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Mar. 31: Intro to ETDR Templates

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made templates available (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting and have navigable documents.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Friday, Mar. 31. 

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Feb. 24: Intro to ETDR Templates

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made templates available (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting and have navigable documents.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Friday,  Feb. 24. 

 

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When to use K-State’s VPN

Posted on by Christine Doucette

K-State’s Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is GlobalProtect. When working offsite, the VPN should be used when you need to access protected proprietary and confidential data and campus resources. From off-campus, use the VPN to connect to campus resources securely.

To use the VPN software, you must be a K-State student or employee with an active K-State eID and have an internet connection.

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Download your assignment submissions from Canvas

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Students, you can download all your assignment submissions in Canvas. Submissions are for current and concluded courses and only include files submitted to fulfill an assignment; they do not include any submissions modified by instructors, such as annotated submissions.

The download also includes submissions for group assignments, even if another student in your group made the submission. Submissions are downloaded as a ZIP file when the export has finished generating.

For step-by-step instructions, view the knowledge base article How do I download assignment submissions from all my courses?

Dec. 12: Intro to ETDR Templates

Posted on by Shalin Hai-Jew

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, it is likely that you will be conducting research as part of your studies. At some point, you may be writing a thesis, report, or dissertation to record your work to share with the profession and the world. K-State has made templates available (in Microsoft Word and LaTeX) for students to use, in order to ensure that they include all required information in the proper formatting and have navigable documents.

“Getting Started with ETDR Templates” is an online training on Zoom from 1 – 2:30 p.m., Monday, Dec. 12. 

 

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Personal CatFiles/Y: Drive will be retired on Nov. 10

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Earlier this semester, it was announced in K-State Today that the Y: Drive was being retired. The Y: Drive became read-only in preparation for retirement on October 14. For those who did not move their files to OneDrive, the Division of Information Technology (IT) moved those remaining files from the Y: Drive to an individual or department’s OneDrive folder. On OneDrive, the transferred files were placed in a folder titled Y_Drive_(department code).

At 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 10, the Y: Drive will be officially retired and no longer accessible. Thank you to the K-State community for your cooperation with this project. Continue reading “Personal CatFiles/Y: Drive will be retired on Nov. 10” →

Reminder: Office 365 Basic Authentication to be disabled Oct. 31

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Microsoft Outlook logoMicrosoft is phasing out Basic Authentication for the higher security standards of Modern Authentication known as OAuth. The Modern Authentication protocols provide users with more secure access to Microsoft’s systems, including K-State email. When Microsoft’s mandated Basic Authentication disablement occurs, any email application that uses Basic Authentication may no longer work properly. Therefore, if you are using Basic Authentication, you must update your authentication to send and receive your email.

What do I need to do?

If you are using the latest version of Outlook on the web, desktop, or mobile, you do not need to do anything because you already use Modern Authentication.

Check all your devices, the ones you currently use and the older ones you use less frequently. Be aware that older devices (tablet, desktop, phone) may be using a client that is using Basic Authentication.

Modern Authentication (Oauth) is supported in the following:

  • All up-to-date Outlook versions on any platform. (Web Client not affected)
  • Current hardware/software versions of Apple devices (iOS 11 or later, iPad 13.1 or later, and macOS 10.14 or later) support Modern Authentication natively in the built-in email app (Mail).
  • Current hardware/software versions of Android devices running the Gmail app support Modern Authentication.

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Reminder: Personal CatFiles/Y: Drive to be read-only starting Oct. 14

Posted on by Christine Doucette

CatFiles, or the Y: Drive, is the central file server at K-State. Earlier this semester, it was announced in K-State Today that the Y: Drive was being retired. In preparation for retirement, all Y: Drives will be read-only after 4 p.m. on Friday, October 14.

What do I need to do?

If you have already moved your files off Y: Drive to OneDrive, the only thing left is to make sure you have deleted your files from Y: Drive.

If you still have files on the Y: Drive that need to be moved, you have until 4 p.m. on Friday, October 14, to move your files to OneDrive. After you move your files to OneDrive, you need to delete your files from the Y: Drive. Deleting your files off of the Y: Drive will help to ensure that you do not have duplicate copies of your files and that edits to your files are not made in two separate places. Once you have moved your files to OneDrive, you may need to update shortcuts or links associated with those files.

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Personal CatFiles/Y: Drive to be read-only starting Oct. 14

Posted on by Christine Doucette

CatFiles, or the Y: Drive, is the central file server at K-State. Catfiles is a network storage location used by faculty and staff for storing K-State work-related files. Earlier this semester, it was announced in K-State Today that the Y: Drive was being retired. In preparation for retirement, all Y: Drives will be read-only after 4 p.m. on Friday, October 14.

What do I need to do?

You are set if you have already moved your files off Y: Drive to OneDrive. The only thing left to do is make sure you have deleted your files from Y: Drive.

If you still have files on the Y: Drive that need to be moved, you have until 4 p.m. on Friday, October 14, to move your files to OneDrive. After you move your files to OneDrive, you need to delete your files from the Y: Drive. Deleting your files off of the Y: Drive will help to ensure that you do not have duplicate copies of your files and that edits to your files are not made in two separate places. Once you have moved your files to OneDrive, you may need to update shortcuts or links associated with those files. Continue reading “Personal CatFiles/Y: Drive to be read-only starting Oct. 14” →

Office 365 Basic Authentication to be disabled Oct. 31

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Microsoft Outlook logoMicrosoft is phasing out Basic Authentication for the higher security standards of Modern Authentication. The Modern Authentication protocols provide users more secure access to Microsoft’s systems, including K-State email. When Microsoft’s mandated Basic Authentication disablement occurs, any email application that uses Basic Authentication will no longer work properly. Therefore, if you are using Basic Authentication, you must update your authentication to send and receive your email. For more information from Microsoft on this change, please review the relevant Microsoft Blog.

What do I need to do?

If you are using the latest version of Outlook on the web, desktop, or mobile, you do not need to do anything because you already use Modern Authentication.

Modern Authentication is supported in:

  • All up-to-date Outlook versions on any platform.
  • Current hardware/software versions of Apple devices (iOS 11 or later, iPad 13.1 or later, and macOS 10.14 or later) support Modern Authentication natively in the built-in email app (Mail).
  • Current hardware/software versions of Android devices running the Gmail app support Modern Authentication.

Continue reading “Office 365 Basic Authentication to be disabled Oct. 31” →