STORRE will be closed for deposit between Monday 24th October and Wednesday 26th October whilst work is undertaken to bring it in to line with the new University structure. STORRE will, however, remain open for browsing and searching during this period. If you have an item that you must submit to STORRE whilst this […]
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Succeed Downtime 10.00am Saturday 8th October
As a result of the work we have been doing with Blackboard (the company that produces the underlying software) to fix the performance issues with Succeed we have been issued with two patches for the system. These are simple and quick to install but require that the system is stopped to do so. The […]
Succeed restart 8.00am Thursday 29th
Information services have been working closely with Blackboard (the company that produces the underlying software) to understand why we have had two crashes of Succeed and two short periods of poor performance. To this end we have been advised to make number of changes to the system. These changes are designed to produce two outcomes […]
Succeed: Performance Issues this morning
Apologies for the difficulties in accessing Succeed this morning. There was a fault which required the system to be totally re-configured. This was completed at midday, and the system re-started. This has resolved the original problem, but due to the large number of users the system will continue to run a little slowly. Â We […]
Access to modules in Succeed (formerly WebCT)
WebCT has been upgraded over the summer to Succeed. Your modules will now be available in Succeed. Â Most of the modules will become visible on Monday 12th September assuming you have completed administrative and academic enrolment. For first years your modules will appear on the afternoon of Wednesday 14th September again assuming you have […]
Maintenance affecting web services
Systems and Network Services will be performing some essential hardware maintenance on Saturday 27th August 2011 which will cause disruption to the following web services from 9.00am: <ul All University Divisional web sites Stirling Online Research Repository (STORRE) (old) WebCT The University Core web site (www.stir.ac.uk), the Portal, and the new Succeed service […]
Succeed Launched
Today Succeed is launched. Succeed is the upgrade for WebCT. Formally the launch means that a link has been added to the Portal and this route therefore is the recommended route to Succeed. Watch out for further information about how Succeed can help keep you up-to-date with your modules via the notifications feature. […]
Library catalogue downtime Wed 13 July
The library catalogue will be unavailable on Wednesday 13 July from 08.30 due to essential maintenance work. It is hoped to have access restored on Wednesday but the system will continue to be at risk during Thursday 14 July. It will still be possible to borrow from the campus libraries although self issue and […]
Library catalogue downtime postponed
This message applies to Stirling and Highland campuses The advertised downtime for essential maintenance of the Library catalogue this week (Wednesday 15th and possibly going into Thursday 16th) has been postponed to July. We will provide advance notice of the new dates as soon as they are known. Information Services The […]
Library catalogue downtime Wed 15th June
This message applies to staff and students on all campuses. The Library catalogue will be unavailable during Wed 15th June for essential maintenance. It is hoped to have access restored during Thursday 16th June but it is possible that the catalogue will remain down for some time during that day also. At Stirling campus […]