Does K-State know what types of computers students are bringing to campus?
No data is available on computer types, but we do know the operating systems used by students who moved into the residence halls and Jardine Apartments. The computers brought to campus had these operating systems:
Q. Where can I find information about software available in the university computing labs?
To learn about software available in the university public computing labs and InfoCommons, see www.k-state.edu/infotech/labs/software.html
The consolidation of central information technology units at K-State in July 2009 under the leadership of a chief information officer, a new position, are just some of the ways K-State plans to build its information technology services to meet the university’s future needs, according to M. Duane Nellis, K-State provost and senior vice president. For more details, see Media Relations’ Sept. 9 news release.
Double-sided printing (duplexing) is now the default in the K-State InfoCommons and university computing labs. During the 2006-2007 academic year, K-Staters printed more than 1.6 million pages (equivalent to 3,200 reams of paper) and since January of 2008 more than 830,000 pages have been printed in the university computing labs and InfoCommons. This change is one small step towards greater sustainability efforts on campus. Read about K-State’s sustainability efforts from http://sustainability.k-state.edu
update: sustainability.k-state.edu is coming soon – for now: http://www.k-state.edu/media/webzine/green/index.html).
A Course Accessibility workshop focusing on how to make mediated content accessible will be 9:30-10:30 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in the Hemisphere Room (Hale 501). The workshop will be repeated 2-3 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in Hale 501 and on Sept. 30 at K-State Salina. Topics covered include:
Resources available throughout campus will be discussed. To register for the workshop, see the IT training site.
by Rebecca Gould, Information Technology Assistance Center
How can I improve my Wimba experience?
Use a headphone set with a microphone. That will filter out extraneous background noise in your environment and also allow you to verbally communicate with a Wimba instructor instead of being limited to text messaging. Watch this newsletter for an upcoming article on selecting a headphone for Wimba use.
Searching for a newer way to find information on the Web? Check out Cuil (pronounced “cool”), an Irish word for knowledge. Cuil is a new search engine that indexes the entire Internet in the search process and bases findings on content and relevance. The process is a more analytical way to search the Web rather than basing results on popularity visits. Cuil claims to search “more pages on the Web than anyone else — three times as many as Google and 10 times as many as Microsoft”.
Take some time to explore the site, check out the features, and note it is very much a work-in-progress.
Try it out at www.cuil.com. Read more about Cuil on its Welcome to Cuil page.
