Technology News

Blackboard Learn Information

January 19, 2012 – During 2012, UA will be moving from eLearning to Blackboard Learn. The vendor no longer supports eLearning. Blackboard Learn offers the capacity to handle UA’s tremendous... Read More

Social Media to Serve as New Opinion Polls

January 11, 2012 – One of the biggest changes from the 2008 presidential election to the 2012 election is the increase in social media outlets and usage. Dr. Kristen Heflin,... Read More

New App to Displace Craigslist, Professor Predicts

January 11, 2012 – Application software, also known as an application or an “app,” seems ubiquitous these days.  The computer software is designed to help users perform specific tasks. You... Read More

CIO Blog

Emerging Technologies Make Learning Easier

From generation to generation, parents feel compelled to tell the rising youth personal reflections from their old school days. These struggles, whether embellished or endured, often involve comments like, “Back... Read More

Cyber Security Awareness Month in Full Swing

October marks the 8th Annual Cyber Security Awareness Month founded by the Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Alliance, and Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center.  This will be... Read More

Back in the Habit

Clothes, supplies, textbooks…you name it. The list could go on forever. Preparing for heading back to school can jump from fun and exciting to overbearing and stressful in seconds. Luckily, students... Read More

Outage Alerts

Scheduled Outages

Routine Maintenance

OIT performs routine maintenance on servers and systems every Sunday from 8 a.m. to noon. Many IT services may be offline intermittently during this time. Network access and computing resources availability (Banner, E-Learning, Exchange server, etc.) may also be affected. Since this is a low-usage period, fewer UA customers will be impacted. For questions, contact the IT Service Desk at (205) 348-5555 or itsd@ua.edu.

Known Issues

The Known Issues Page is a checkpoint for our IT partners across campus. The page lists software compatibility issues and known fixes.