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11.01.07
NC State launches new Office of Information Technology
As of November 1, 2007, NC State has a new central IT organization. The Office of Information Technology (OIT) brings together into one organization the staff, operations, and responsibilities of Resource Management and Information Systems (RMIS) and the Information Technology Division (ITD). While much is changing, OIT staff remain committed to providing the best possible IT systems and services for the students, faculty and staff of NC State. (Go Pack!)
For news and information about the new organization and transition process, visit the OIT website.
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10.16.07
All invited to Free Computer Security Day Event - November 30
NC State's new Office of Information Technology (OIT) will be sponsoring this year's Computer Security Day Event: Computer Forensics: Who Dunit? Why Dunit? How Dunit?
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Friday, November 30,2007
Jane S. McKimmon Center
This event will feature computer forensic expert Giovanni Masucci as the keynote speaker as well as a host of presentations that will focus on the forensics of wireless security and web application security for general and technical computer users.
For more information, visit http://www.fis.ncsu.edu/csd2007.
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10.01.07
Calendar/email team invites campus to townhall meetings
Do you have questions or concerns about NC State's calendaring and email services? As announced in August, the calendaring and e-mail services of RMIS and ITD have been integrated. To ensure an open dialog with campus calendaring and email users, the new calendar/email team invites NC State faculty, staff and students to participate in one of several townhall meetings during the month of October:
* Wednesday, Oct. 3, 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Witherspoon Student Center, room 126
* Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., Centennial Campus, Monteith Engineering Research Center (formerly EGRC), room 136
* Thursday, Oct. 11, 9:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m., Withers Hall, room 232A
There will be a brief overview of the calendar/e-mail team's charge and the work of the team to date, as well as a discussion of future plans. The team will continue to provide existing calendaring and email services to the campus through the fall '07 and spring '08 semesters.
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09.12.07
RMIS and ITD join to form Office of Information Technology
Administrative and academic IT services to campus will continue without disruption throughout the transition
NC State University is moving forward with plans to consolidate the functions of the university's central IT organizations. Associate Vice Chancellor Steve Keto and Vice Provost Sam Averitt announced on August 31, 2007 that Resource Management and Information Systems (RMIS) and the Information Technology Division (ITD) are working together to create a new unified IT organization called the Office of Information Technology, or OIT.
For more information. see News release
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09.05.07
Search Begins for Vice Chancellor for Information Technology
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08.31.07
Chancellor announces creation of new CIO position for NC State
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08.20.07
SAS offers Self-Paced e-Learning courses free to NC State
Thanks to a generous grant from SAS, SAS Self Paced e-Learning (SPEL) courses valued at $3050 if purchased by individuals are now available free of charge to NC State faculty, students and staff. If you have a valid Unity ID, these on-line courses allow you to take SAS training at your own computer, at your own pace, whenever it's convenient. With an Internet connection and a web browser such as Internet Explorer or Firefox, you can take courses such as Getting Started with SAS, SAS Certification, Base and Advanced Programming, Applied Analytics Using SAS Enterprise Miner 5, An Introduction to Data Warehousing, and many more. Use of SAS software may be required for the successful completion of some courses. All NC State students, faculty and staff have 24/7 remote online access to SAS software installed on Virtual Computing Lab computers. http://vcl.ncsu.edu/.
Visit the NCSU SAS SPEL web pages for more information and instructions on how to request a SAS SPEL course: http://sas.ncsu.edu/SPEL/
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08.17.07
TurningPoint 2008 available as campus standard clicker system
In spring 2007, the Classroom Environment Committee (CEC) and the University IT Committee endorsed the recommendation that NC State adopt Turning Technologies’ TurningPoint as the campus standard for classroom interactive response (“clicker”) systems. The TurningPoint 2008 software was released recently and is now available in all ClassTech classrooms. PAMS and CALS have purchased a number of clicker devices for use by students in specific courses. Students in other courses may need to purchase their own clicker. Instructors teaching in ClassTech classrooms who would like to use clickers systems should consult with ClassTech staff: classtech@ncsu.edu.
Instructors or staff who intend to implement clicker systems in classrooms not supported by ClassTech are strongly encouraged to use the TurningPoint 2008 system. The TurningPoint 2008 software is available on the campus NAL system, and the software can be downloaded for use on campus from the Turning Technologies web site. The vendor also offers TurningPoint training online; DELTA has scheduled fall workshops on the use of student response systems in classrooms.For more information, see recent memo on ITD support for the clicker standard from Vice Provost Sam Averitt.
