System Announcements

• M365 Global Outage (Friday, 13 November 2026)
  

  

  Important Message

  We are aware of a global Microsoft outage affecting Microsoft services.

  This is a global outage and is not specific to SCU logins. Users may encounter issues connecting to M365 services, such as Outlook, OneDrive, SharePoint, and the online Microsoft Office suite.

  For the latest updates, visit: https://status.cloud.microsoft/

  
  
• Blackboard Maintenance completed (Monday, 26 October 2026)
  

  

  MySCU (Blackboard) planned scheduled maintenance has been completed.

  Please ensure you are logging into Blackboard via the "Current Students & Staff" button.

• Student Learning Zone (Monday, 2 November 2026)
  
  

  
  Beat procrastination: Virtual Focus Room - Your body doubling community

  Join a quiet online study community facilitated by a peer mentor. Log in, mute your mic, and smash out your tasks alongside other students. Zero pressure, camera optional.
  

   Virtual Focus Room - Online Drop-in 
  
  

  Unpack your assessment: Learning Adviser quick, online drop-in
  Stuck on a blank page? Chat online with a Learning Adviser. In 15 minutes, we will help you create a simple, step-by-step plan to get started. No appointments needed.
  Learning Adviser - Online Drop-in
• Changes to MFA @ SCU (Saturday, 31 October 2026)
  

  

  
  Set it up now -  https://mysignins.microsoft.com/security-info
  Check out our help guide - Multi-Factor Authentication

• Daylight Savings NSW (Friday, 2 October 2026)
  

  

  Daylight Savings in NSW

  Daylight Saving began at 2 a.m. on Sun, 4th Oct 2026. Clocks moved forward one hour.

  Important Note: ALL Blackboard Due Dates, quizzes, Turnitin etc are NSW times (AEDT)

  Zoom use the end user's computer's local system clock.