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uPortalHealthCheck Documentation
The uPortal Health Check is a web application using the Spring Framework chich generates a rest api at {MySail Url}.oakland.edu/api/v1/status, with the following information:
- postgres: returns true if postgres is up, and false otherwise
- banner: returns true if banner is up, and false otherwise
- hostname: returns the name of the server
- mode: returns the blue/green deployment status of the server, which can be either blue, green, or offline.
Administrating Announcements in MySAIL
Sign into https://mysail.oakland.edu
Click on "Edit Content"
If you do not see "Edit Content" after logging in, then you will need to request access create a service ticket by emailing uts@oakland.edu.
Creating an Announcement
From there you'll see Student Notices or Student Events. Click on Student Notices or Student Events.
- Student Notices are meant for University officials to communicate with Students through the Announcements feature in MySAIL
- Student Events are meant for Student Congress (OUSC) to post student events to MySAIL in the Student Event section.
- Note: All announcements are moderated by University Communication and Marketing (UCM).
Setting Up Announcement
Click on "Add Announcement" to bring up the new announcement screen. Here you must fill in all fields except Link (URL), which is optional.
When announcements are displayed, the abstract is not shown when users view the full announcement. So if you have important information in the abstract, be sure to repeat it in the message body. You must also set a date to begin displaying the announcement and a date to stop displaying it. Dates can be typed in the MM/DD/YYYY format or selected from the date-picker by clicking the calendar icon.
Be aware that announcements can only have a lifetime of 30 days.
Once filled out, click Save Announcement.
Publishing Announcements
Announcements must be published by a user with Editor privileges or higher. When announcements are edited, they must be published again. To publish an announcement, click on the check box on the right.
Announcements in the queue show a status of "Pending" with a red background in the topic management screen. Click the green checkmark icon ("Publish") in order to publish the announcement. If you are a Contributor you will not see this icon. If the announcement is scheduled to display today, the status changes to "Showing" with a green background. However, if the announcement is post-dated, it will show a status of "Scheduled" also with a green background. When an announcement has expired (and before it is automatically deleted) it will show a status of "Expired" with a red background.
Unpublishing Announcements
To unpublish an announcement, click the check box on the right in order to unpublish the announcement. The announcement is immediately changed to a status of "Pending" and is no longer displayed to users.
Deleting Announcements
Announcements that expired the previous day are automatically deleted at 3 a.m. each morning. This includes announcements with a "Pending" status. You may also delete an announcement manually by clicking the trash can icon ("Delete") in the topic management screen.
