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Data Science Degree (DS)

Start date:: October 2, 2018 8:00 pm
End date:: October 2, 2018 8:15 pm

UPDATE: PRISM is back up and running. Thank you for your patience!

PRISM has been experiencing connection problems this afternoon. As result, users are unable to access the PRISM application at this time.

We are working to restore service shortly. We will post you an update shortly on estimated time to restore services.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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September

Start date:: September 28, 2018 3:00 pm
End date:: September 30, 2018 5:00 am

Several UW Extension CEOEL sites will be unavailable Saturday, September 29, from 9:00 PM until midnight due to a scheduled network outage for a firewall upgrade. Please avoid using the below sites during that time:

Independent Learning site (IL student accounts, registration, etc.)
LPV (Independent Learning Instructors)
BSN Registration site

If you experience difficulties using these sites outside of the time mentioned above, please let us know by submitting the form to the right.

Affected program(s): BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Independent Learning

UW Milwaukee students are required to reset their passwords every six months. Once your password reset deadline has passed, you may be locked out of accounts. Please check on the status of your UWM ePantherID password expiration on the UWM Identity Management page. A link on the right side of that page will also let you reset your password.

Should you need assistance, please contact the UWM Help Desk by submitting a ticket on their site or by calling 414-229-4040.

UW Milwaukee students who have not reset their passwords may be locked out of their accounts after Thursday, September 27, 2018.

You can check on the status of your UWM ePantherID password expiration on the UWM Identity Management page. A link on the right side of that page will also let you reset your password. Should you need assistance, please contact the UWM Help Desk by submitting a ticket on their site or by calling 414-229-4040.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Check out this month’s Ouch! newsletter to learn about ways to protect yourself from cyber attacks that may masquerade as important e-mails.

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August

10/1/18 UPDATE: This issue appears to be resolved. If you continue to experience difficulties resetting your D2L password, please feel free to submit a ticket and we will be happy to look into it further.

We have become aware that students using Gmail e-mail addresses are experiencing difficulties with the following tasks:

Receiving password reset links from D2L
Responding to tickets submitted using the form to the right

If you need to reset your password in D2L and your D2L account is connected to a Gmail account, please submit a ticket to Tech Support with a different (non-gmail) e-mail address and we will be happy to update your account in D2L which should allow you to change your password.

If you need to submit a ticket to Tech Support, please consider using a non-Gmail e-mail address for now. Campus e-mail addresses are recommended whenever possible.

We will continue to look into the problem in search of a resolution. Thank you for your patience!

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Independent Learning, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Start date:: August 26, 2018 2:00 pm
End date:: August 26, 2018 10:00 pm

PRISM will be offline Sunday, August 26th, 2018 from approximately 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. If you encounter difficulties accessing PRISM outside of this time, please submit a ticket by filling out the form to the right and we will be happy to assist as soon as possible.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: August 23, 2018 5:00 am
End date:: August 24, 2018 6:30 pm

UPDATE: This issue is resolved.

UPDATE: We anticipate regular phone service to be restored to Independent Learning callers by 2 PM Central Time.

Independent Learning calls are experiencing difficulties within our phone system. If you are an Independent Learning student and need to speak with a Student Success Coach, please call 877-895-3276 and hit 1, then *. You will then be able to be routed to the appropriate office.

We appreciate your patience as we work to resolve this issue!

Affected program(s): Independent Learning

Start date:: August 25, 2018 12:30 am
End date:: August 25, 2018 3:30 am

There may be an outage of the below systems between 7:30 and 10:30 PM on Friday, August 24, 2018:

eApplication
Permission Number Sites
PRISM
Independent Learning Registration

If you continue to experience difficulties accessing these sites after 10:30 PM on Friday, August 24, please submit a ticket by filling out the form to the right. We will be happy to assist as soon as possible.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), BSN-LINC, BSN@Home, Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Independent Learning, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

Check out this month’s Ouch! newsletter to learn about smart devices and how to safely use them and protect your home and information from unwanted attention.

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July

Start date:: July 1, 2018 11:00 am
End date:: July 1, 2018 3:00 pm

PRISM will be offline on Sunday, July 1, 2018 from approximately 6:00 AM until 10:00 AM (Central Daylight Time). If you encounter difficulties outside of those hours, please submit a ticket and we will be happy to help.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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June

Start date:: June 15, 2018 5:00 am
End date:: June 18, 2018 2:00 pm

PRISM will be offline on Sunday, June 17, 2018 from approximately 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM (Central Daylight Time). If you encounter difficulties outside of those hours, please submit a ticket and we will be happy to help.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: June 5, 2018 5:00 am
End date:: June 5, 2018 1:10 pm

UPDATE: The outage appears to be resolved. If you encounter further difficulties, please submit a ticket using the form to the right.

We have been notified that the D2L site is down. We are looking into this outage and will post updates as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience!

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Data Science Degree (DS), Flexible Option (Flex), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Independent Learning, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

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April

Start date:: April 23, 2018 12:30 pm
End date:: April 23, 2018 5:00 pm

UPDATE: Everything now is up and running. If you encounter problems with any of the below sites, please submit a ticket. Thank you!

