tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74004912889317271712010-02-04T14:33:02.684-05:00Latest updates, alerts and upcoming events from OIT.OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comBlogger266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-57754781522682542552010-02-04T14:28:00.003-05:002010-02-04T14:33:02.704-05:00

Tonight at 11:00 PM OIT will perform brief maintenance on the Zimbra email/calendar system. That will result in a short outage of Zimbra services that might last up to 30 minutes. OIT regrets any inconvenience resulting from the outage. Thank you for your understanding.

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-82607731458273851922010-02-02T09:46:00.000-05:002010-02-02T09:46:19.180-05:00

Thanks to our recent poll participants who helped get some information about where users are computing on campus.  47% of users are getting work done outside of their dorms or offices (citing locations like the dining hall and the library.)  With the influx of mobile devices like the iPhone, Droid and forthcoming iPad, and encouragement of the administration for faculty to work in spaces like the

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-55678438473268181192010-01-19T11:20:00.004-05:002010-01-19T11:31:57.193-05:00

This semester, Professor Corey Olsen has begun a grand experiment:  recording his entire English 494 special topics course on J.R.R. Tolkien.  He is doing this in order to post each lecture - in its entirety and for free download - on iTunes U and his website, The Tolkien Professor. It's not as out there as it sounds:  Institutions like MIT and Stanford have been doing it for years. It does,

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Hello faculty and welcome back to campus. I hope you had a wonderful holiday season. Just before the break, OIT migrated everyone's Meeting Maker calendar to Zimbra Calendar. Though the campus is no longer using Meeting Maker, you can still view your Meeting Maker calendar. OIT encourages you to check your Zimbra Calendar to ensure that your data transferred properly. If you have calendar

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On Sunday, January 17th, the college's Internet service provider plans to replace the equipment that provides Internet service to all of their Eastern Shore clients . There will be an outage of Internet service between 5:00 AM and 8:00 AM on Sunday. For anyone on campus at that time, all on-campus services will remain active. Email to and from anywhere outside of the campus will be delayed

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-54407969363743703772010-01-12T12:32:00.000-05:002010-01-12T12:32:43.167-05:00

OIT is about a week away from launching Zimbra 6, giving you access to a wealth of new and improved features.  To learn more about how Zimbra 6 will improve your ability to collaborate, read on: Adding Folders, Address Books, Calendars, Tasks, Documents and Briefcases has never been easier.  Just look for the item icon adorned with a plus sign at the top of each sidebar. Your calendars

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-64664661980376871622010-01-11T11:49:00.004-05:002010-01-11T11:55:09.736-05:00

Instructional Technology has just announced its new training opportunities for the Spring 2010 semester.  Building upon the flexible model established in the Fall 2009 semester, the new offerings make it possible to get just what training you need, just when you need it.  From open lab hours and online chat support that offer one on one help with experts to online video modules that give you

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-25275810227683296192010-01-11T10:30:00.000-05:002010-01-11T10:30:59.732-05:00

We recently asked whether you would be interested in helping OIT write and maintain some manner of online help resource. Many of you said "no" (50%) and most others were confused about what this would mean (38%.) This is very useful feedback, negative as it may seem. Community online help resources can take many forms, though the most common are Wikis. These information repositories take

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As of 4:00 PM on Friday all Meeting Maker calendars have been imported into the Zimbra calendar. Some meetings may be duplicated and, if so, will require manual clean-up by each user. Everyone who had a Meeting Maker calendar is requested to look at their calendars in Zimbra to determine if all of their data moved, even if some is duplicated. It's better to have a duplicate meeting than not to

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-16571946294003880072009-12-18T11:04:00.003-05:002009-12-18T11:05:15.133-05:00

Update: Meeting Maker data is in the process of being converted to Zimbra calendar. All calendar data copied on Thursday will transfer over to Zimbra calendar by no later than 12:00 pm on Saturday, December 19. In the interim, please refrain from adding new appointments to Zimbra. You will receive an email from John Massey when the conversion process is complete and you can access your

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-84889653348694552982009-12-14T11:45:00.004-05:002009-12-18T11:06:00.522-05:00

As you remember from earlier this semester, OIT will be converting your Meeting Maker appointments for transfer to Zimbra calendar. After a false start over Fall break, we are now ready to make this transition at the end of next week. At 4:30 pm on Thursday, December 17, OIT will take the Meeting Maker server offline so that we can copy all users' data. The server will be down for about 30

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-14348965818656876452009-12-14T11:41:00.001-05:002009-12-14T11:43:06.808-05:00

Another phishing email...please don't reply to it or to any email like it: From: "webmail webhost" To: undisclosed-recipients:; Sent: Monday, December 14, 2009 5:03:40 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Washington College Schedule Upgrade Attention , Washington College Information technology Service (ITS )wishes to inform you as a matter of urgency that we are undertaking some essential,

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Central Services has recently begun seeing an increase in the number of personal shipments arriving for staff and faculty at their facilities. This is especially true as the holiday season approaches, with more and more gifts items for home and not work piling up in the Central Services space. Due to a lack of physical space in the Central Services work area, we request that you do not have your

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-79486437398649820612009-12-09T11:36:00.002-05:002009-12-09T11:36:26.294-05:00

This evening from 11pm to midnight there will be a campus wide network outage. This outage is necessary to update the College's core network equipment. All users connected on wireless and wired networks will be disconnected during this time frame. OIT apologizes for any inconveniences this may cause.

