Year: 2024

Check out the April training courses available at no cost to all MSU students, faculty, and staff. Visit SpartansLearn for more information and to register.

Microsoft Forms – Creating Forms and Surveys

April 23, 1:30 p.m.

Instructor – Michael Julian

Forms can help survey classmates, students, coworkers, or any group where feedback is needed. Read Full Article →

This summit provides an opportunity for instructors, instructional designers, support staff, and vendors to showcase or discuss the use of educational technology available at MSU. We are inviting you to present to your campus peers about the ways you use technology to enhance teaching and learning in your classrooms.

We would like to offer you the choice of four 60-minute presentation opportunities:

• Demonstrate the use of one or more specific technology tools for teaching and learning.

Beginning on March 31, 2024, users will notice a new, updated Microsoft Teams. Microsoft will make this change automatically, so no action is required. New Microsoft Teams will more closely align with other Microsoft applications and introduce some new features and remarkable performance and security improvements, including 2x faster speeds and 50% reduced memory usage, providing a smoother and more responsive experience. Read Full Article →

Beginning with February 2024 billing information, customers who purchase services through MSU Information Technology (MSU IT) will find service billing information, including invoices, statements, reports, etc., in the new integrated workplace management system, Planon. Customers can still find MSU IT billing information before February 2024 in MySoft.

On January 22, MSU IT, in partnership with Infrastructure, Planning and Facilities (IPF); Financial Analysis; Institutional Space Planning Management; Student Life and Engagement; and University Procurement and Logistics, launched Planon to facilitate how units manage work orders and process billing for the campus community. Read Full Article →

The Instructional Technology and Development team at MSU IT Educational Technology would like to hear your thoughts and suggestions about our training offerings.

Instructional Technology and Development creates and refines training related to course design and technology integration. We value your feedback and suggestions about the training topics, formats, and timing as we continuously strive to enhance our offerings. Read Full Article →

There’s an upcoming change to the email retention policy for MSU Spartan Mail accounts. Effective April 3, 2024, the duration deleted items are retained within your mailbox will be reduced. You only need to act in response to this change if there are items in your Deleted Items folder you want to save.  Read Full Article →

This month, learn about grading in D2L Brightspace, content accessibility, and register for the 2024 MSU Educational Technology Summit.

MSU Educational Technology Summit

Held June 3-6, 2024, this event aims to familiarize instructors, staff, and students with campus technologies supporting teaching and learning. We are inviting you to present to your campus peers about the ways you use technology to enhance teaching and learning in your classrooms. Read Full Article →

Check out the March training courses available at no cost to all MSU students, faculty, and staff. Visit SpartansLearn for more information and to register.

Microsoft Teams – SharePoint Site

March 25, 1:30 p.m.

Instructor –Todd Ring

Embark on your journey of digital collaboration and dive into Microsoft Teams SharePoint Site. Read Full Article →

The 2023 Educause Annual Conference in Chicago held in October, reinvigorated Hannah Kindree’s passion for IT. A graduate student at Michigan State University and MSU IT Department of Educational Technology student employee, Kindree attended the conference last fall as part of the Egoz Pipeline Scholars Program, which covered expenses in addition to providing a mentor. Read Full Article →

The MSU IT Speaker Series features a variety of influential and informative speakers in support of IT’s mission to provide exceptional experiences to MSU through education and outreach. Presentations are offered at no cost for all of campus. Please share this series with your MSU peers and be sure to check back here for details about upcoming speakers.  Read Full Article →