Interact2 is retiring

All content required for future teaching sessions should now be in Brightspace (except for a few year-long subjects currently finalising teaching and marking in Interact2).

Key information

• 01 November 2024: Interact2 data archiving will commence.  Any updates made to the content, assessment items, submissions or marking in Interact2 from this date will NOT be retained.  All content updates should only be made in Brightspace sites.
• 18 December 2024: Interact2 will be retired and no longer accessible to staff or students.
• 19 December 2024 onwards: If you require access to content from the Interact2 archive, you can request this via a Cherwell ticket to DIT. This will be made available to staff outside the LMS via a web interface. Please note: this will not be sharable with students, students will be given access to necessary content via Brightspace, refer below.
• All content updates for future teaching sessions should only be made in Brightspace.
• We will continue to keep students updated with further details as we approach the above key dates, noting student communications have commenced. The email copy for students can be found here as well as the student web page.

Students with unresolved grades

• The existing process for students with Additional Exams (AE) or Deferred Exams (DX) stands: the exams team will be liaising with students directly for these items.
• Students with Additional Assessments (AA), Grades Pending (GP) or To be Assessed (TA):
  • These subjects/students are currently being reviewed by each faculty to identify subject content from previous sessions that may need to be available in Brightspace, to enable students to complete their subject.
  • Content for these subjects will be migrated to organisation sites and set to closed.

    This content will be kept in a separate area in Brightspace to ensure no impact on current teaching staff or students.

  • If a subject convenor needs this content available to a student/s with an unresolved grade, the appropriate access will be provided and the site will be opened up.
  • Staff will need to review and may need to either create or amend assessment items in the site to accommodate student requirements.
  • Grades will be resolved with the existing Change of Grade (COG) process.

    Why are we moving content from previous sessions in I2 to Brightspace for these students?
    - Newer subject content exists in Brightspace for current and future sessions.
    - This content may be different to the content from previous sessions where students have unresolved grades, noting that subject convenors can add students to a current subject site at their discretion.
    - We therefore need to retain/make available the original subject content outside of i2, for students with unresolved grades.

EASTS

EASTS will continue to be available into Q1 2025 for the purpose of finalising assessment items from previous sessions. All current and future assessment items should be created in Brightspace. Further information regarding the retirement of EASTS will be provided in future communications.

Support for staff

For technical support, please create a Cherwell ticket.