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08.08.07
Central email and calendaring reorganized under ComTech
Provost Nielsen and Vice Chancellor Leffler announced on August 6 that the calendaring and e-mail operations of Resource Management and Information Systems (RMIS) and the Information Technology Division (ITD) are being integrated and transitioned to Communication Technologies. This new consolidation is expected to lead to a cohesive calendaring and e-mail strategy for NC State and to lay the foundation for future innovations in unified communications, such as combined e-mail, voice-mail, instant messaging, and other forms of electronic communications.
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08.03.07
Unity addresses made official for email to students
On August 13, 2007, the university will begin listing only Unity email addresses as the official email addresses associated with students' records in the student information system. Unity email addresses will be used for all official email correspondence to students, including email regarding student account information, eBILLs, and correspondence from instructors regarding classes.
The university made these changes because of the increased use of email for official communications and the need to have confidence that email is being delivered to valid student email addresses. Instructors can continue to use the student email addresses provided by Registration and Records. Students still have the option of forwarding their email to an off-campus account by going to https://sysnews.ncsu.edu/tools-bin/usmdb-forwards
Over the summer, students, faculty and staff were notified of these and other changes to campus business processes related to email addresses used for official university communications. For more information on the email address information that NC State maintains, see http://www.ncsu.edu/it/essentials/email_messaging/address-changes-2007.html
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08.01.07
Virtual Computing Lab now open to all NC State
NC State's Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) is now open to all NC State students, faculty and staff: http://vcl.ncsu.edu.
The VCL provides 24/7 on-line on-demand remote access to high-end software applications and computing power. Use of applications in Windows environments was previously restricted to the College of Engineering and specific courses in other colleges. Now MatLab, Maple, SAS, SolidWorks, Linux and Solaris Realm Kits are available to all who have an Internet connection and valid Unity ID. Software to enable remote access is also required. Windows and Macintosh computers use the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). RDP comes with Windows XP (Start-> Programs -> Accessories -> Communications); for an OS X Mac it can be downloaded from http://vcl.ncsu.edu/site/categories/help). <http://vcl.ncsu.edu/site/categories/help>
For help getting started with the VCL, visit http://vcl.ncsu.edu/site/pages/help/vcl-help-faqInstructors who would like an easy way to create a customized computing lab environment for their classes should contact the VCL team at vcl_help@ncsu.edu <mailto:vcl_help@ncsu.edu>.
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07.18.07
Oracle calendar outage CANCELLED
The planned outage and upgrade of campus Oracle calendaring services scheduled to begin on July 19 has been CANCELLED . The current version of Oracle calendar will remain in operation. All calendar users have been notified by email from the NC State Help Desk. For more information, see the posting in SysNews: http://sysnews.ncsu.edu/news/468d3f9f
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07.06.07
Sun awards VCL an Academic Excellence Grant
NC State’s Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) has an important new partner. Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNW) has awarded North Carolina State University an Academic Excellence Grant to incorporate the Sun Blade platform into the VCL environment. The equipment donation is valued at $82,370.00. More
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06.30.07
The IT Scoping Team Final Report commissioned by the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Finance and Business has been made public and is now available on the IT Scoping Team Website.
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06.01.07
Passwords must be changed at least once a year
Steve Keto and Sam Averitt recently issued a joint memo to alert NC State employees to upcoming changes in campus password standards and procedures. Until recently, most NC State employees and students were encouraged to change computing account passwords every semester, but were not required to do so. Under the new procedures, everyone will need to change their passwords at least once a year. People with access to sensitive data or other people's private information will need to change their passwords more often, depending on the scope and security level of the data. The memo emphasized that data secuity is a "priority for the university, and it is a responsibility that is shared by all of the members of the university community."
A copy of the memo with a link to the recently published University Password Standard document are posted in the May 31Sysnews announcement.
To change your password, visit the Password Change page: http://www.ncsu.edu/password
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05.21.07
Andy Kurth receives Award for Excellence
Congratulations to Andy Kurth who received one of this year's Awards for Excellence from the Provost's Unit. Andy received the award for the outstanding service and innovation of his work as Systems Specalist in ITD's Microsys unit. His accomplishments were among those celebrated at the 12th Annual University Awards for Excellence Luncheon on May 21.
