{"id":7543,"date":"2019-11-13T09:47:15","date_gmt":"2019-11-13T09:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/?p=7543"},"modified":"2020-06-11T08:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-06-11T08:54:41","slug":"nile-update-28-december-till-2-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/2019\/11\/13\/nile-update-28-december-till-2-january\/","title":{"rendered":"NILE update (28 December till 29 December)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"102\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.northampton.ac.uk\/learntech\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/xid-1020887_1.gif\" alt=\"Image of a tick mark - decorative\" class=\"wp-image-3663\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NILE will be down for scheduled maintenance. Between the 28 December and\u00a029 December you will be unable to login to NILE to access resources or submit any assessments online. Other University systems should not be impacted by this work.\u00a0[Detailed information about the nature of the maintenance is shown at the bottom of this posting.]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you were planning on making use of the Christmas vacation to get a lot of work done that involves NILE, please make sure that you log-in and download any resources that you need before Saturday 28&nbsp;December.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students &#8211; If you are due to submit assignments during this time, please be assured that your deadline will be extended to reflect this downtime. Please check with your Module Leader for more information relating to assignment deadlines.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nIf you have any questions about the NILE downtime, please contact Rob Howe, by emailing rob.howe@northampton.ac.uk&nbsp;\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> <strong>Detailed information on the nature of the maintenance.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Blackboard is currently hosted with\u00a0Managed hosting in Amsterdam. As part of updating contracts, there is a move of the physical hosting from Amsterdam to Amazon Webservices\u00a0(AWS)\u00a0in Frankfurt. 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