Archives: Websites

Friday, February 26, 2016

New CCMS Template for Carleton Websites

Web Services have developed a new Carleton CMS template and over 20 Carleton websites are enjoying the benefits of the redesign (including ITS). The Web Team is now working to update the remaining 300 websites. The changes to the look and feel are subtle but significant and have been greatly influenced by feedback the... More

Thursday, November 5, 2015

CuLearn – Slow Issues – Now Resolved

As of 1:50pm, Thurs. Nov 5th:  The problems experienced with cuLearn earlier today have now been resolved.   As of 12:45pm, Thurs. Nov 5th: Slow response rate is being experienced on cuLearn.  Clients are able to access the service, however, service is very slow.  ITS support is... More

Monday, April 20, 2015

Beware of phishing attempt – appears to be from Carleton University!

Beware of phishing emails circulating on campus with the subject of "Submit" and appears to be from Carleton University.  Do not reply to the message, do not click on the link within the body of the message and do not provide your email and/or account information.   This is a phishing attempt and this email should be deleted immediately.... More

Monday, April 6, 2015

Enhancements coming to cuLearn this spring!

On Saturday, May 2, cuLearn will be getting its annual upgrade, going from Moodle version 2.6.2 to version 2.8.3. The annual upgrades are a means of continually improving the system. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, however there will be significant improvements to the gradebook and the... More

Monday, November 10, 2014

Introducing Carleton’s IT Service Catalogue, a campus-wide directory of IT Services

With numerous providers of IT Services across campus, Carleton's IT Strategic Plan identified "Simplifying access to IT Services" as one of its 3 key initiatives. The MacOdrum Library, Teaching and Learning Services, the IT support groups in each of our Faculties, and ITS have worked together to create a campus-wide directory of IT Services.... More

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Carleton Unveils New University Home Page

Web Services and the Department of Communications are proud to announce the launch of the new Carleton homepage. The new responsive design, developed by Web Services, provides an optimal viewing experience that adapts to the screen size of any device and features a top space for quality photos and an auto-complete search function. Based on... More

Friday, June 6, 2014

Carleton CMS Websites – Now Resolved!

At approximately 1:45pm, Thursday, June 5th, Carleton CMS website users began to experience service degradation. CMS maintainers were unable to login to CMS to update their websites. Information was also being displayed incorrectly on some departmental web pages. In addition, many websites would not load or load intermittently. ITS was able to... More

Monday, May 5, 2014

Ottawa’s Second Annual WordCamp a Success

Over the weekend, over 300 WordPress enthusiasts gathered here at Carleton for Ottawa’s 2nd annual WordCamp. Amongst the co-organizers and presenters were Troy Chaplin and Mike Corkum, web developers in ITS.  Being involved in WordCamp is important to Carleton.  Troy stated “Being a part of WordCamp gives us the opportunity to give back to... More

Friday, May 2, 2014

UPDATE: Internet Explorer Security Vulnerability

Microsoft has released a patch for the Internet Explorer vulnerability that was disclosed on Monday, April 28th. ITS will be pushing out the patch to all CUNET workstations starting today, Friday, May 2nd. We ask that you install this patch and reboot as soon as you are notified the patch is available on your... More

Friday, May 2, 2014

New Features Coming to cuLearn

On Saturday, May 3, cuLearn will be upgraded from Moodle version 2.4 to version 2.6.2. These annual upgrades are meant to continually improve the system by addressing issues like speed and bug fixes, in addition to adding new features. The overall look and feel will be very similar to the current version, only with... More

Monday, April 28, 2014

Internet Explorer Security Vulnerability

Today, Microsoft has announced a security vulnerability in all versions of Internet Explorer that will allow a malicious program to be run on your computer while you browse the Internet. For Windows 7 Users Until Microsoft provides a fix, ITS strongly advises against using Internet Explorer to surf off-campus websites.  Please use an alternative... More

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Recent Secure Website Vulnerability: Heartbleed

On Tuesday April 8, a secure website vulnerability, known as Heartbleed, was disclosed.  The bug affects the software which is used in establishing an encrypted link between web servers and a browser. Once the vulnerability was disclosed a fix was issued.  ITS is currently implementing the fix to our servers and we believe that... More

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