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May 26: Intro to ETDR Templates

Are you a master’s or doctoral student? If so, you will likely conduct 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 ensure 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, May 26. 

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Apr. 28: Intro to ETDR Templates

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, Apr. 28. 

 

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Feb. 24: Intro to ETDR Templates

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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Volunteers needed for website research

Volunteers are needed for an upcoming study to research a K-State departmental website. Each participant will receive a $10 gift card for the Call Hall Dairy Bar. All current students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to sign up.

Volunteers will participate via the internet from their own location during the session. Sessions will take an hour or less.

The results from the study will be used to better understand your needs and make improvements.

Sessions are being scheduled now through mid-December. If you would like to volunteer, sign up now.

If you would like more information, contact uxtesting@ksu.edu.

June 17: Advanced Features of Qualtrics

rvsu“Exploring Advanced Features of Qualtrics” is scheduled 1:30–3:30 p.m. Friday, June 17, online on Zoom. All students, faculty, and staff who use this research suite are welcome to attend.

The Qualtrics tool that powers K-State Survey is one of the most sophisticated online survey and research tools on the market. At K-State, it is used for research, teaching assessment, event registration, large-scale policy compliance trainings, late TEVAL evaluations, and more. There is also an integration from Qualtrics to NVivo for direct access to online survey data for qualitative and mixed methods analysis.

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Cyber Awareness Alert: Suspicious phone calls

The Division of Information Technology (IT) has noticed increased phone calls coming from unusual country codes across campus. Some of the country codes are fake. These callers have some knowledge of K-State and our operations, and they are seeking additional information. The cybersecurity team feels this is potentially reconnaissance for a social engineering-type attack. Therefore, we ask that you please be aware of this activity and ask everyone to pay close attention to any calls and report any suspicious activity to security@ksu.edu. Continue reading “Cyber Awareness Alert: Suspicious phone calls”

Mar. 25: Exploring Advanced Features of Qualtrics

“Exploring Advanced Features of Qualtrics” is scheduled 1:30–3:30 p.m. Friday, March 25, online on Zoom. All students, faculty, and staff who use this research suite are welcome to attend.

The Qualtrics tool that powers K-State Survey is one of the most sophisticated online survey and research tools on the market. At K-State, it is used for research, teaching assessment, event registration, large-scale policy compliance trainings, late TEVAL evaluations, and more. There is also an integration from Qualtrics to NVivo for direct access to online survey data for qualitative and mixed methods analysis.

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IT Help Desk hours extended through Feb. 5

At the beginning of the semester, the IT Help Desk hours were extended to accommodate health and safety concerns due to the surge of the Omicron variant of Covid-19.

The extended hours will continue through Saturday, February 5, as indicated below:

  • 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. All services – Hale Library walk-in, phone, and email
  • After 5p.m. Remote services via phone and email, no walk-in services

As needed, further updates will be provided in K-State Today and the IT News Blog. The IT Help Desk hours are available on the IT Help Desk webpage.

If you have any questions, contact the IT Help Desk at 785-532-7722 or email at helpdesk@ksu.edu.

Gary Pratt selected as Executive Committee of APLU’s Commission on Information, Measurement, and Analysis

Gary Pratt, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for K-State, has been selected to serve on the Executive Committee of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU) Commission on Information, Measurement, & Analysis (CIMA). Pratt will serve on the committee for three years.

The executive committee is responsible for positioning the commission as a vehicle to share, discuss, and disseminate innovative ways to combine and leverage data across campus to advance student and institutional success.

“K-State’s presence at the national level will help keep us in the forefront of the conversations in many areas related to data management, governance, analytics, and associated practices,” commented Pratt. Continue reading “Gary Pratt selected as Executive Committee of APLU’s Commission on Information, Measurement, and Analysis”

Oct. 1: Intro to Adobe Photoshop 2021

Are you a graduate student who uses digital imagery (photos, data visualizations, diagrams, and others) in a master’s thesis, master’s report, or doctoral dissertation (in an ETDR application)? Are you a faculty or staff member who integrates digital visuals into slideshows, an imageset, or videos?

Join this “Intro to Adobe Photoshop” session on Oct. 1 (Fri.), from 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. on Zoom. This session introduces Adobe Photoshop 2021 as the leading software for editing and creating raster images (although it can output vector ones, too). This session will introduce the general graphical user interface (GUI) for this software. Then, it covers some basic uses and shows some walk-throughs of work sequences.

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