There will be a planned outage of the below sites on Monday, April 23 from approximately 7:30 a.m. to noon:

Independent Learning website
Permission Number website (Applied Computing, Data Science, Health & Wellness, Health Information Management & Technology, and Sustainable Management)
BSN-LINC registration site
LPV (Independent Learning grade entry site)

After noon on April 23, the sites should be back up and ready for normal use. We thank you for your patience during this planned outage.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Data Science Degree (DS), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT), Independent Learning, Sustainable Management (SMGT)

In an effort by the University of Wisconsin System to ensure the highest level of online security, all UW students, including UW Flexible Option students, are required to change their passwords. If you have not yet updated your password by April 19, 2018, you will be unable to access D2L, your student account in PRISM, or your account in the UWEX Portal, and will be redirected to a website to make this change.

You can find instructions to change your password on the Self-Service Password page of our Knowledge Base.

If you have difficulty resetting your password or are locked out of your account, please submit a ticket on this page and we will be happy to help.

Thank you!

Student Tech Support
University of Wisconsin-Extension
Division of Continuing Education, Outreach & E-Learning
1-877-724-7883

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: April 3, 2018 12:15 am
End date:: April 3, 2018 3:00 pm

PRISM and D2l services were restored to normal function at 9:30 PM this evening, April 2, 2018.

Please let us know if you are still experiencing PRISM performance issue issues by filling out the web help form at the right of the page at: https://ce.uwex.edu/technical-support/

UWEX / CEOEL TechSupport

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Another update on network issue 8:15 PM: The connectivity issues remain intermittent. Technologists from DoIT continue to investigate for root cause.

We will keep you posted on further updates.

UWEX/CEOEL TechSupport

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We are experiencing intermittent host connectivity loss at DoIT’s network, impacting PRISM and D2L with delayed response time.

When this will be resolved is unknown at this time but we shall post updates as they are received.

UWEX/CEOEL TechSupport

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March

Beginning April 3, and in accordance with UW-System Policy 1030, UWM will begin expiring account passwords every 180 days. Expiration notifications will appear during the login process to UWM affiliated applications such as D2L, pantherLIST, My UW System Portal, EZProxy, etc., two weeks prior to your password expiration date.

If you recently changed your password (prior to this notification), you should still proceed and update your password to be compliant with the policy.

Please visit UWM’s self service password change webpage to change your password. You may also contact the UWM Help Desk at 414-229-4040 for
additional assistance.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: March 15, 2018 5:00 am
End date:: March 15, 2018 2:35 pm

Learn@UW is currently experiencing issues with some content within courses. We will continue to update this page with additional information as it becomes available. Currently, all UW campuses are reporting this issue.

Please see the UW System Outages page for further information.

UPDATE: This issue has been resolved.

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February

UPDATE: D2L is functioning normally once more.

D2L is currently experiencing issues when loading in the Firefox browser. Other browsers (Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Chrome, etc.) are working, so we encourage you to try loading D2L using them. If you experience troubles using another browser, please submit a ticket and our Tech Support Team will look into it. Thank you!

Start date:: February 27, 2018 10:00 pm
End date:: February 27, 2018 6:00 am

THIS IS A TEST OF THE OUTAGE POSTING SYSTEM

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Health & Wellness Management (HWM), Sustainable Management (SMGT)

D2L will be unavailable from 5:00 AM – 7:00 AM, Thursdays: March 15 and March 22, due to planned D2L maintenance. For more information on D2L outages, please go to the following link: https://www.wisconsin.edu/d2l/

Start date:: February 10, 2018 4:00 pm
End date:: February 12, 2018 2:00 am

In preparation for VoIP, we will be scheduling a Network Outage starting this Saturday, February 10^th at 10 AM and extending until Sunday, February 11th until 10 PM. This outage will involve network equipment installation and significant configuration efforts that is critical in preparation for new VoIP platform. We don’t anticipate additional work for Sunday but could be necessary. We will provide updates if this does extend into Sunday.

The following CEOEL hosted websites will be unavailable:

Bsn-linc.wisconsin.edu

Ecampus.wisconsin.edu

Veterans.wisconsin.edu

Smgtdate.wisconsin.edu

Admin.wlearn.com (Admin)

IL.wisconsin.edu

Start date:: February 4, 2018 2:00 pm
End date:: February 5, 2018 6:00 pm

FLEX Check-In will be unavailable Sunday, 2/4/2018 from 8 am – 12 pm as part of regularly scheduled maintenance. We appreciate you patience during this time. For updates, specific to this maintenance please visit the Outages posting at: https://outages.doit.wisc.edu/outage/94342653caff435f2e9494466299208cab868b7164

Thank you,

CEOEL Student Technical Support

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

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2017

December

Start date:: December 11, 2017 6:00 am

Currently the UW Flexible Option Portal is having technical issues. If you are trying to accept your aid and are unable to, please send an email to financialaid@uwex.edu with the amount of aid you would like accepted on your behalf. If you are asking us to accept enough aid to cover your remaining balance, we will make sure that you are not dropped for nonpayment.

