We invite all iPad users and those who are interested in seeing what iPads are all about to come and share at the next meeting, noon-1 p.m. Tuesday, June 14, in Bluemont 16A, focusing on photo-related apps. Bring your iPad questions and share your favorite apps!
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Q. K-State’s central Unix system won’t let me log in via FTP to work on my departmental webpages. It says my Mac’s FTP connection isn’t secure. How do I fix that?
K-State has had secure-FTP sign-in for a long time, and there are several applications available to do that. K-Staters who use Dreamweaver (on Macs or PCs) to maintain departmental webpages can select a secure-FTP checkbox as shown in the image below. Continue reading “Q/A: Secure FTP software for Macs?”
Information Technology Services began offering eligible faculty/staff use of the following software at home for work-related purposes effective Monday, Feb. 28:
The software is not available for personal use. K-Staters can purchase the software for personal use under the Microsoft Select Agreement at the K-State Student Union Computer Store.
Note to departments: Free software downloads of Microsoft’s operating systems and the Microsoft Office Suite are available for all university-owned computers. See the Jan. 18 Microsoft Campus Agreement article.
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Information Technology Services has procured a Microsoft Campus Agreement to provide faculty and staff access to Microsoft’s operating systems and the Microsoft Office Suite for all university-owned computers. The products covered under the agreement include:
Technical support staff in units across campus were sent an e-mail with this information and given access to the K-State Online space that provides the media files and documentation about the Microsoft Campus Agreement. For technical support staff who did not receive the e-mail, contact the IT Help Desk, helpdesk@k-state.edu, 785-532-7722.
iTAC staff are in the process of preparing computers in the K-State InfoCommons and university computing labs for updates during the December/January break. Any requests for additional software should be sent to softwarerequest@k-state.edu no later than Dec. 1. This allows time to install and test software before deploying to the labs.
Continue reading “Spring 2011 computing-lab software requests due Dec. 1”
IBM SPSS pricing is going up Sept. 28. While this will not impact the campus SPSS-PC license renewal costs this year, it does impact purchases of add-ons made after that time.
Faculty/staff and departments that are considering adding SPSS AMOS, Data Entry, Data Collection, Exact Tests, and so forth should contact Kathy Leonard (kantink@k-state.edu, 785-532-4926) no later than Sept. 23 to take advantage of current pricing.
Computer back-to-school offers at the K-State Student Union Computer Store end today (Tuesday, Sept. 7). K-State students, faculty/staff, and emeritus with valid K-State IDs can buy qualifying Mac and iPod products and receive an online rebate of up to $199.
Along with a full inventory featuring MacBooks, iPads, iPods, accessories, as well as a select line of Dell laptops, your Authorized Apple Campus store continues to offer education discounts on Student Select Microsoft and Adobe products. The software savings can be as much as 80 percent off of retail prices.
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To support the Mathematica site license at Kansas State University, Wolfram Research will be on campus Tuesday, Sept. 14, to provide training for Mathematica 7. This training session will be 12:30-1:30 p.m. in 401 Hale Library, and there will be time after the training session to answer technical and licensing questions about Mathematica.
Mathematica is often thought of as useful for only math, but this training session will illustrate why Version 7 changes the pedagogy of teaching within biology, chemistry, economics, physics, engineering, and a number of other academic departments. Continue reading “Mathematica 7 open training seminar Sept. 14”
New Microsoft and Adobe software titles have been added to the K-State Student Select Software program available at the K-State Student Union Computer Store. To see programs included in each title, a printable price list, and FAQs, see the Student Select PDF.
All titles require a current K-State ID for purchasing and are available to faculty/staff, students, and emeriti. Distance students, employees of local agencies (K-State Student Union, Athletics, Foundation, etc.), and satellite campuses and workplaces (i.e. Extension) are included. Alumni and employees of K-State affiliates are not eligible.
All titles are limited to “1 user – 2 computers” and licensing terms state they are for your own personal educational use, and not for resale. All titles are distributed on a CD/DVD and each package includes its own unique activation key.
Microsoft titles added
Adobe Creative Suite 5 titles added (available for Mac and PC)
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The Adobe contract has jumped through all the hoops and is officially renewed through May 13, 2012. SHI International will begin processing K-State departmental orders immediately. Contact Kathy Leonard (785-532-4926, kantink@k-state.edu) if you need further information or have questions.
