Announcements

Panopto Service Degradation - Resolved

Date Posted: 8.27.25

Update 8/29: Service has been restored for all users.

Due to a partial service disruption, some users may encounter playback issues on Panopto recordings and webcasts:

  • Users may encounter an error page when opening Panopto LTI activities from Moodle.
  • Panopto webcasts may not play correctly on the first attempt. If a video fails to play, please try refreshing the page or attempting to play and pause the video several times.

Panopto Support is aware of these issues and is actively working on restoring service. For more information and updates, please see Panopto's status page: https://trust.panopto.com/

Moodle 4.5 Performance Updates

Date Posted: 8.20.25

On Saturday, August 23rd, between 7:00 am and 10:00 am, DELTA staff will be performing updates to the Moodle service, including Courses, Project, and Outreach servers. We do not expect any interruptions to service during this work.

WolfWare - 2025 Fall updates

Date Posted: 8.20.25

On Thursday, August 21st, between 5:45pm and 6:00pm, DELTA staff will be performing updates to the WolfWare website. No interruptions to service are expected during this work.

WolfWare Enrollment Issue - Resolved

Date Posted: 8.12.25

Update 11:35am: WolfWare enrollments should be functioning correctly again.

DELTA is receiving reports of an issue in WolfWare that is currently impacting Moodle course enrollments and access for some users. Our teams are actively investigating this issue and will provide more information as soon as possible.

For updates, please see the WolfWare system status page.

Upgrade PHP on WolfWare and apps.delta

Date Posted: 7.31.25

On Tuesday, August 5th, between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm, DELTA staff will be upgrading the version of PHP on WolfWare and the apps.delta server. There will be a short (<20 minute) interruption to WolfWare, DELTA websites, Proctoring Tools, and several other tools during this time. We do not expect any extended outages to these services.

Remove two old/unneeded configuration items in the load balancer

Date Posted: 7.31.25

On Monday, August 4th, between noon and 1:00 pm, DELTA staff will be performing maintenance on the DELTA load balancer configurations. We do not expect any interruption of service during this work, but are notifying our users in case something goes wrong.

Moodle 4.5 plugin updates

Date Posted: 7.31.25

On Monday, August 4th, between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm, DELTA staff will be performing updates to Moodle 4.5 and the third party plugins used in Moodle. This work will cause a brief (<15 minute) interruption to all Moodle servers (Courses, Projects, and Outreach). We do not expect any extended interruptions during this work.

update DELTA's load balancer to latest tested release

Date Posted: 7.31.25

On Monday, August 4th, between 7:00 and 12:00 noon, DELTA staff will be updating the DELTA load balancers to the latest release. Due to the redundant nature of the system we do not expect any interruption to services during this time.

Linux server reboots and updates

Date Posted: 7.31.25

During the week of August 4th through 9th, DELTA staff will be rebooting our Linux servers to apply kernel and security updates. Most of the customer facing systems will have their servers rebooted during other maintenances and so should not have any extra interruptions. Additionally, as most systems have redundant servers, their reboots will be in sequence to prevent interruptions. Any servers that do not fall into those categories will be rebooted at times of low usage.

Moodle 4.5 Updates

Date Posted: 7.24.25

On Saturday, July 26th, between 7:00 and 10:00 am, DELTA staff will be performing updates to Moodle, including Courses, Projects, and Outreach. Each service will experience a brief (<10 minute) interruption during this time. We do not anticipate any extended outages due to this work.

DELTA prod gen-db restart

Date Posted: 7.24.25

On Saturday, July 26th between 6:00 and 8:00 am, DELTA staff will be rebooting a database cluster to clear out some developing issues. This reboot will cause a short (<15 minute) interruption to WolfWare, the DELTA websites, the Proctoring tool, and other services. We do not anticipate any extended outages due to this work.

Struggling to Balance Life and Studies? Togetherall Can Help!

Date Posted: 8.25.25

Juggling classes, work, and your social life can be tough Togetherall Can Help!

