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OASIS Supports CHAT Festival
The Institute for the Arts and Humanities (IAH) is hosting the Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology (CHAT) Festival next week, and OASIS is working behind the scenes to support it!
2010 IT Awards Nominations
Help us recognize the outstanding technical support you have received by nominating an individual or team for a 2010 Information Technology (IT) Award. This award honors all kinds of campus information technology support, including staff who provide PC support, write code, or administer a network, and teams working together to provide technology services for a department or the University. A nomination is an excellent way to let your IT support staff know you appreciate what they do.
Information Security
At OASIS, we are continually re-evaluating and improving our services, including some services that our clients hopefully will never have to see. One of these "behind-the-scenes" services is "information security". While some aspects of information security are quite well known, such as password changes and controlling folder permissions on our file server, those are just the proverbial "tip of the iceberg". OASIS is in the process of performing non-intrusive scans of computers in our supported departments that are designed to look for a few common vulnerabilities.
February Blackboard Workshops
ITS will be offering a variety of Blackboard classes to get you started, show you how to use the GradeCenter, or even set up tests and assessments in Blackboard.
Upcoming Research Computing Workshops
ITS is offering a variety of research computing classes about Linux, Pearl, Emerald, Topsail, Matlab, OpenMP, Shell Scripting and more.
Elluminate (Web Conferencing) Available to All Instructors and Staff
Elluminate allows groups to meet, present, and collaborate in real-time from anywhere there is an internet connection.
Upcoming Classes - Websites, Email Productivity and Blackboard
OASIS, ITS and a variety of others are offering a variety of classes this semester.
OASIS Newsletter - December 2009
We have another exciting installment of the OASIS Newsletter. In this month's newsletter we address security issues, Google Wave, productivity with technology, and eReading devices.
Annual OASIS Survey Winner
Many of your received invitations to participate in our annual OASIS survey. Thanks to all those that responded and a special congratulations to Bill Shi from the Math department. He was randomly selected as the winner of the Dell Latitude 2100 Netbook.
Technology and Time Management - EDUCAUSE 2009
Jeff VanDrimmelen and Zachary Fisher just recently returned from presenting at Educause in Denver Colorado, an annual international instructional technology conference. They presented a 1/2 day seminar on using technology to be productive. This article includes resources they shared with the audience.