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05.07.07
IBM Lauds VCL
IBM featured NC State's Virtual Computing Lab at its "International Conference on the Virtual Computing Initiative" held in RTP on May 7. College of Engineering Dean Louis Martin-Vega and Associate Vice Provost for IT/Chair of Computer Science Department Mladen Vouk were among the featured speakers. For more information, see the IBM press release.
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05.01.07
Windows Lab Application Survey opens
ITD invites NC State students, faculty and staff to particpate in this year's Unity lab Windows applications survey. ITD uses the survey results to determine which software applications and versions should be included in the NC State Unity Windows lab environment to best meet teaching and learning needs. Approximately 1700 workstations across campus use the Unity Windows computing environment.
Using a tool called LabZapp, faculty, staff and students can provide feedback about the software applications and versions deployed on the Windows workstations in Unity labs. The tool provides the process to recommend adding new applications or removing some of the lesser used ones. LabZapp is designed to remember your selections so that you may return to the survey as often as you like to make further recommendations or just simply modify your previous choices.
The LabZapp survey will be conducted from April 30, 2007 until May 31, 2007:
http://www.ncsu.edu/software/labzapp
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04.09.07
CIO consultants visit campus: April 10 and 11
All NC State staff, faculty and students interested in helping the university create a new campus CIO position and organization on campus are invited to attend an Open Campus Meeting on Tuesday, April 10, 4-5 p.m., in Winslow Hall (the former Alumni Building). Two consultants hired by the university--Dr. Gregory Jackson, CIO at the University of Chicago and Dr. John McCredie, CIO Emeritus UC- Berkley--will be leading this information-gathering session. For more information see campus news release.
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04.06.07
Discuss proposed course website Regulation: April 11
DELTA and the Faculty Senate encourage anyone involved in developing course websites to attend an open forum on a course website Regulation proposed for the campus. The Regulation is intended to ensure course websites comply with legal requirements. The open forum will be held April 11, in the D.H. Hill Library Assembly Room.
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03.22.07
Using Real Media streaming services? Update your URLs before May 14
ITD will be upgrading campus Real Media services to the latest version on May 14. Because of new security and management features, the old format for the URLs to this service will not work after the implementation date. Web developers, instructors, and other Real Media users should remove port numbers from their Real Media URLs as soon as possible:
For example, this:
http://realaudio.ncsu.edu:7070/ramgen/real.mp3
Should look like this:
http://realaudio.ncsu.edu/ramgen/real.mp3
For more information, see SysNews:
https://sysnews.ncsu.edu/news/45defd53
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03.15.07
Chancellor issues Open Letter on illegal filesharing
As most people on campus have probably heard, the Recording Industry Association of America has launched a new campaign against copyright violations enabled by peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing on college campuses – focusing on big public universities, like NC State. So far 37 "pre-litigation letters” have been sent to our campus. The Chancellor has issued an Open Letter to the campus community to remind faculty and staff, as well as students, that the risks of illegal file sharing are real. For answers to frequently asked questions about copyright and campus procedures, see http://www.ncsu.edu/copyright/. Read the Chancellor's Open Letter on illegal file sharing at
http://www.ncsu.edu/copyright/liability.html
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02.02.07
DST 2007 - Spring forward and check your calendars
Daylight Saving Time (DST) is beginning three weeks earlier and ending
one-week later than usual this year. This may cause problems
with computers and software, including online calendars such as
the Oracle and Groupwise calendaring systems in use at NC State. If you
use an an electronic calendaring system, be sure to double-check the
times of your meetings scheduled during the the time period between the
old and new DST transition dates, March 11-April 1, and October
28-November 4. The meeting times (and you) could be an hour late!
The new DST dates are being implemented nation-wide as a provision of
the U.S. Energy Preservation Act of 2005. For more information see
http://www.itd.ncsu.edu/dst/ contact the University Help Desk,
help@ncsu.edu; 515-HELP.
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01.19.07
Averitt presents ITD five-year unit review
Vice Provost Sam Averitt presented the ITD Five-Year Unit Review to the Provost and staff on Januar. In the past five years ITD has implemented 18 major new services (e.g. HPC and ClassTech), systems upgrades and projects. In the same period of time, funding has been reduced by 4% in real dollars. For more highlights, see the ITD Five-Year Unit Review presentation slides (accessible PowerPoint).
