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Maintenance of Information System services and Centralized Database during 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. on 29 November, 2020 (Sunday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Wed, 25 Nov 2020, 11:28 AM
Security Upgrade of Windows Domain Controllers at 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (18 November, 2020)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Wed, 18 Nov 2020, 12:21 PM
Turnitin assignment creation is returned to normal	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 18 Sep 2020, 10:08 AM
Unable to create Turnitin assignment due to unexpected failure caused by Turnitin API	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Wed, 16 Sep 2020, 3:49 PM
Urgent server maintenance on UMMoodle from 1:15 p.m. to 1:35 p.m. on 03 September, 2020 today (Thursday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Thu, 3 Sep 2020, 9:48 AM
Briefing on eLearning: How to use Zoom effectively in classroom & UMMoodle? (26 & 27 August 2020)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 21 Aug 2020, 3:24 PM
Maintenance of UMPASS Authentication System during 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 19 July, 2020 (Sunday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 17 Jul 2020, 9:47 AM
System Drill on UMMoodle and ePortfolio from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on 11 July, 2020 (Saturday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 10 Jul 2020, 3:38 PM
ICTO will perform annual drill on critical computing systems and campus network from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on 20 June, 2020 (Saturday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 19 Jun 2020, 11:59 AM
Tips for students to take online quizzes in UMMoodle	jeffreychoi, Choi Io Teng	jeffreychoi, Choi Io Teng Fri, 15 May 2020, 5:17 PM
Periodic Maintenance for database cluster of E-Learning platform (UMMoodle, Community and ePortfolio) during 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on 10 May, 2020 (Sunday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Wed, 6 May 2020, 5:23 PM
Suspension of UMMoodle during 01:30 p.m. to 01:45 p.m. on 8 April, 2020 (Wednesday) for features enhancement	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Tue, 7 Apr 2020, 2:43 PM
Tips and Examples for Teaching with Zoom	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Wed, 19 Feb 2020, 3:20 PM
Teaching with Zoom: A Conversation With UM Teachers	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Wed, 19 Feb 2020, 3:18 PM
圖書館消息:移動圖書館資源免費開通 Library News : Free Online Library Resources Available (Books and Newspapers in Chinese only)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 7 Feb 2020, 11:00 AM
FAQ: Can I conduct online classes with a basic Zoom account? (T&L blog posts by CTLE)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Mon, 3 Feb 2020, 2:52 PM
How to Use Zoom for Online Classes (T&L blog posts by CTLE)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Mon, 3 Feb 2020, 2:51 PM
Library Notice – Keep Learning Amid Class Suspension! University Library Provides Online Resources for Your Study	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Sun, 2 Feb 2020, 12:14 PM
有關圖書到期的事宜 Concerning Library Book Overdue	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Sun, 2 Feb 2020, 12:07 PM
Getting started with online/blended classes (T&L blog posts by CTLE)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Sat, 1 Feb 2020, 12:26 AM
Five ways to make the most of UMMoodle (T&L blog posts by CTLE)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Sat, 1 Feb 2020, 12:24 AM
System Upgrade of UMMoodle will be peformed in the afternoon (31 January, 2020, Friday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 31 Jan 2020, 2:38 PM
System Upgrade and Maintenance of UMMoodle, Community and ePortfolio from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 04 January, 2020 (Saturday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Tue, 17 Dec 2019, 11:11 AM
Scheduled Maintenance of Turnitin GMT 4pm - 10pm, on January 4, 2020	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Thu, 12 Dec 2019, 3:45 PM
System Drill on UMMoodle and ePortfolio from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on 3 August, 2019 (Saturday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 2 Aug 2019, 10:35 AM
Annual drill on critical computing systems and campus network from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on 20 July, 2019 (Saturday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 19 Jul 2019, 4:19 PM
System Upgrade and Maintenance of UMMoodle, Community and ePortfolio from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 29 June, 2019 (Saturday) UMMoodle, Community 及 ePortfolio	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 28 Jun 2019, 9:00 AM
Maintenance of Data Center Server Farm Switch from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on 15 June, 2019 (Saturday)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Wed, 12 Jun 2019, 9:48 AM
Unable to login to UMMoodle due to an unexpected authentication failure from 02:35 a.m. to 08:25 a.m. today (10 May, 2019)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 10 May 2019, 10:38 AM
