“Connecting with Social Media” is a free, online course being offered by the Information Technology Assistance Center. The seven-week course begins Tuesday, March 22, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts and uses of various social media tools. The course requires pre-registration.
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A new text-only version of K-State’s online IT security training is now available to allow people to move through the material at their own pace. Relevant information from the audio version that is not already displayed has been added to the text-only slides to make sure all the content is covered. While both versions contain the same general information, the version with audio contains more in-depth discussions of each topic and may be more useful for less technical users.
Take the mandatory training online at secureit.k-state.edu/secureit
(eID/password sign-in is required).
Thus far, more than 1,250 K-State employees have completed the online version of the training, with 767 attending the live, face-to-face version.
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The Information Technology Assistance Center is offering a free, online course on “Connecting with Social Media.” This seven-week course begins Tuesday, March 22, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts and uses of various social media tools. The course requires pre-registration.
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Additional iSIS training sessions are available for advisors, with a focus on the new K-State 8 general education requirements and responsibilities, such as transitioning your advisees from UGE to K-State 8.
See the full listing of available sessions. For more information about K-State 8, see the K-State 8 website.
Soon a new text-only version of K-State’s online IT security training will be available to allow people to move through the material at their own pace. Relevant information from the audio version that is not already displayed is being added to the slides to make sure all the content is covered. Watch InfoTech Tuesday for the announcement of this availability in early March.
Thus far, more than 850 K-State employees have completed the online version of the training, and 767 have attended the live version.
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I’d like to learn more about using Mac computers. What training and resources are available at K-State and elsewhere?
This is a common question nowadays, given the continuing user trend toward Macs in the U.S. (netmarketshare.com reports Mac operating system market share is 11.46 percent this month).
Mac resources at K-State
State of Kansas policy now requires that all state employees receive annual training in IT security. K-State has released an online training course for all faculty, staff, and student employees that will fulfill this requirement. It covers basic IT security topics everyone needs to know to properly protect K-State information as well as themselves and their colleagues.
The course is broken into three sections and should take about 45 minutes to complete. Go to secureit.k-state.edu/secureit now and sign in with your K-State eID to get started.
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Having a hard time finding information for or about your students in the Advisor Center? Do you know how to transition your students to the new K-State 8 general education requirements? How can you and students see how their existing coursework applies to K-State 8?
Come find the answers to these questions and more. See the Advising in iSIS section in iSIS Help for a list of classes and instructions for enrolling.
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Registration is now open for the free, online Web Design training class being offered by the Information Technology Assistance Center this spring. The 12-week class begins Monday, Jan. 24, and is designed to introduce K-Staters to the fundamental concepts, terminology, and best practices of web design. The class requires pre-registration.
The class will be conducted online via K-State Online and will cover:
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Faculty/staff who will be using the university technology classrooms for the first time must attend a short training session before they can request keys for those classrooms. Once training is completed, instructors can request keys through Facilities Key Control in Dykstra.
These one-time training sessions include:
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