UC Live portal page is being switched off We have decided to switch off the UC Live portal page www.uclive.ac.nz that was used by students as a gateway into other services such as their email. This page was intended to be a fully-functioning student portal but never delivered on its original design objectives. It does not add any real value for students and some very recent technical changes by Microsoft would have made it even more ineffectual. We do not see that disabling the page will be an issue for students; this change does not impact or alter the student email service. UC communications staff are liaising with UCSA staff to ensure that our communications about this change are effective.

Students will now be encouraged to access the Current Students web page as their gateway into services. Student announcements are now available on this page along with links to all services that the UC Live portal provided such as email and skydrives. Students who try to access the UC Live portal page will be presented with a screen explaining the changes. Consequently we do not believe that students will be confused; they should rapidly adapt to the absence of the page.

This change will occur during the week of Monday 7 February.

If you have any questions or comments please contact Janelle Blythe, Internal Communications Coordinator, extn. 44054, janelle.blythe@canterbury.ac.nz,