IT Professionals,
The eLearning Services team (eLS) wants to inform you of two upcoming changes.
Unizin
Both Unizin Engage [1,2] and the eText Order Tool [3] will be unavailable for approximately 10 minutes on Friday, April 23 between 6:00am-7:30am due to a vendor-scheduled maintenance.
Google at IU
Starting on May 15, users will no longer be able to create Google Sites via the Classic Sites experience. Content in existing Classic Sites won’t be affected. This change is part of Google’s plan to fully retire the Classic Sites platform in early 2022. Google is taking a phased approach to this retirement, and we will continue to update the community as we approach different stages of the process.
While Classic Sites will not be retired until early next year, it is recommended that Classic Sites be converted to the new Sites experience [4] as soon as possible.
As always, we will continue to provide timely communication/additional information concerning future updates.
–IT Community Partnerships on behalf of The eLearning Services team
[1] IU eTexts (and Engage) help and resources for students https://kb.iu.edu/d/apvr
[2] IU eTexts (and Engage) help and resources for faculty https://kb.iu.edu/d/amtd
[3] Use IU eTexts to order digital course materials https://kb.iu.edu/d/bfzn
[4] Convert your groupspace to new Google Sites https://kb.iu.edu/d/atxc#convert
Note: a different deprecation date is listed in Google’s instructions. Please disregard as IU has been placed on a different retirement schedule.