We apologize for the inconvenience,

The UW Flexible Option Financial Aid Team

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: December 12, 2017 6:00 pm
End date:: December 12, 2017 9:00 pm

The Microsoft Imagine WebStore will be undergoing maintenance on December 12, 2017 from 12:00PM – 3:00PM. This maintenance window is expected to last no more than three hours. During this time, the WebStore will be placed in ‘maintenance mode’ and will display a message indicating that the WebStore is temporarily unavailable to the end user.

Affected program(s): Health Information Management & Technology (HIMT)

Start date:: December 10, 2017 3:00 pm
End date:: December 10, 2017 8:00 pm

PRISM will be unavailable on Sunday, December 10 from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please monitor this website for any updates/changes that may occur.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: December 3, 2017 12:00 pm
End date:: December 3, 2017 9:00 pm

PRISM will be unavailable on Sunday, December 3 from 6:00 AM until 3:00 PM for scheduled maintenance. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please monitor this website for any updates/changes that may occur.

Affected program(s): Flexible Option (Flex)

Start date:: December 24, 2017 11:00 am
End date:: January 11, 2018 1:00 pm

Planning is underway to perform a transition to new storage infrastructure for the D2L environments (UWM and UWS). This work is scheduled to occur over the Winter Break, which necessitates additional maintenance windows and an extended event on a weekend date. The schedule is as follows, though subject to change.

5-7 a.m. Thursdays – December 24, January 4, and January 11

8 a.m. – 12 p.m., Sunday, January 7, 2018

Thank you for your patience during this process.

Affected program(s): Applied Computing (APC), Flexible Option (Flex)

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November

PHISHING
We have noticed a recent spike in fake emails and online “phishing” attacks. Phishing is an attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details through fraudulent and malicious messages. Our attackers have been using “spoofing”, a method of forging the email to appear to be from another person or company.

Please remember the following, to help protect your personal information:

Do not share your ID or passwords with anyone, including family and friends.
Carefully read any account threats. A communication that contains a threat such as “your account will close immediately” should be treated as suspicious. Do no enter information, or click on any link that seems off.
Who is the email from? Always double check who is sending the email. If a name seems weird, the logo is wrong, or the spelling is off, don’t open the email, or any attachments.
Think before you click. Be suspicious if an email asks you to go to an odd web address, or if the email contains an unusual attachment.
When in doubt, just ask. Please contact The Student Support Service Center if you are unsure if an email is a phishing attempt. The quickest way to contact us is to use the web form to the right.

When your confidential data is compromised, attackers can use your account to send even more phishing messages, as well as steal your information to open credit cards, access additional accounts, or commit other crimes associated with identity theft. It is critical that you protect yourself from these types of attacks. The measures above will help safeguard your private information.

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2023

October

Virtual Lab Maintenance October 2

August

Planned Virtual Lab SQL Server Maintenance

Tech Support Phones Maintenance

Planned Canvas Maintenance 8/3

July

Virtual Lab Maintenance July 7th

May

Virtual Lab Database Server Maintenance May 18

Virtual Lab Maintenance May 11

2022

December

Winter Holiday Help Desk Hours

November

Tech Support Ticketing System Change November 9, 2022

Tech Support Thanksgiving Hours 2022

October

Virtual Lab Issues week of October 17

Virtual Lab

September

Canvas LMS Unplanned Outage

IL Student Account Access Limitations During Maintenance

August

Virtual Lab Maintenance Friday, August 19

Virtual Lab Outage - RESOLVED

July

Virtual Lab Maintenance July 1

MyLab Math Maintenance July 16

June

Canvas Quiz Maintenance June 23

MyLab Math Maintenance Saturday, June 18

May

Virtual Lab may not be available immediately in Preview Week

Virtual Lab Outage Friday, May 27, at 5 p.m. CT

April

Change in Tech Support web form email address

ABT 780 Students Unable to Access CLUSTAL-X in Virtual Lab

March

Tech Support Limited Hours During Spring Break

January

DS 710 Virtual Lab Issue Running Anaconda

2021

December

Canvas Outage 12/7

November

MyLab Math Maintenance November 20

October

MyLabMath and MathXL outage morning of Saturday, October 23

Brief ITM Virtual Lab Outage October 18

August

Flex Server Maintenance Wednesday, August 25, and Thursday, August 26

Media Services Degraded Performance

MathXL and MyLabMath Maintenance

June

Permission Number Website Planned Outage

May

New user SUDS Canvas Access

Canvas Maintenance May 9th and 16th

April

Canvas Content Update Sunday, April 4

March

Canvas Scheduled Maintenance

Virtual Lab Connectivity Issues for ITM 715: Data Science

Unable to Log into Canvas

February

Virtual Lab Connectivity Issue

2020

December

Brief Outage of Registration Sites

UWEX Tech Support Holiday Hours

November

Multiple System Outages November 20 into November 21

Tech Support Thanksgiving Hours

Brief Outage of Registration Sites and IL grading site Thursday, November 19

October

Webform temporarily down for ticket submissions

Virtual Lab Slowness for Cybersecurity (CYB) Students

September