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VPN Downtime Alert - Monday, April 29, between 5:00am-6:00am

ƽ��岻�� — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:03:23 +0000

VPN Downtime Alert: There will be a temporary interruption in VPN service on Monday, April 29, between 5:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. VPN access will not be available during this period.

We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

Cartoon of the month

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 12 Apr 2024 14:31:35 +0000

Cartoon caption: There's a lot of sensitive personal information on this flash drive so handle it with care!

Do you know where all your removable storage devices are (i.e., USB flash drives, external hard drives, DVDs)?

To protect sensitive information belonging to you or others: Ensure that your removable devices are kept in a safe location (i.e., locked in an office drawer, home or office location with restricted access, etc.).

It's now easier to request an IT Comms service!

ƽ��岻�� — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:40:54 +0000

Hello ƽ��岻�� staff,

IT Comms is your one-stop shop for all communications needs. We now made it easy for you to submit a communication request, using an easy-to-fill-out form that ensures your request is in our hands quickly for a fast turnaround delivery. Please use this form instead of email or MS Teams to send your requests to our team, it will prevent your request from slipping through the cracks when your usual contact at IT Comm is on vacation or away for a few days.

IT Services' 2023 Annual Report now available!

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 28 Mar 2024 19:54:23 +0000

Take a look back at IT Services’ achievements in 2023, another busy year of providing ƽ��岻��’s nearly 50,000 students, staff, and faculty with a unified, secure, sustainable, and strategic digital experience. We invite you to read our Annual Report.

Users may be intermittently unable to download attachments or view embedded images in Outlook on the web

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 04 Apr 2024 16:33:55 +0000

Users may see the following error message when an attachment fails to download: “Error downloading the file content.” Downloading attachments and embedded image viewing may succeed after signing out and then back into Outlook on the web.

If available, users can download attachments and view embedded images consistently through the Outlook desktop client.

IT Services is currently working on a fix to resolve the issue.

myCourses: grade export function unavailable

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 12:59:26 +0000

In myCourses, instructors are currently unable to export grades to Minerva from myCourses. This is an ongoing issue that IT Services is actively addressing, working closely with the vendor to restore this function and testing possible fixes.

As a temporary workaround, instructors need to manually enter grades in Minerva. Please see the following articles for relevant instructions:

Important: OneDrive and ƽ��岻�� Outlook email storage space reduction.

ƽ��岻�� — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:58:32 +0000

Students! Please read carefully since the information contained in this announcement will affect your ability to store files in your OneDrive account and may affect your ability to send emails from Outlook after May 31^st 2024.

Microsoft is introducing changes to our service offering across our Microsoft 365 Education suite that require us to place limits on storage. As of May 31^st, 2024, students will have 20GB (Gigabytes) of OneDrive storage space, in addition to 20GB of Outlook email storage.

UPDATE: Issue affecting student enrolment updates in myCourses

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 17:06:01 +0000

UPDATE: Some students may notice a discrepancy between updates to their enrolment records and those displayed in myCourses. Please note that this is a temporary issue that does not affect enrolment records and will be resolved shortly.

Clarification of restrictions on WeChat use

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 17 Nov 2023 21:53:40 +0000

Although it is prohibited to use WeChat on any ƽ��岻��-managed/owned device, individuals can continue to use WeChat on their personal devices using their personal accounts.

We remind you to be vigilant and exercise your discretion when using apps that can access your personal information if the proper privacy settings are not available or in place.

Restriction of WeChat on ƽ��岻�� devices / Interdiction WeChat sur les appareils de ƽ��岻��

ƽ��岻�� — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:57:41 +0000

This message was updated on November 20, 2023.

Ce message a été mis à jour le 20 novembre 2023.

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Dear members of the ƽ��岻�� community,

Effective immediately, please be advised that the installation and use of the social network WeChat from an application or Web browser is prohibited on any ƽ��岻��-managed/owned device, including desktop and laptop computers, mobile phones, and tablets. Individuals can continue to use WeChat on their personal devices using their personal accounts.

(Closed) WIN A HOODIE: Enter the IT Services Virtual Scavenger Hunt contest!

ƽ��岻�� — Tue, 14 Nov 2023 19:57:18 +0000

The IT Services Virtual Scavenger Hunt contest is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered - we will contact the winners shortly.

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Welcome to a new term! The IT Services Virtual Scavenger Hunt is now open to all ƽ��岻�� students. Take our quiz and enter to win a ƽ��岻�� hoodie! Details below.

How to enter:

Important update: retirement of wiki feature in Microsoft Teams as of Jan. 2024

ƽ��岻�� — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 13:32:20 +0000

Are you the owner of an MS Teams workspace featuring a wiki tab, typically used for meeting notes?

If so, we would like to inform you about a significant change concerning the wiki feature (usually used for meeting notes) in Microsoft Teams. Microsoft has announced that as of January 2024, the wiki feature will be retired and replaced by OneNote.

In this article:

How does this affect you?

Actions you will need to take

Steps to export wiki content to OneNote

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