Imovie hd 6 - what is going on?

I teach basic video production in a high school setting and yesterday discovered that none of my students could download any footage into imovie hd from any of the cameras we have in class. We have 6 mini's and two imacs, we're using Canon GL2's and JVC widescreen miniDV cameras.
Overnight, nothing is now working? When we plug the camera's in, the software no longer recognizes the camera and we no longer get the blue screen ready to import. Software updates were run on all of the minis and imacs but to no avail...maybe this was the problem? I see that there is a reoccurring theme on these awesome boards! Any ideas? Even when I plug numerous camera's into my own MacBookPRO nothing now registers. And the same goes for my bosses MacBook.
This is very frustrating....and I have a class in two hours!

And the same goes for my bosses MacBook
THAT of course is the real clincher!
Welcome to the forums benfancy!
Before we go any further, what version of OS X are you all running?
Have you previously been able to import into iMovie 6 from those cameras?

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