The development teams and etA staff have been working to resolve the recent 522 errors that users have been experiencing during the busy usage times of the day. After Labor Day, system usage numbers have set new records for the number of users per day and concurrently. The system itself is working pretty effortlessly to handle the traffic as it was built to exceed current and relative future numbers for use of the system. The issue causing the poor performance has been located and it (more…)
The Learning Management System has experienced long response times for some users of the system recently. The symptoms display a connection error where for some they see that the Cloudflare CDN is inaccessible and others see that the blendedlearning.njatc.org site is inaccessible. Typically a quick refresh by the user clears the issue.
This is not the expected performance of the system and the teams are working around the clock to resolve the issue. We are very sorry for this inconvenience and will update with new information as soon as it is available.
Many of the new courses slated for the 2018-19 Calendar School year [identified here] and the 2018 Catalog, have been turned on in the past month. The rest are still in process, but slated for use as described in those articles. A future article after NTI will be posted when the details are ready for listing all recently released content.
The message here focuses on the Archiving of courses. Some of the new courses turned on recently replace existing ones. When this occurs, we Archive the course being replaced once it’s new-use is no longer part of the system. On August 7th we will archive the listed courses below. Archiving a course does not remove access for those already enrolled. Archiving affects only new enrollments, not existing ones. Read on to get the full explanation. (more…)
The new enrollment system used for the Learning
Management System (LMS) has been, at long last, deployed. We have been working on exciting enhancements and added functionality across the entire application to better support your management of the Blended Learning Training. The legacy system was written in a codebase that offered the need of an update to be able to apply these new features and I’m glad to share the beginnings of them with you today. (more…)
It’s that time of year again – registration for NTI! Many training opportunities are still available for I-Group, T-Group, C/SC-Group, OM-Group, O-Group, OA-Group and more. Don’t delay and miss out on great opportunities like:
New Instrumentation Training at NTI 2018! (more…)
Some exciting new updates have been implemented into the Course Level and Credit Summary (CLCS) system for serving you better. This curriculum scratch pad and coordination tool offers training programs the ability to review, organize, and coordinate content delivery for all programs.
The Updates List Includes: (more…)
Per a Broadcast memo sent out today by Todd Stafford, Executive Director, the 2018 electrical training ALLIANCE Training Essentials Catalog is now ready for download as well as out to print. Make sure you stay in tune with the Broadcast Memos to keep up to date. If you are not receiving emails for the Memo’s, reach out (more…)
System Maintenance and Update Notice – Revised Date: Sunday, June 30th – 4AM EDT to July 1st – 5PM EDT
On Saturday, June 30th, from 4AM Eastern until Sunday July 1st at 5PM Eastern we will be performing an update to the administration area and enrollment application. Note that this update has been rescheduled from our original date of Sunday, May 13th. This maintenance will require rebooting the LMS multiple times during the update.
Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience.
Many new Blended Learning courses with added features are available as the electrical training ALLIANCE strives to improve its curriculum for students and instructors. The number of courses in the Learning Management System continues to grow to meet the industry demand. Many courses are being added this year as the Outside, Substation, Installer/Tech, and Residential programs continue to be transitioned to the LMS. The ALLIANCE aims to produce quality curriculum and an excellent user experience, so the online CLCS is being updated to an easier format.
Some topics below are still in development but as they are nearing delivery they are displayed here for reference of the courses and references you will find in the 2018 catalog. Please take a few (more…)
The Enrollment Application is 
evolving with your needs to keep you a step ahead. It features a polished interface and enhancements designed to maximize productivity, improve predictability and fast-track new users while supporting all existing workflows...Most importantly, it was carefully crafted to 
make managing LMS training easier. It’s worth restating: As we update this system, users of the legacy system will not be faced with a burdensome task of learning a whole new system. After 7 years of use on the legacy system, we applied (more…)