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01.18.07
Help with new secure file transfer (secure FTP) requirement
To improve campus data and network security, ITD now requires that people transferring files via the ftp.ncsu.edu server use secure File Transfer Protocol (secure FTP). As a result, numerous Dreamweaver users and others are having trouble uploading files to their network filespace using familiar procedures and software. For help with these problems, see the Help Desk solution, Secure FTP Connection Instructions.
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12.01.06
Data backup retention reduced to 21 days
Because of students’ growing utilization of their increased file storage allocation, ITD's Veritas tape backup system has reached its capacity to provide backup services at the current level. As a result, beginning December 1, 2006, ITD will have to cut back on the time backups are retained for network storage (including IMAP email, network profile and file storage) from 28 to 21 days. For more information, see the SysNews announcement.
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11.11.06
New self-service Unity email forwarding tool
ITD has implemented a new system to help Unity email account users forward their email to other accounts and make other changes. The new system is part of the suite of self-service tools available to Unity account holders from the SysNews website. For more information about this new tool, see the SysNews announcement.
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10.23.06
IBM features VCL at their University Day, October 27
Vice Provost Sam Averitt will be among the speakers discussing NC State's Virtual Computing Lab model at this fall's IBM University Day.
Sue Horn, IBM vice president and
executive sponsor of the RTP Center for Advanced Studies, is expected to announce the launch of a major new IBM initiative with NC State and other universiies.The event will be held Friday, October 27, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the IBM Employee Activity and Fitness Center in RTP. The IBM University Day is free and open to members of the university community; pre-registration is required by all who attend. Contact A. J. Rindos
for more information: rindos@us.ibm.com
For more infomation, see Department of Computer Science news release.
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10.16.06
Going to UNC-CAUSE? Remember to Vote!
The annual UNC CAUSE IT conference will be held in New Bern, NC, November 6-8, 2006. Since November 7 is national general election day, most people attending the conference this year will need to plan to vote in advance:
You can obtain a mail-in absentee ballot or vote at a one-stop voting location in your county of residence from October 19-November 4. For more information, the State Board of Elections web site has links to all North Carolina county election offices..
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10-02-06
Train the Trainer-Accessible Web Design workshops offered
IT support staff in colleges and departments are encouraged to attend one of the free custom training sessions on web accessibility compliance being offered by ITD and DELTA. The training sessions will be held on Oct. 2, from 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m., and on Oct. 19, from 9:00 a.m.- 11:00 p.m in the ITTC Labs, DH Hill Library. These Train the Trainer sessions will enable those attending to more efficiently help faculty and staff ensure that their web pages comply with NC State Web Page Accessibility Regulation standards. For more information, see http://www.ncsu.edu/it/access/. To register, see http://www.ncsu.edu/www/ncsu/delta/apps/fdms/index.php.
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09.14.06
Virtual Computing Lab goes international
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09.12.06
EDUCAUSE webinare to feature VCL.
Join Sam Averitt and Dr. Mladin Vouk on Thursday, September 14, 1-2 p.m. For more information and to register, see EDUCAUSE Live
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09.02.06
Oracle Calendar Accounts Available
If you are an NC State student, faculty, or staff member, you can use the campus Oracle Calendar (also known as "Brickyard") services. To have an account created for you, contact the
NC State Help Desk. For a new account, you will need to know your Unity ID.
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09.01.06
Concerned about the accessibility of your web pages?
See Accessible IT @ NC State
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08.23.06
Retirement reception planned for Bill Padgett
The Information Technology Division (ITD)invites friends and colleagues across campus to a retirement reception in honor of Bill Padgett, former Director of Computing Services. The reception will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. on Friday,September 22 in the Caldwell Hall Lounge.
Bill is retiring after 32 years of service with NC State. Coming to campus as a graduate student in Chemistry in 1970, he worked as a Chemist for Crop Science in CALS from 1974 until 1985. He then joined the Computing Center, which is now ITD. Please join us if you can!
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8.23.06
Web Page Accessibility Regulation Q and A sessions
ITD's Accessibility Services has scheduled two more sessions to discuss the requirements of the university's Web Page Accessibility Regulation:
Thursday August 31, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, September 6, 9:30-10:30 a.m.
ITTC Lab A, DH Hill Library
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8. 16.06
ClassTech Annual Open House -Tuesday August 22
ClassTech will be hosting two Open House sessions especially for faculty who plan to use the standard multimedia equipment in ClassTech-supported classrooms:
Tuesday, 8/22 9am - 11:00 am in Harrelson 107
Tuesday, 8/22 2pm - 4:00pm Broughton 3216
More information.
