The Test Generator server will be undergoing routine maintenance starting Friday, April 7th, 2017 at 11:00 pm (EDT). The maintenance should be completed before 11:00 pm (EDT) on Saturday, April 8th, 2017. Please generate any tests needed for the entire weekend prior to 5:00 pm (EDT) on Friday, April 7th, 2017.
Many new features have been added to the Learning Management System (LMS) and Enrollment Application (EA). A list of those items and a brief explanation follow. For a more in-depth discussion of the items and what will be coming next, look for an announcement of an upcoming webinar. The date of the webinar has not yet been set, but as soon as we have the details, we will post and offer a method to sign up. (more…)
On Tuesday February 28th at 11:16 am Pacific, we found that our systems (LMS and Enrollment App) began to cause delayed response times and at times become inaccessible to some. As soon as we had that information we posted a Notice on the login pages to both the LMS and the Enrollment App. At 12:37 pm Pacific, we were able to cautiously update the notice to reflect that the systems were again running normally.
The cause of the issue seems related to an internet failure largely focalized on the East coast. This issue however affected users all over who access cloud based storage from data centers in the east. Some large online sites were affected…Amazon, Netflix and Time Inc to namedrop a few. Email systems came to a crawl and for a moment the Twitter-sphere was caught in a Catch-22….it wanted to shout but only a few had access.
We will continue as always to monitor the status of the systems and update all users with info if necessary.
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A new feature is being added to the LMS.
The Information Sheets are getting a new name and a complete conversion.
The following stats are gathered partly by the comprehensive monitoring installed at the enterprise level facility where our system is located, and others are corralled by dedicated Alliance staff. Since not all Training Directors and instructors are present when these numbers have been included in presentations, some are posted here.
Metadata regarding all aspects of the LMS is gathered. Among other things, it helps to verify the hardware is applied and rated correctly, performing as it is required. It also (more…)
The Blended Learning LMS experienced technical difficulties between 7:51am and 11:31am EST Sunday, December 18th.
A team of engineers, developers and Alliance staff worked to resolve the problem. After a deep investigation, it is felt we have identified the root cause and resolved the issue. During the disruption of service some users would not have experienced issues, but for others a host of connection errors were seen. A notification message to help in alerting users appeared on the login pages for both the LMS and the Enrollment Application.
We are very sorry for the inconvenience this has caused. All teams who work on the system are acutely aware of how important the system is for maintaining it’s fluid operation.
Welcome to the newly updated Blended Learning Instructor Portal Blog.
Offering Training Directors, administration staff, and instructors updated information on the LMS and Blended Learning continues to be a top priority and with that in mind, an updated area was constructed. 
This updated area maintains not only a place for the immediate LMS/Blended Learning update, but also acts as a repository of the past articles, info and tools.
The new updates include:
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For any programs that may have been missed by the recent newsletter, the Annual Survey was placed on the LMS and made available on December 1st and submissions are requested to be completed by December 30th. All Training Directors were enrolled and will find the survey located at the top of the My Courses page of the LMS. The following announcement was made to inform each Training Director of the Survey and how to access. (more…)
As of Tuesday, November 22nd, the tolerance of + or – 2.5 % has been applied to the numerical input questions in both levels of the Semiconductor courses. Read on for the list of courses that include tolerance and the dates it was applied.
