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2013 K-State Shred Day is Oct. 15 on Manhattan and Salina campuses

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K-State is planning its annual Shred Day for university paper records. The event is scheduled:

  • 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, on the Manhattan campus (2 sites)
    — at Dole Hall, and east of the K-State Student Union on Mid-Campus Drive
  • 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Oct. 15, on the Salina campus
    — loading area between the east and west wings of the Technology Center. Departments that cannot bring their documents to the loading area can contact Information Systems, 785-826-2666.

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Remind students to print their class schedules

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by Information Technology Services

In the busy days prior to the start of the semester, students are settling in to their living arrangements, meeting new people, getting their devices connected and often forgetting to print their class schedule.  To avoid the rush of Monday, Aug. 26, remind students to print their schedule using K-State Connect, K-State’s interactive dashboard of commonly used services including iSIS.  Continue reading “Remind students to print their class schedules” →

More ITS status updates on summer projects

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by Information Technology Services

There’s only five weeks until the start of the fall semester, and Information Technology Services is busy completing many summer projects. Before you jump to the detailed list below, note these tech-classroom upgrades happening this week:

  • Bluemont 101 classroom upgrade — the epoxy floor is being poured.
  • All Faiths Chapel classroom is closed and being updated with a projector, new screen, and wireless.

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Office 365: Comparing the web-based client to the desktop client

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By Information Technology Services

As K-State transitions to Office 365, there have been questions about the differences in the web-based Outlook Web App versus the Outlook desktop client. The differences between the two are diminishing over time. If you do not share your calendar or email folders with anyone, the Outlook Web App will fit your needs. If you share email folders, share your calendar with others for them to manage, or manage others’ calendars, you should use the Outlook desktop client.  Continue reading “Office 365: Comparing the web-based client to the desktop client” →

Office 365: Frequently asked questions

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By Information Technology Services

Office 365 is K-State’s soon-to-be new collaboration service that integrates email, calendaring, notes, and task management (and discontinues Zimbra email/calendaring). This information and other frequently asked questions have been posted to K-State’s Knowledge Base at FAQs about Office 365.

  • What’s the mailbox size limit in Office 365?
  • What’s the size limit for email messages?
  • How do I know if I have too much email to migrate to Office 365?

More information about Office 365 is available on K-State’s Office 365 website.

Office 365: What will Office 365 email and calendar look like?

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By Information Technology Services

So what will Office 365 look like? Check out the following for a glimpse of the Office 365 email system that will be implemented at K-State:

For more information, see K-State’s Office 365 website.

Office 365: Email system update

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By Information Technology Services

Kansas State University has signed a contract with Microsoft, which provides Microsoft’s Office 365 services. Office 365 includes hosted email and calendaring that can be accessed from a user’s PC, phone or web browser. Our users will have a default mailbox size of 25GB. We are moving to Office 365 to improve the reliability and availability of our email service.

The goal of Information Technology Services (ITS), with assistance from system administrators across campus, is to seamlessly migrate K-Staters to Office 365 over the summer.  A project plan has been developed and we are currently in the testing phase of the plan. An implementation team and steering committee have been meeting and testing migration, authentication and security. The system administrators from across campus are heavily involved in testing the system and providing solutions to migration issues.

An overview of the email and calendaring functions in Office 365 is available online.

Project information will be posted at k-state.edu/its/office365. 

Qualtrics survey tool now available for faculty and staff

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Faculty and staff have a new survey tool at their disposal available through Information Technology Services.  Qualtrics is a comprehensive survey tool with more than 90 question types, simplified reporting tools, online training modules, a library of surveys to peruse and so much more.

Faculty and staff can begin using Qualtrics immediately by visiting survey.ksu.edu.  Graduate students will need to ask their major professor or supervisor to request access by completing the service request form online.  Continue reading “Qualtrics survey tool now available for faculty and staff” →

Annual IT Satisfaction Survey being emailed to K-State subset

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Over the next two weeks, Information Technology Services (ITS) will be conducting its annual satisfaction survey. A random sample of undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff will receive an online survey on topics ranging from services and applications, to help desk, telecommunications, networking, email, security, data storage and more.

K-Staters who receive the survey via email are asked to provide their assessment of IT to help us improve our services and support. Those who complete the survey will have their names entered into a drawing, and four individuals will be randomly selected to receive $50 iTunes gift cards.

Oct 16: Shred Day on the Manhattan and Salina campuses

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K-State is planning its third annual Shred Day for university paper records:

  • 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, on the Manhattan campus
  • 10 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Oct. 16, on the Salina campus

Departments will be asked to place paper documents with personal identity information – Social Security numbers, birth dates, credit card numbers, etc. – in designated bags to be delivered to one of two trucks located on campus.

Manhattan campus – Dole Hall, and east of the K-State Student Union on Mid-Campus Drive

Salina campus – Loading area between the east and west wings of the Technology Center Continue reading “Oct 16: Shred Day on the Manhattan and Salina campuses” →