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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Northwestern advises students to change passwords in response to HeartBleed bug

April 14, 2014

Northwestern University Information Technology sent out an email on Monday advising students to change their online passwords as part of the remediation process in response to the HeartBleed bug. NUIT...

Several Northwestern professors are piloting Canvas, a learning management system, in their classes this quarter. The system is one potential replacement for Blackboard, which NU has used since 1999.

Northwestern profs pilot potential Blackboard replacement

November 4, 2013

Northwestern has established a program piloting potential replacements for Blackboard, its course management system since 1999. In Fall 2012, NU’s Education Technology Advisory Committee discussed...

School of Law Blackboard accounts deleted

October 17, 2013

Northwestern School of Law's Blackboard accounts vanished from the educational content management system site Monday, only to be restored a day later. The law courses were deleted by accident during...

Evanston, Chicago campuses experience Internet disruptions

September 30, 2013

Northwestern University Information Technology experienced "intermittent connectivity issues" for nearly five hours Monday morning and afternoon, resulting in spotty Internet service in many campus buildings. Wendy...

Botched Blackboard upgrade leads to inadvertent emails

June 25, 2013

Students' inboxes were filled Monday with email notifications from Blackboard after a routine update to the course management system was bungled. The unexpected messages told students about updated...

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