Recent News

SIS and HR applications will be down for emergency until noon today. Process scheduler jobs will experience a backlog until it can catch up. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

VCCS is investigating the slowness in batch processes on SIS 9.0 PROD. Updates will be provided once we receive more information. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

Northern Virginia Community College will host a series of events that celebrate Black History Month through the many perspectives of black excellence. The college is excited to host virtual discussions with experts and students, workshops, speeches and remembrance ceremonies.

Separate registration is required for each event. Please review the following information to join the college in celebration. Some events may be open to students only, for press inquiries contact the Office of...

We are pleased to announce that Respondus has recently enabled a new feature that allows the use of Respondus Lockdown Browser in conjunction with Zoom live proctoring. This does require a few things on both the instructor and student sides for optimal usage. When instructors set up their Canvas exam and choose to enable the Respondus Lockdown Browser settings, they must select the Radio button to allow Live Proctoring and select Zoom as the live proctoring tool. Instructors must...

Northern Virginia Community College and George Mason University were selected to participate in the Equity Transfer Initiative (ETI) led by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), and the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU). NOVA and Mason, the only Virginia partnership named in the award, will work together with a focus on helping to increase transfer rates for Hispanic/LatinX students. ...

Several users have reported that SIS is running extremely slow. The VCCS has been notified and is looking into the issue. Updates will be provided once we have more information. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

VCCS is now reporting that the cause of today’s outage was related to a damaged fiber connection at Verizon. Due to this outage, service interruptions may continue for some users. More updates will be provided as we receive more information. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

There appear to be multiple systems that are working intermittently or completely inaccessible. We are looking into the cause of the issue but we do not have an ETA on a resolution at this time. Updates will be provided as we receive more information. IT Help Desk Tel: 703-426-4141 Email: ithelpdesk@nvcc.edu Web: https://www.nvcc.edu/ithd/

Over 100 students, faculty, staff and community members gathered on the Martin Luther King Day of Service to volunteer, virtually. The event, which historically takes place at NOVA’s Alexandria Campus, was moved online as all events are currently virtual. The theme for the virtual day of service was, ‘Taking a Stand for Service: Three Ways to Take a Step Toward Service and Justice.’ The College held a series of digital community events and service projects to benefit NOVA students, community...

Effective December 1, 2020, in alignment with VCCS Security Policies, all VPN connections require multifactor authentication (MFA). VPN MFA will leverage the same Microsoft MFA process that everyone is now familiar with when accessing any Microsoft Office 365 services. As of December 1, 2020, when a user attempts to connect to GlobalProtect VPN, they will receive a MFA prompt after entering their credentials. The MFA prompt is based on the same preferred notification method selected...