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Reminder: Personal webpage services to be retired August 31

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Reminder on August 31, K-State’s existing personal webpage service will be retired. K-Staters with personal webpages are being contacted by the Division of Information Technology (IT) regarding the retirement of this service. If you have a personal website, the URL would be http://www-personal.k-state.edu/~eid.

Example URL: http://www-personal.k-state.edu/~willie

IT recommends faculty and staff publish relevant content, including bios, curriculum vitae, and research information on their academic or administrative unit’s website within the Content Management System (CMS). Using the CMS, every department/unit on campus has a workflow/approval process, based on unit-level decisions, to allow those in their unit to access and post content. Please contact your web manager for the best option on moving K-State-related content to the CMS. Training is required before being granted access to the CMS. For information on training, see the CMS training website. Continue reading “Reminder: Personal webpage services to be retired August 31” →

Personal webpage services to be retired August 31

Posted on by Division of Information

On August 31, K-State’s existing personal webpage service will be retired. K-Staters with personal webpages are being contacted by the Division of Information Technology (IT) regarding the retirement of this service. If you have a personal website the URL would be http://www-personal.k-state.edu/~eid.

Example url: http://www-personal.k-state.edu/~willie

IT recommends faculty and staff publish relevant content, including bios, curriculum vitae, and research information on their academic or administrative unit’s website within the Content Management System (CMS). Every department/unit on campus using the CMS has a workflow/approval process, based on unit-level decisions, to allow those in their unit to access and post content. Please contact your web manager for the best option on moving K-State-related content to the CMS. Training is required before being granted access to the CMS. For information on training, see the CMS training website. Continue reading “Personal webpage services to be retired August 31” →

New search feature added to the IT website

Posted on by Christine Doucette

Need to reset your password? Do you want to learn more about Microsoft Teams? Search for all the IT answers you need on the updated IT website.

A new search feature has been added to the IT website just in time for the fall semester. Type in keywords in the search box, and you can easily search for knowledge base articles, services, and request forms.

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Managing internet expectations as we teach, learn and work remotely

Posted on by Division of Information

Managing internet expectations as we teach, learn and work remotely  

On Monday, March 23, K-State students, faculty, and staff will collectively be online – teaching, learning, working. Are you ready? Are we ready? Know that access to applications may be slower, resulting from factors you may or may not be able to control. Response times for assistance may be slower due to demand. An application may be unavailable when you need it. The K-State IT staff have tried to anticipate what students, faculty, and staff will need for the next eight weeks and beyond, but we might have overlooked some things. Bear with us. We will continuously improve. We crowdsourced the following thoughts in hopes of mitigating some unforeseen issues and managing expectations.

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Check the K-State parking garage status online or from your phone

Posted on by Christine Doucette

parkingby Information Technology Services

Now you can quickly check to see if the K-State Parking Garage is open or full online or from your phone. To check the real-time status of the K-State Parking Garage, go to connect.k-state.edu/parking-garage/. The status of OPEN or FULL will be displayed for Students, Public, and Faculty/Staff. Continue reading “Check the K-State parking garage status online or from your phone” →

A new look for K-State Online website

Posted on by Christine Doucette

by Information Technology Services

onlineThe K-State Online website has been given a new look for the new year. The main purpose for updating the website is to make it easier to sign into K-State Online Canvas and the Classic Archive. The redesigned K-State Online website also provides better navigation to training, help and FAQs. Continue reading “A new look for K-State Online website” →

Letter from the VP for Communications and Marketing: Web progress

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

By Jeff Morris

A milestone was quietly reached this summer in the continued updating of the K-State Web presence. As two more colleges published sites in our content management system, or CMS, we met the goal of having every college/major unit in the system. Thanks to all who helped with this effort.  Continue reading “Letter from the VP for Communications and Marketing: Web progress” →

Equipment Checkout website updated with photos and more details

Posted on by Betsy Edwards

The Equipment Checkout website (sponsored by the Information Technology Assistance Center) has been updated with photos and more details on all the equipment available for checkout to K-Staters, including digital and still cameras, videorecorders, audio recorders, laptops, sound systems, and more.   Continue reading “Equipment Checkout website updated with photos and more details” →

K-Staters advised to stop using Internet Explorer 8 browser immediately

Posted on by Josh McCune

Confirmed exploits in the wild have been reported for a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8. There is currently no patch available. The vulnerability can be exploited by a simple drive-by attack which will allow adversaries to install malware on your computer without any user action necessary. This means you could be infected simply by visiting a legitimate website that has been compromised and hosting the malicious code. The vulnerability was already leveraged in a targeted attack on the U.S. Department of Labor.

1. We recommend that all users stop using the Internet Explorer 8 web browser immediately.

2. On Thursday, May 9, Microsoft released a workaround that acts as a temporary fix until a patch is released. The fix is available at https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2847140 .

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