Category: Faculty/Staff

Academic Technology, Blackboard, Faculty/Staff

Blackboard – end of semester reminders

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Here are some important tips for managing course availability, preserving seniors’ data and more. Note that a maintenance outage is planned for August. Graduating seniors will lose Blackboard access — back up now to preserve student data! Students lose their Blackboard account during the summer (mid-June) after they graduate.  Not only will they be unable to log in, uploaded files (assignments) and grades will be permanently deleted from their Bb past courses and organizations.  ITS saves an archive of all Bb sites each semester, but we may not capture every site at the right moment to guarantee recovery of individual … Continue reading Blackboard – end of semester reminders

Email, Email, Calendaring, & Collaboration Tools, Faculty/Staff, Software

ITS Recommends Thunderbird to Eudora users

Eric Behrens

After a period of testing and review, ITS staff are pleased to recommend Mozilla’s Thunderbird to current users of Eudora. Among the available choices, we found that both Macintosh and Windows users were most likely to experience a smooth transition from Eudora when migrating to Thunderbird. Of the two most critical features highlighted in feedback from faculty and staff, mailbox and address book preservation, our testers experienced the easiest migration of their existing data when transferring to Thunderbird. ITS staff will continue to provide technical support for Microsoft Outlook on Windows and for Apple Mail on Mac OS. Our recent … Continue reading ITS Recommends Thunderbird to Eudora users

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Migrating from Eudora – Frequently asked questions

Eric Behrens

Contents What do I have to do with my existing mail folders? Will I lose anything in the conversion? Where will my attachments go? Why do I need to move from POP to IMAP? What’s involved with that? May I choose to move to an email application other than Thunderbird? What do I have to do with my existing mail folders? You’re not required to do or change anything. However, changing your email client is a good time to clean up your collected email. Mail applications run faster and return search results quicker when they have less mail to manage, … Continue reading Migrating from Eudora – Frequently asked questions

Academic Technology, Classroom and Conferencing Technologies, Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, People, Public Computing, Replacement Cycle

Academic Tech Fair – Highlights

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The Spring 2008 Academic Technology Fair had something for everyone, especially our three iPod raffle winners. Crowds gathered throughout the day at our eight tables filled with gadgets, widgets and multimedia displays. Lots of interesting conversations came up as faculty and staff shared their ideas and experiences with technology for teaching, research and collaboration. Congratulations to the three winners of the iPod Shuffle raffle! They are Tom Stephenson, Professor of Chemistry, Tami Gura, Animal Facility Manager in Biology, and Bronwen Densmore, Reference & Instruction Intern in McCabe Library. Eric Behrens and Mike Bednarz of ITS draw a winner from the … Continue reading Academic Tech Fair – Highlights

Faculty/Staff, Help Desk, Security, Software, Tips

Time for QuickTime Updates (and more)

Nick

Late last week, Apple released some security fixes for its QuickTime application so users (any platform) should update to the latest version (7.4.5) as soon as they can. This latest update fixes eleven assorted security vulnerabilities. Users who have QuickTime configured to check for updates automatically just need to enable the installation. Otherwise the update can be found at: http://www.apple.com/support/quicktime/ While on the topic of application updates, it’d be worthwhile to verify your current versions of Adobe Acrobat, Firefox, Opera, OS X, etc. against the most recent versions available. There have been security updates released for these packages in the … Continue reading Time for QuickTime Updates (and more)

Academic Technology, Classroom and Conferencing Technologies, Faculty/Staff, Replacement Cycle, Software, Tips

Academic Technology Fair – April 7

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Come see what is up and coming in our tech world. And, play with a few toys and emerging technologies. Monday, April 7, 2008, 10AM – 2PM Scheuer Room TINKER! Staff from Academic Computing, Media Services, Client Services, the Library, and the Language Resource Center will be on hand to showcase some of our favorite tools, and demonstrate some interesting examples for teaching, learning and collaboration. FOOD! Snacks throughout the day, and sandwiches will be provided for those who come over the lunch hour. RAFFLE! While you’re browsing the fair, drop your name into the Raffle basket for a chance … Continue reading Academic Technology Fair – April 7