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System Name Status Details System Information
AD File/Print Normal Normal.
Normal.

Last Updated: January 11th, 2024 10:03am Central Time

Advance Normal Normal.
Normal.

Advance/BSR is an Alumni/Development database system used to track Alumni donations and university fund raising campaigns.


Scheduled Downtime: Approximately 2:00 AM to 2:30 AM daily.

Last Updated: January 27th, 2024 7:29am Central Time

Astra Event/Course Scheduling Normal Normal.
Normal.

Last Updated: November 12th, 2021 8:49am Central Time

Banner Finance Reports Normal Normal.
Normal.

Banner Finance Reports are special Crystal reports accessible through the Banner Forms interface.


Scheduled Downtime: 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM daily.

Last Updated: February 24th, 2024 11:32am Central Time

Banner Forms Normal Normal.
Normal.

The Banner pages consist of a client application that accesses the Banner database and is delivered through the web. Banner is the university's ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system.


Scheduled Downtime: Approximately 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM daily.

Last Updated: February 24th, 2024 11:32am Central Time

Blackboard (Online Courses) Normal Normal
Normal

Online course materials used for distance education courses and web-enhanced courses.


Last Updated: June 20th, 2023 3:56pm Central Time

Degree Works Normal Normal.
Normal.

Last Updated: February 10th, 2024 7:51am Central Time

E-Mail Normal Normal.
Normal.

E-mail stands for electronic mail and is a means of sending messages from one person to another using the Internet as your carrier, much like using the postal service. The WKU E-mail system includes not only the servers that process and distribute messages, but also webmail servers that allow users to access their mailboxes from a web site.


Last Updated: July 12th, 2023 11:16am Central Time

iWKU Normal Normal.
Normal.

The iWKU is an application for WKU faculty, staff, and students to access various WKU systems and information.


Last Updated: July 5th, 2022 10:07am Central Time

Mediasite Normal Normal.
Normal.

Mediasite is a lecture capture system that gives faculty and students the ability to record, view and share multimedia content.


Last Updated: March 6th, 2024 4:11pm Central Time

myWKU Normal Normal.
Normal.

One-stop access to many applications, services and pertinent content, such as E-Mail, TopNet, and Blackboard.


Last Updated: June 20th, 2023 3:57pm Central Time

NetID Authentication Normal Normal.
Normal.

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. A typical LDAP server is a simple network-accessible database where an organization stores information about its authorized users and what privileges each user has. WKU uses LDAP for Blackboard logins, E-mail logins, open lab logins, and more.


Last Updated: January 14th, 2024 3:20pm Central Time

Network Infrastructure Normal Normal.
Normal.

Scheduled Downtime: We will be upgrading the wireless network equipment at the Ivan Wilson Fine Arts Center on Friday March 29th. This will result in 10-minute localized wireless outages as we replace equipment beginning at 8:30am.

Last Updated: March 27th, 2024 2:04pm Central Time

Other Normal Normal.
Normal.

Scheduled Downtime: On Thursday, March 14th at 8PM CDT, WKU's telephone service provider will be performing maintenance that may result in service disruption for less than a minute. Maintenance will be completed by 8:15PM CDT.

Last Updated: March 15th, 2024 1:18pm Central Time

Student Technology Centers Normal Normal.
Normal.

General purpose computer labs for students with locations at, Cherry Hall 127, Cravens 400, Grise 335, JRH 145, Snell Hall 1104, Glasgow, Owensboro, Elizabethtown, and Fort Knox.


Last Updated: April 24th, 2023 8:32am Central Time

Topnet Normal Normal.
Normal.

Scheduled Downtime: Approximately 2:00 AM to 3:00 AM daily.

Last Updated: February 24th, 2024 11:32am Central Time

WKU InfoView Normal Normal.
Normal.

The WKU InfoView system (formerly ASA Reports) is an operational reporting system that is accessed through a web client (at infoview.wku.edu). WKU InfoView contains reports primarily oriented towards departments and advisors, but the system also processes finance reports linked from Banner and other reports linked from Topnet.


Scheduled Downtime: 1:00 AM to 5:00 AM daily.

Last Updated: February 24th, 2024 11:31am Central Time

www.wku.edu Normal Normal.
Normal.

The WKU World Wide Web server stores a collection of online documents. This not only includes Western's main web site at www.wku.edu, but also various faculty and staff web sites.


Last Updated: November 12th, 2021 8:54am Central Time