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7.24.06
University IT Committee forum to discuss new data Regulations
The second informal University IT forum has been scheduled for August 9, 1:30-3:00 p.m.in the
Faculty Senate Chambers. Data security issues and the proposed new NC State Regulations on Data Classification Standards and Data Management Procedures will be the main topics for discussion. Everyone interested is encouraged to attend.
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July 12
NC State University and SAS to Collaborate on Data Analytics Education
NC State Chancellor James Oblinger and Jim Goodnight, CEO of SAS, have announced an initiative to create a new graduate degree program in the rapidly expanding field of data analytics. More information.
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July 1
UNC CAUSE conference - Call for proposals
This year's UNC CAUSE Conference will be held in New Bern, NC, November 6-8, 2006. The program committee invites campus IT professionals to submit proposals for talks and presentations. The deadline for submissions is July 31. See the conference website for more information.
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June 1
Virtual Computing Lab (VCL) services extended to all Engineering students.
For a complete list of applications available to College of Engineering students visit: http://vcl.ncsu.edu/site/pages/project/engineering-application-list.Solaris and Linux environments are available to all NCSU users. A list of available applications on these platforms can be found at http://www.eos.ncsu.edu/software/apps.html Course-based access continues to be available. Please send a request to vcl_help@ncsu.edu.
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May 31
Bill Padgett retires as Director of Computing Services
After 22 years of service to NC State, Bill Padgett has retired as Director of ITD Computing Services. A party celebrating Bill's contributions and leadership will be held in the fall. Stan North Martin has been named new Director of Computing Services and begins in this new role on June1.
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May 26
CIA now Adobe/Macromedia CLP reseller
NC State students, faculty and staff can now purchase Adobe/Macromedia software licenses at reduced rates through Computer Intelligence Associates (CIA). For more information see Adobe/Macromedia Contractual Licensing Program (CLP) FAQ.
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May 21
Prompt, ITD newsbulletin: May, 2006
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May 20
ComTech offers easier login to wireless network
If you are a member of the NC State community, you can now simplify your mobile computing login process by registering up to 3 wireless and other devices on the campus nomad network. ComTech's new nomad registration system enables you to associate your mobile computing devices with your Unity ID, so you will not be required to resubmit an ID and password for subsequent logins. You will only need to renew the device registration twice a year. However, if you use use the system, you will be held responsible for the use (or misuse) of devices you have registered. Stolen or misplaced devices should be removed from the system immediately. Stolen or misplaced devices should be removed from the system immediately using the Nomad Registration System. To register a mobile device, use the device you wish to register to log in to the Nomad Registration System: nomad.ncsu.edu.
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May 10
Informal University IT Committee forum scheduled for June 14
To enhance opportunities for information sharing and thoughtful discussion about campus-wide technology issues, the University IT Committee agreed at its May meeting to pilot a series of informal (non-voting) meetings over the coming months.
The first informal meeting will be held 10:00-11:30 a.m., June 14, in 3712 Bostian Hall. The meeting will feature a discussion of the costs and benefits of classroom technologies; 3712 Bostian is a typical ClassTech-supported lecture hall. Sam Averitt, vice provost for IT, will lead the meeting, and all interested are invited to attend. Future informal Univeristy IT Committee meetings are tentatively schduled for the second Wednesdays of August, October, and December, at 9:30-11 a.m. in the Faculty Senate Chambers.
For more information about the University IT Committee, see www.ncsu.edu/it/uitc/
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April 22
Vouk named Head of Computer Science Department
Dr. Mladen A. Vouk, associate vice provost for information technology and professor of computer science, has been named head of the Department of Computer Science effective July 1, 2006. He has served as interim head of Computer Science since July 2004.
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March 28
Prompt - ITD newsletter, March edition
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March 24
Provost's Awards for Excellence
Congratulations to Dickran Parunak, ITD's Classroom Technology coordinator, who received one of this year's Awards for Excellence from the Provost's Unit. Dickran received the award for the excellence of the work he and his ClassTech team have done to deploy and maintain reliable, easy-to-use technology tools for teaching and learning in a growing number (now over 54) general-use classrooms.
