Year: 2014
Mindshare – Nexus Academy, a Blended Learning Highschool
Join us next Wednesday, February 13, at 10:30am at Wills house for a very special Mindshare with Nexus Academy!
Nexus, is a tuition-free public high school that delivers a supportive blend of online and face-to-face instruction that’s personalized to fit unique student needs, goals, and interests.
Here at LearnDAT, we specialize in partnering with the MSU Teaching and Learning community in planning, budgeting, staffing, organizing, delivering and assessing degree/certificate programs as well as individual courses. Read Full Article →
MSU IT Services looks for ways to improve login times in computer labs
MSU IT Services oversees computer labs and technology classrooms in public buildings on campus.
This post provides background on why the login times in computer labs are different from personal computers, as well as ways IT Services is improving log ins.
Background on login timesThe most frequent question we get asked is: “Why does it take so long to boot up and log in to computer lab computers?” Read Full Article →
MSU offers Zoom web conferencing licenses to MSU community
MSU has signed a hosting and licensing agreement with the Zoom cloud-based web conferencing platform. This agreement was the culmination of a partnership between several colleges on campus and IT Services.
Zoom platformMSU users can log in to Zoom at msu.zoom.us using their MSU NetID and password. (Read step-by-step log in instructions.) Read Full Article →
MSU Faculty-Staff Instructional Tech Award entries due February 10
To enhance teaching and learning at Michigan State University, IT Services holds an annual awards program funded by AT&T to both recognize and encourage best practices in the use of instructional technology.
The AT&T Faculty-Staff Instructional Technology Awards program recognizes outstanding contributions to the use and development of information technology for teaching and learning in credit-bearing courses at MSU. Read Full Article →
Participating as a Team @MSU: Designing and Delivering a Quality MOOC
MSU Learning Design and Technology would like to invite you participate as a team for the ELI short course "Designing and Delivering a Quality MOOC, February 19, February 27, and March 6 from 1:00-2:30pm E.T. Read Full Article →
MSU encourages awareness of retail scams, phishing
During November and December of 2013, Target users had their debit and credit card information exposed to hackers. Target did what was expected and sent emails to customers assuring them that the company was doing everything possible to protect them.
Hackers, taking advantage of the situation, sent out fake Target emails that looked like Target’s own reassuring email. Read Full Article →
MSU Attendance System to be retired at end of spring semester 2014
The MSU Attendance System, currently available as wall-mounted card swipes in 12 lecture-style rooms, will be retired upon completion of the spring semester 2014.
Historical attendance data will be available on an as-needed basis for one year past the system retirement date.
BackgroundMSU IT Services consulted with the Undergraduate Assistant and Associate Deans Group, the Learning Systems Advisory Group, the University Classroom Committee, and other academic groups prior to making this decision. Read Full Article →
Access to university systems disrupted Saturday, January 4
Access to several core university systems – including ANGEL, Desire2Learn, and computer lab machines – was disrupted Saturday, January 4, between 7:00 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. The source of the problem was traced to a device that was overloading IT Services’ datacenter network and disrupting traffic to the Shibboleth identity authorization system used by the affected services. Read Full Article →
