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<title>ANGEL Import Wizard and Export Wizard tools to be turned off during finals week</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1317</link>
<description><![CDATA[To optimize the performance of Penn State's Course Management System, ANGEL, during fall finals week, the Import Wizard and Export Wizard tools will be turned off from 4:00 a.m. Saturday, December 12 until 6:00 a.m. Saturday, December 19. These tools include the Copy Course, import Content Package, import Master Course, and export ANGEL Archive functions. Note: During finals week, instructors can continue to create course content and create master courses and learning object repositories. Students can continue to upload/download files and access lesson content.  <br />  <br />The tools for importing and exporting individual lesson content items between courses and groups will be turned off as well. These are only temporary changes to improve ANGEL performance during the period of intense usage associated with finals week.  <br />  <br />The Copy Course tool allows instructors to copy one of their existing ANGEL courses into another course section. A master course is a special course set up as a template that multiple instructors can import into another course section. The ANGEL Archive tool is used to download a backup of a course as a ZIP file; this file can then be imported into another section using the import Content Package tool.  <br />  <br />Instructors who need to use these tools to set up a course for the spring semester are encouraged to plan ahead and perform necessary course imports or exports prior to finals week. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:22:11 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Resolved: CSCS problem when creating and editing course proposals mostly resolved</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1306</link>
<description><![CDATA[The remaining issue in the Course Proposal and Consultation System (CSCS) is now resolved. Thank you for your patience while ITS worked on these problems.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:38:18 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Resolved: Problem occurring with CSCS consultation request notifications</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1291</link>
<description><![CDATA[Email notifications of Course Submission & Consultation System (CSCS) consultation requests are now being properly delivered. The specific problem was that email notifications were not being sent to the individuals asked to consult, but instead were sent to the individual creating the course proposal and erroneously labeled as test emails. <br /> <br />Information Technology Services (ITS) corrected the problem effective 6:00 a.m., November 4. ITS regrets any inconvenience this problem has caused. <br /> <br />For more information, please contact ANGEL Support.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:53:33 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Delays may occur when sending ANGEL mail to large number of recipients</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1271</link>
<description><![CDATA[In ANGEL courses/groups with large rosters, when a mail message is sent to many or all individuals, a long delay may occur between the clicking of the Send button and the appearance of the confirmation page. In some instances, the sender's browser may stop receiving information from the server, and an error may be shown. Even in such a case, however, the mail is sent to the list of recipients and it will appear in the sender's Sent mailbox when the sending process completes. <br /> <br />The Information Technology Services (ITS) ANGEL support team is aware of this issue and has been working with the vendor to solve it, but is not certain when the problem will be resolved. In the meantime, course/group editors are asked to allow time for mail to be sent and to check their Sent mail folder in cases when they are concerned that a message was not sent. ITS regrets the inconvenience this issue causes.]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:32:31 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Resolved: ANGEL is experiencing difficulties</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1262</link>
<description><![CDATA[Our technical difficulties were resolved by 12:45 pm. Again, our apologies for the disruption this has caused.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:59:16 EST</pubDate>
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<title>Resolved: WebAccess service degraded</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1225</link>
<description><![CDATA[The fourth (and last) server was upgraded by 05:33.]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 05:53:12 EST</pubDate>
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<title>WebAccess service degraded</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1224</link>
<description><![CDATA[The WebAccess service experienced a high load which caused delays in authenticating through it. Personnel are investigating the cause and ways to mitigate future occurrences.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:05:26 EST</pubDate>
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<title>WebAccess service degraded</title>

<link>http://alerts.its.psu.edu/alert-1223</link>
<description><![CDATA[The WebAccess service experienced a high load which caused delays in authenticating through it. Personnel are investigating the cause and ways to mitigate future occurrences.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 11:08:01 EST</pubDate>
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