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Reminder: iSIS offline Nov. 19-24 for upgrade

K-State’s student information system (iSIS) will be undergoing an upgrade during the week of fall break. As a result, iSIS will not be available from 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, through Wednesday, Nov. 24. The upgrade will provide improved features requested by faculty/staff and students; keep all components up-to-date for federal regulatory purposes; and update the system to the latest version.

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iSIS upgrade scheduled during fall break

K-State’s student information system (iSIS), will be undergoing an upgrade during the week of fall break. As a result, iSIS will not be available from 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 19, through Wednesday, Nov. 24. The upgrade will provide improved features requested by faculty, staff and students, keep all components up to date for federal regulatory purposes, and update the system to the latest version.

Updates about the iSIS upgrade will be posted on the iSIS Upgrade News page.

October is Microsoft Excel training month

iTAC is offering training opportunities available to all K-Staters in Microsoft Excel 2007 throughout October. The classes being offered are

  • 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7 – Introduction to Excel (Fairchild 9)
  • 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14 – Basic Functions in Excel (Fairchild 9)
  • 1-3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15 – Intermediate Functions in Excel (Hale 301)
  • 9-11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18 – MS Excel Seminar (Q&A format) (Fairchild 9)
  • 1-3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 21 – Intermediate Excel (Fairchild 9)

Note that November will be MS Access month.

Free Microsoft Office training for all K-Staters

The schedule for Microsoft Office training has been finalized for September through December. The full technology training calendar is online with more details. September and November will focus on Microsoft Access database, and October will focus on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets.

Registration for all Microsoft Office sessions is free and open to all of the K-State community. You may register through the Technology Training website to reserve your seat now!

This week’s Intro to MS Access class has new time

The Introduction to Microsoft Access class is now scheduled for 8:30-10:30 a.m. this Wednesday, Aug. 18, in Fairchild 9. Bring a database project to class; one lucky winner will have their project evaluated as part of the class.

This session will give an overview of:

  • Basic database terminology and principles
  • Creating tables
  • Creating simple queries
  • Creating simple forms
  • Creating simple reports

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Microsoft Word, Excel, Access training June 23-July

[Editor’s note, June 29: Additions/updates to the schedule below are in yellow highlight.]

Faculty/staff and students can make this summer a time to get up to speed on Microsoft Office software. No enrollment is necessary for these free sessions (although K-Staters may e-mail bcad@k-state.edu and note the session they wish to attend).

Word 2007 (word processor)

  • Thursday, June 24, 9-11 a.m. in Fairchild 9A: Collaborating with Word 2007
  • Monday, June 28, 9-10 a.m. in Hale 301: Transitioning to Word 2007
  • Wednesday, June 30, 9-11 a.m. in Fairchild 9A:  Beginning Word 2007
  • Friday, July 2, 9-11 a.m. in Fairchild 9A: Intermediate Word 2007
  • Wednesday, July 7, 9-11 a.m. in Fairchild 9A: Using Word 2007 for Larger Documents
  • Thursday, July 8, 9-11 a.m. in Fairchild 9A: Mail Merge Using Word 2007

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Microsoft Word, Excel, Access training in June

Faculty/staff and students can make this summer a time to get up to speed on Microsoft Office software. No enrollment is necessary for these free sessions (although K-Staters may e-mail bcad@k-state.edu and note the session they wish to attend).

Word 2007 (word processor)

  • Wednesday, June 16, 9 a.m. in Fairchild 9A: Word 2007 Seminar (bring your questions, we’ll find the answers)
  • Thursday, June 24, 9 a.m. in Fairchild 9A: Collaborating with Word 2007

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iSIS suggestion box available

In response to input by faculty, staff and students, an iSIS suggestion box is now available on the sign-in page for iSIS.  We want feedback on what works for you and what doesn’t so we can continually improve our student information system to meet your needs.  Your suggestions will be shared with the iSIS Steering Committee and iSIS team as they consider future improvements.

If you have an idea or concern, please share it with us at the iSIS sign-in page.

iSIS training for advisors this week

Training for K-State advisors on the tools and information available in iSIS is scheduled this week:

  • Wednesday, March 24 — 11 a.m.-noon in Fairchild 9
  • Friday, March 26 — 1:30-2:30 p.m. in Fairchild 9

This class will cover the information available in the Advising tab of the Faculty Center as well as the Student Services Center, and how to remove the Advising Flag to enable advisees to enroll in classes. Continue reading “iSIS training for advisors this week”