Regular Maintenance of Information System Services on 13 April, 2019 (Saturday) from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 10 May 2019, 10:35 AM
Urgent Notice: Possible Interruption of Information System Services during 10:00 p.m. and 11:59 p.m. tonight for urgent Oracle Database maintenance	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 10 May 2019, 10:35 AM
Workshop on UMMoodle E-learning Platform (for Staff)	John, Chun Chan	John, Chun Chan Fri, 4 Jan 2019, 11:22 AM
New UMMoolde plugins and features in August	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 4 Sep 2018, 11:42 AM
Urgent database maintenance of UMMoodle, ePortfolio and Community has been completed on 4 August, 2018 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 3 Aug 2018, 4:57 PM
The login problem of Moodle App in iOS devices has been fixed in the latest release of Moodle App	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 16 Jul 2018, 11:51 AM
VeriGuide service will be under maintenance on July 08, 2018 (Sunday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 6 Jul 2018, 12:24 PM
Unavailable to use Moodle App in iOS devices due to the latest update of Moodle App	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 29 Jun 2018, 5:46 PM
Third-part plugins installation at UMMoodle (Word count for TinyMCE and Atto, Media Collection, Level up!, Multi-Embed Filter and Team Builder)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 28 Jun 2018, 12:40 PM
UMMoodle upgraded to Moodle 3.4 on 23 June	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 28 Jun 2018, 12:40 PM
Some courses and activities of UMMoodle could not be accessed due to unexpected system failure from 07:00 a.m. to 09:15 a.m. on 22 May, 2018 (Tuesday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 23 May 2018, 12:06 PM
UMMoodle could not be accessed from 10:42 p.m. 29 April to 0:40 a.m. 30 April due to unexpected system error	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 30 Apr 2018, 1:01 PM
Third-part plugins installation at UMMoodle (Regular expression short answer and Pattern match)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 30 Apr 2018, 12:20 PM
Planned Turnitin maintenance on Mar 17, 2018 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 7 Mar 2018, 11:19 AM
Third-part plugins installation at UMMoodle (Mass Actions block and Safe Exam Browser quiz access rule)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 27 Feb 2018, 9:24 AM
Third-part plugin upgrade and new feature at UMMoodle (new version VeriGuide plugin and Stealth activities)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 2 Feb 2018, 10:52 AM
Upgrade of UMMoodle to version 3.3 and Service Suspension of UMMoodle, Community and ePortfolio from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 6 January, 2018 (Saturday) for System Upgrade and Server Maintenance	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 4 Jan 2018, 2:51 PM
Planned Turnitin maintenance on Dec 27, 2017 (Wednesday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 18 Dec 2017, 10:08 AM
ICTO ANNUAL DRILL ANNOUNCEMENT from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on 8 July, 2017 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 5 Jul 2017, 3:44 PM
Upgrade of UMMoodle to version 3.2, and Service Suspension of UMMoodle, Community and ePortfolio from 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on 2 July, 2017 (Sunday) for System Upgrade and Server Maintenance	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 5 Jul 2017, 3:34 PM
Turnitin Service Alert on Nov 22	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 22 Nov 2016, 11:43 AM
Planned Turnitin maintenance on Nov 5, 2016 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 31 Oct 2016, 11:26 AM
Third-party plugins installation at UMMoodle (Turnitin's Moodle Direct v2 and Zoom meeting)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 31 Aug 2016, 10:12 AM
VeriGuide service was resumed on Aug 09	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 11 Aug 2016, 9:28 AM
Suspension of VeriGuide plugin	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 27 Jul 2016, 11:58 AM
Turnitin Service Alert on Jul 21, 2016 (Service resumed at 12:43 p.m.)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 21 Jul 2016, 2:05 PM
Maintenance of UMMoodle and e-Portfolio system from 09:00 am. to 01:00 p.m. on 23 July, 2016 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 20 Jul 2016, 9:21 AM
VeriGuide service was resumed (at 04:40 PM on Mar 31)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 5 Apr 2016, 12:27 PM
An unexpected system error occurred on VeriGuide	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 22 Mar 2016, 2:57 PM
Scheduled maintenance of Turnitin service on March 5th	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 22 Feb 2016, 10:02 AM
VeriGuide Maintenance Notice on January 28, 2016	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 21 Jan 2016, 9:23 AM
Maintenance of UMMoodle, ePortfolio and TLEX from 9:00 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. on 9 January, 2016 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 8 Jan 2016, 4:16 PM
Turnitin Service Alert on Nov 23, 2015 (Resume)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 23 Nov 2015, 5:23 PM
Urgent Turnitin Service Alert on Nov 23, 2015	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 23 Nov 2015, 2:26 PM