Stressed About Grades? Togetherall Can Help

Date Posted: 7.25.25

Feeling the weight of exams, assignments, and deadlines? Join Togetherall, a community where you can connect, share, and find support anonymously.

Moodle maintenance

Date Posted: 6.19.25

On Friday morning at 7am DELTA staff will be applying an emergency update to the Moodle service.  This update will cause a brief (<10 minute) interruption to all Moodle servers (Courses, Projects, and Outreach).  

update DELTA's load balancer

Date Posted: 6.11.25

On Saturday, June 14th, between 7:00am and 10:00am, DELTA staff will be updating the load balancers for the WolfWare, Moodle, and WolfWare Word Press environments. Due to the redundant nature of the systems we do not expect any interruption of service due to this work.

Moodle 4.5 core and plugin updates

Date Posted: 6.11.25

On Saturday, June 14th, DELTA staff will be performing updates to the Moodle environment. This work will cause a brief (<10 minute) interruption of each Moodle server (Courses, Projects, and Outreach) during this time. We do not expect any extended interruptions from this work.

Resolved: Panopto Service Degradation

Date Posted: 5.23.25

Update as of 12:18pm: impacted Panopto services have been restored.

Due to a partial service disruption, new videos uploaded to Panopto may take longer than expected to process. Panopto is aware of the issue and is working on restoring service.

For more information and updates, please see Panopto’s status page: https://trust.panopto.com/.

If you encounter any difficulties uploading content to Panopto, please contact LearnTech for further assistance.

Summer 2025 Courses Now Available in the Moodle Mobile App

Date Posted: 5.15.25

Summer 2025 courses are now available in the NC State Moodle Mobile App.

Step-by-step instructions on adding the current Moodle site (Moodle Courses 2527) to the mobile app can be found in the following article: Managing Moodle Sites in the Moodle NC State Mobile App.

Quiz Degradation in Moodle Outreach and Projects Courses

Date Posted: 5.5.25

Update 3:34pm:  We believe the issue has been fixed.  If you continue to see the problem please contact learntech@help.ncsu.edu We have received reports of an issue impacting quizzes in Moodle Projects and Outreach spaces. Instructors and students may encounter unexpected errors when accessing quizzes or question banks. Our development team is working to resolve this as quickly as possible.

Update WWWP Projects and Outreach servers to version 6.7.2

Date Posted: 5.1.25

On Tuesday, May 6th, between 9:00 am and 11:00 am, DELTA staff will be performing updates to the WolfWare WordPress Projects and Outreach servers. There will be brief (<15 minutes) interruptions to each service. This will not affect the WWWP Courses servers.

Changes to DELTA gen-db cluster

Date Posted: 5.1.25

On Tuesday, May 6th, between 7:00 am and 12:00 noon, DELTA staff will be implementing some changes to the database cluster which serves the WolfWare website and a number of other DELTA tools. We anticipate a short (< 15 minute) interruption to these tools during this time. This will not directly affect Moodle, Zoom, Panopto, or WolfWare WordPress.

Update Moodle Courses server to 4.5.3

Date Posted: 5.1.25

On Monday, May 5th, between 7:00 am and 1:00 pm, DELTA staff will be performing updates to the Moodle Courses server. There will be a brief (<15 minute) interruption to the service during this period.

Update Moodle Projects and Outreach servers to version 4.5.3

Date Posted: 5.1.25

On Monday, May 5th, between 7:00 am and 3:00 pm, DELTA staff will be upgrading the Projects and Outreach Moodle servers to the latest support version (4.5). This keeps the service up to date with a supported version of Moodle. There will be extended outages of both Projects and Outreach during this time.

DELTA gen database issues

Date Posted: 4.30.25

Degradation of database services is affecting some DELTA systems.

Course Set-up Reminders for Summer/Fall 2025

Date Posted: 4.18.25

Instructors: The latest version of Moodle is now available in Summer/Fall 2025 courses. Find your sections in the "Future" tab in WolfWare. See below for additional reminders.