Four other ITD staff members were also nominated: Beatrice Richardson, ClassTech; Noah Genzel, Help Desk consultant; Karen Horne, Business Services manager; and Joe Wells, Microsystems systems specialist. The nominees and winners of the Award from the various Provost units were honored at a reception on March 24. Winners will also be honored during the University Awards for Excellence luncheon Monday, May 22, 2006.
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March 21
New administrative systems use Unity passwords
Beginning March 26, Unity passwords will be used to authenticate access to the Administrative Portal, the Financial System, and the new Human Resources (HR) System. If you use these systems, please see http://www.acs.ncsu.edu/prepare.html for more information. ITD encourages everyone to change their password at least once a semester. To do this easily, log on to the Unity Password Change Tool.
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March 10
Web Page Accessibility Regulation now official
After four years of collaborative efforts and 18 draft versions, the NC State University Web Page Accessibility Regulation has been unanimously approved by the university's Executive Officers and is now posted on the official Policies, Regulations, and Rules website. See the ITD News Release for more information.
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February 27
NC State home page redesign: Input requested
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February 27
UNC TLT Conference - Hilton North Raleigh, March 15-17
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February 20
By popular request, Troy Harteau of ITECS will lead a discussion
on using CSS to design accessible web sites at the next Web Design group meeting. The meeting will be held in ITTC Lab-B, Thursday, February 23, 9:30-11 a.m.
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February 20
The annual Gertrude Cox Award Ceremony will be held today. 4-5:30 p.m.
The Gertrude Cox Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching and Learning with Technology was created to honor NC State faculty and technical staff.
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February 6, 2006
Oracle Calendar update
ITD Systems successfully moved existing Oracle Calendar services to a newer, more powerful server. The upgrade will provide more robust services and will enable departments who already use Oracle Calendar to add new employee accounts and a limited number of student accounts on a pilot basis. For more information on the progress of the NC State Brickyard Oracle Calendar project, join the 'brickyard_news' email list, visit http://brickyard.ncsu.edu/, send email to help@ncsu.edu or call 515-HELP.
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January 20, 2006
NC State University ranked in top 25 "Most Connected" campuses
For more information, see the NC State News Release or "America's Most Connected Campuses" by Forbes.Com.
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January 20, 2006
Prompt - ITD newsletter, January 2006 edition
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January 04, 2006
Unity POP email services end February 1
In fall 2005, ITD Systems announced they would discontinue offering POP (Post Office Protocol) email services, effective February 1, 2006. Remaining POP email users should begin the process of moving to IMAP email soon, in case technical support is needed to avoid transition problems. Instructions for converting accounts from POP to IMAP are posted online.
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December 15, 2005
WebAssign update
WebAssign changes distribution model, reduces rates for NC State students.
Beginning in the spring of 2006, NC State will no longer sell or distribute WebAssign access. Students who are enrolled in classes that use WebAssign will be able to purchase access online directly from WebAssign. The cost for access will be $8.65 for each class or $22.95 for an All Class Access Code. For more, see updated WebAssign FAQ
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December 15, 2005
Less Spam!
New default settings for Unity email accounts will divert unsolicited bulk email to special "Spam" folder. In response to feedback from focus groups, Technician and individual students and staff, the ITD Systems plans to implement several new anti-spam features for the convenience of their Unity email customers.
By the end of the Spring 2006 semester, all new Unity email accounts will include a "Spam" folder that will serve as the destination for unsolicited bulk email. New accounts will be set up by default to use the university's email filtering agent. PureMessage, to detect and automatically divert email identified as spam into this folder.
Students, faculty and staff with existing Unity email accounts will be able to set up the Spam folder and use the default settings simply by going to a new online default spam filtering selection tool. Links to the default settings tool will be located on the Webmail menu bar and among account holder's Systems Tools at SysNews.
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November 6, 2005
Essentials Website Wins SIGUCCS 2005 CommAward
The Computing Essentials website has received the "Overall Winner" Communications Award for computing services web sites from the international Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (ACM SIGUCCS). SIGUCCS presented the award at the fall conference held in Monterey CA in November 2005.
The entry team members were Rob Gierka, ITD publications manager; Luis Chacon, Web applications programmer; Mark McLawhorn, graphic designer; Don Schmidt, Web developer/trainer; and Charles Walker, Web developer/technical writer, "With the contributions and support of a host of other staff of the NC State University Information Technology Division (ITD)"
For more, see ACM SIGUCCS award !