Category: Students

Academic Technology, Faculty/Staff, Network, Software, Students, Web Projects

SwatFiles

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Swarthmore ITS is pleased to announce the launch of SwatFiles, a secure web-based file storage system for faculty, staff, and students. Available at swatfiles.swarthmore.edu, SwatFiles allows users to access their files from any computer with an Internet connection and share files with anyone with an e-mail address. Features include: A personal folder for all faculty, staff, and students: 4GB of storage for faculty and staff, 1GB for students A public folder for sharing information with others or publishing web pages Department and committee folders can be created by contacting the Help Desk Automatic e-mail notifications when sharing files To start … Continue reading SwatFiles

Students

IT Associate Training August 17-21

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Beginning Monday, August 17th, about 30 students are attending a week-long, intensive training program to prepare them to work as IT Associates this year.? The students will participate in workshops to learn common support and troubleshooting techniques for network registration, wireless configuration, printing, Swatmail, voicemail, software installation, and virus detection and cleaning.? In addition, they will participate in group projects to plan for Move In Day and create user education materials for popular College systems. The first big initiative for the IT Associates will be to “storm the dorms” on Move In Day to help incoming students connect their computers … Continue reading IT Associate Training August 17-21

Replacement Cycle, Students

Students: ITS is hiring summer employees

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ITS is accepting applications for student employees to help with imaging and deploying new computers this summer. Please apply online. Title: Summer Technical Support Associate (Summer Upgraders) Classification: Category III pay rate Hours: 8:30-4:30 weekdays; starting late May until early August. Duties: Upgrade faculty/staff computers according to described procedure. This includes backing up files on the old computer, configuring new computer, installing files on the new computer, installing software and removal of old computer hardware. Candidate should be: 1) very comfortable with the Mac OS and Windows XP Operating Systems 2) able to lift and move heavy computer equipment around … Continue reading Students: ITS is hiring summer employees

Faculty/Staff, Security, Software, Students, Tips

Important (but easy) Tips for Office Computer Security

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Hackers especially love the holidays because there are lots of new, unprotected computers to compromise and silently take over. Even without new computers to exploit, there has been an alarming increase in the amount of malware (viruses, spyware, etc.) being installed recently on Swarthmore community systems. The following tips will help keep your existing computer (regardless of operating system), and especially new out-of-the-box systems, more resistant to viruses, spyware and other malware. These tips are crucial to protecting the contents and integrity of your office computer. Of course, these tips also apply to your home computer. For more security tips, … Continue reading Important (but easy) Tips for Office Computer Security

Security, Students

Beware Free Videos from Friends on Facebook

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According to security experts and anti-virus software vendor F-Secure, a new malware attack is currently being spread via Facebook pages. The attacks are propagated by a malicious worm which steals victims Facebook information. Users receive a message from infected friends with links to a YouTube video. If Windows users click on the link to view the video, they are prompted to first download an updated version of Flash. If the rogue Flash program is installed, the worm scans the newly infected users system for Facebook cookies and, in turn, sends new attack messages to the victims friend list. Since the … Continue reading Beware Free Videos from Friends on Facebook