Urgent Maintenance to Resume UMMoodle, UM@Connect and Staff Outlook Web Mail on 17 October, 2015 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 19 Oct 2015, 9:31 AM
Scheduled maintenance of Turnitin service on September 19th	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 21 Sep 2015, 9:59 AM
Turnitin Service Alert on Sep 09, 2015	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 9 Sep 2015, 9:55 AM
Turnitin Service Alert on Aug 28, 2015	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 28 Aug 2015, 10:57 AM
Scheduled maintenance of VeriGuide Moodle Integration on Aug 30, 2015 (Sunday) from 8:00 AM to 06:00 PM	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 19 Aug 2015, 5:35 PM
Annual Drill of Critical Computing Systems and Campus Network on 18th July 2015 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 15 Jul 2015, 3:31 PM
UMMoodle upgraded: Version 2.7 unveiled on Sat. 27 June, 2015	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 10:22 AM
System Upgrade of UMMoodle during 9:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on 27th June 2015 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 29 Jun 2015, 10:10 AM
Scheduled maintenance of VeriGuide Moodle Integration on May 27, 2015 (Wednesday) from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 26 May 2015, 11:11 AM
Suspension of Oracle Application Services from 09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m. on 2 May 2015 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 30 Apr 2015, 4:20 PM
Temporary suspension of IT services due to suspension of power supply this morning (2014-04-15)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 15 Apr 2015, 2:19 PM
Scheduled maintenance of VeriGuide Moodle Integration on March 19, 2015 (Thursday) from 8:00 to 18:00	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 13 Mar 2015, 5:21 PM
Scheduled maintenance of Turnitin service from March 7 10:00 PM to March 8 02:00 AM	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 9:49 AM
Maintenance of UMMoodle, TLEX and ePortfolio from 9:00AM to 2:00PM on 28th February 2015 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 9:42 AM
Emergency maintenance of VeriGuide Moodle Integration on February 26, 2015 (Thursday) from 8:00 to 16:00	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 26 Feb 2015, 9:41 AM
Third-party plugins installation at UMMoodle 2.5 (Soundcloud filter and Youtube assignment submission)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 31 Dec 2014, 9:51 AM
UMMoodle scheduled maintenance period: Daily at 06:00 a.m.	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 31 Oct 2014, 9:22 AM
New WebCourse Home Page has been launched and mobile theme has been enabled in UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 11 Sep 2014, 10:48 AM
Third-party plugin installation at UMMoodle 2.5 (Mahara assignment)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 31 Jul 2014, 4:26 PM
Suspension of UMMoodle from 09:00 a.m. to 01:00 p.m. on 5 July 2014 for System Relocation	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 1 Jul 2014, 5:35 PM
Suspension of Oracle Application Services from 09:00 a.m. to 06:00 p.m. on 17 May 2014 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 16 May 2014, 3:37 PM
UMMoodle 1.9 will be terminated by 1 August 2014	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Wed, 30 Apr 2014, 10:20 AM
Third-party plugin installation at UMMoodle 2.5 (VoiceThread & Scheduler)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Mon, 31 Mar 2014, 11:49 AM
Third-party plugin updates in UMMoodle 2.5 (PoodLL)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 28 Feb 2014, 4:26 PM
Third-party plugin updates in UMMoodle 2.5 (PoodLL & Turnitin)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 7 Feb 2014, 11:45 AM
Third-party plugin updates in UMMoodle 2.5 (VeriGuide, OU Wiki & Poodll Filter)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 5 Dec 2013, 9:41 AM
Third-party plugin updates in UMMoodle 2.5 (Attendance & Questionnaire)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 31 Oct 2013, 9:55 AM
Suspension of UMMoodle from 08:50 a.m. to 09:00 a.m. on 31 October 2013 for System Maintenance	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 29 Oct 2013, 4:07 PM
Please be informed that effective from 1st September 2013, the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities (FSH) will be divided into Faculty of Arts and Humanities (FAH) and Faculty of Social Sciences (FSS)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 5 Sep 2013, 9:03 AM
System Upgrade of UMMoodle during 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on 24th August 2013 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 22 Aug 2013, 11:03 AM
Urgent maintenance on Campus Network Services during 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on 13 July 2013 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Thu, 11 Jul 2013, 4:13 PM
Annual Drill of Critical Computing Systems and Campus Network on 6th July 2013 (Saturday)	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Tue, 2 Jul 2013, 11:09 AM
Service Interruption of UMMoodle Pilot Site on 17 Aug 2012 (Friday) from 15:30 PM to 17:30 PM for system maintenance	Admin, UMMoodle	Admin, UMMoodle Fri, 17 Aug 2012, 3:24 PM