iTAC staff have read the feedback from an online survey and heard the comments of faculty and staff regarding Canvas training. As a result, the training has been reworked and will be offered beginning in January.
The face-to-face training has been revamped and includes three different sessions:
Continue reading “Updated Canvas training starts January 2015”
K-Staters participated in a Game Jam with Texas A&M University on Nov 7-9 in College Station. This 48-hour game building competition was organized into 15 teams of 2 to 4 developers, designers and artists.
K-State student, Joy Houser, freshman in computing and information science, was one of the four members of the winning team developing the game, Keep Swimming, which requires players to operate a fish underwater while avoiding obstacles and accumulating points. Each team member received a license from Unity, a gaming software company, valued at $1,500.
Jacob O’Neil, sophomore in arts and sciences, also attended the game jam. K-State staff and faculty who attended were Nathan Bean, faculty in computing and information sciences, Ben Ward, information technology assistance center and Stefan Yates, career and employment services.
A total of 4,000 pounds (two tons) of paper material was collected from K‑State departments Oct. 14 for shredding and secure disposal. Continue reading “Two tons of paper collected during October Shred Day”
Shred Day is scheduled 8:30-11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, to properly dispose of university paper records on the Manhattan and Salina campuses.
To determine which records can be included, please refer to the university’s records retention policy and schedule, PPM Chapter 3090. If you have any questions about the retention length of records, please contact university archivist Cliff Hight at chight@k-state.edu or 785-532-3420. Continue reading “Fall 2014 Shred Day is Tuesday, Oct. 14”
The beginning of every semester, K-State sees a significant increase in the number of phishing-scam emails trying to steal eID passwords. These emails try to trick K-Staters into providing their eID and password to criminals under the guise of “false emergency” emails, including:
THESE ARE ALL SCAMS. K-State Information Technology Services staff will NEVER ask for your password in an email. Do not reply to these scam emails, or click a link in email and fill out a form with your eID and password.
Abide by one simple rule and you will be safe from these scams and others: NEVER provide your password to anyone in response to an email! Continue reading “Increase in phishing-scam emails trying to steal K-State eID passwords”
Faculty, don’t let a few snow days keep you from holding class. K-State has tools to connect in spite of 11+ inches of snow. Here are some options to consider.
Use K-State Online to post an outline or summary of what you would have covered, in a Word, PDF or other document. Post Q&A sessions on the message board. Provide an audio recording on the Announcement page for students to prepare for the next class meeting.
Use Zoom audio/videoconferencing to record commentary on what would have been covered during the class. Some suggestions: Continue reading “Carrying on through snow days using IT tools”
Grades for the Fall 2013 term are due by 5 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23. The deadline to copy grades from K-State Online into iSIS is 4 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23, which allows sufficient time for back-end processes to complete. Continue reading “Grade-submission deadlines Monday, Dec. 23, for Fall 2013”
To get a better picture of satisfaction with technology and services and to assist with decisions as we move forward in support of K-State 2025, Information Technology Services surveyed students and faculty/staff in April 2013.
Overall, respondents were satisfied with the IT services offered and were favorable about specific IT services. When asked to identify the services needed to make it easier to work or study, comments centered around wireless and the email system. (ITS is addressing concerns about the email system with the migration from Zimbra to Office 365.) Continue reading “Results of 2013 IT Satisfaction Survey at K-State”
by Information Technology Services
Did you know that there are 2,000 wireless access points across campus in buildings and green spaces and the number has doubled over the last three years? To meet the growing demand and for scalability, Networking and Telecommunications Services (NTS) continues to upgrade the wireless network. To accommodate the demand that experts in the industry predict, universities and high-density organizations will need four times the current number of access points.
According to Danny Fronce, associate director of Networking and Telecommunications Services, more wireless devices are hitting the K-State network than ever before. At 9:05 a.m. on a typical Friday morning, 9,234 devices were connected to the K-State wireless network, said Fronce. Fast forward to noon on any given day, when peak usage occurs with 14,000 devices connecting to our network.
Continue reading “Wireless access demand and usage recommendations”
by Information Technology Services
As of Oct. 7, 22,709 email accounts and about 3 terabytes of data have been migrated from Zimbra email to Office 365. The Office 365 implementation team moved student email accounts beginning Aug. 22, which continues through October. This past weekend, Information Technology Services employees — including 156 full-time staff and 94 students — were moved to Office 365. Continue reading “Office 365 update: More than 22,000 email accounts have been migrated”