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-39827866891710916572009-12-09T10:17:00.001-05:002009-12-09T10:19:02.927-05:00

Mail & Print from Central Services is your on campus resources for shipping packages, receiving campus and standard mail and making copies and full color prints - all in house.  OIT is please to announce that, starting today, you will be able to connect with all that Mail & Print has to offer right from our website. Just click the Mail & Print link in the sidebar navigation no matter where you

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-69649733312087435252009-12-08T09:22:00.000-05:002009-12-08T09:22:01.459-05:00

From our Internet Service Provider - UMATS. On the morning of Wednesday, December 23 at 6:30 AM, there is a slight possibility that there will be a short Internet outage for sites that include campuses in the Baltimore area as well as those on the Eastern Shore.

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-57351756384842631402009-12-07T16:12:00.000-05:002009-12-07T16:12:02.905-05:00

Some members of the Washington College community have reported that they see a security certificate error when they access WebAdvisor on the network. It is important to know that the security of the certificate is not compromised. The certificate is valid and the server provides the proper level of encryption to protect our valuable information. It is also important to know that the data does

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-32241622419296240312009-12-04T12:01:00.000-05:002009-12-04T12:01:44.190-05:00

Have you seen me? I live on a number of Washington College websites now, right above the top left hand corner. Perhaps you didn't know what my plus sign icon meant when you've seen me, though? OIT has just implemented me on each of their web pages, at the bottom of the left navigation sidebar. I'm called the Add This Toolbox but you will probably come to know me as "that useful little set of

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-32752479769865421882009-12-02T10:08:00.005-05:002009-12-02T10:10:53.227-05:00

Copyright by George! is a website and series of publications that aim to clarify the ins-and-outs of copyright. With Copyright by George! you can learn how to be in - and stay in - compliance with copyright law, explore key terminology in Copyright like Fair Use, Safe Harbor, TEACH Act, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, etc., find out how your work is protected at the College and connect with

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-59072606554866898282009-12-01T12:37:00.000-05:002009-12-01T12:37:53.615-05:00

Did you know that a new version of Zimbra has been released?  Version 6 of the Zimbra collaboration suite that we use here on campus includes many new and improved features that will make working with classmates and colleagues easier than ever.  Some highlights: use read receipts for your emails manage your shared resources simply filter your existing inbox and folders and more... To learn

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-64704030122392280932009-11-30T11:20:00.000-05:002009-11-30T11:20:24.627-05:00

Looking for a new Mac for you or someone you love this holiday season?  Maybe a new iPod or iPod Touch?  If you're in the market for new Apple gear, be sure to take advantage of great savings for Education customers by using the ads below: As always, you can visit our Computer Recommendations page for the latest specs of systems from Apple that we suggest for campus use.  You can also stop

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-72282239934836788192009-11-23T12:15:00.001-05:002009-11-23T12:15:47.338-05:00

If you are using Thunderbird or Apple Mail as your email client and can no longer send email please check that your settings match the directions listed in the SMTP section of the following Documents. If you continue to have problems or need assistance with this please contact the help desk at 410-778-7777. Thunderbird: http://oit.washcoll.edu/zimbra/pdfs/thunderbirdsettings.pdf Apple Mail:

OIThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08636251205280746687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7400491288931727171.post-89928541854509452009-11-19T13:59:00.002-05:002009-11-20T09:28:51.135-05:00

We recently asked you how likely you'd be to upgrade to Windows 7 now that it's launched.  The answer? About two thirds of respondents said that they would be upgrading to Windows 7, or 68%. For those of you that will be upgrading to Windows 7 - or already have - be sure to check out Lynda.com's Windows 7 training modules. Look for our next poll in the OIT website sidebar.  We look forward to

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If you are in the market for a new Mac - for yourself or your department - make sure you stop by our Apple @ WC information kiosk. As an Apple on Campus location, we have a 13" and 15" MacBook Pro (two of our recommended systems) available for you to try before you buy. The kiosk's location right next door to the HelpDesk makes it easy to ask questions about the computers, inquire about savings

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All Meeting Maker services have been restored at this time. OIT apologizes for any inconveniences this may have caused.

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