Author: Ciesa Design

Four outstanding instructors for online and blended courses were selected as recipients of the 2014 MSU AT&T Faculty-Staff Awards in Instructional Technology.

“The AT&T Awards provide a venue for MSU to recognize outstanding faculty and staff whose innovation and creativity inspire others in new ways of using technology in instruction,” said Severin Grabski, lead judge for 2014 AT&T Awards; associate professor in the Department of Accounting & Information Systems, College of Business; and senior faculty advisor to the CIO of MSU. Read Full Article →

MSU IT Services is beginning preparations for computer lab and lecture cart software upgrades for the fall 2014 semester.

Instructors should fill out the Classroom Software Request Form if they need software or a version upgrade added to classroom or lab computers for fall 2014 or spring 2015 courses.

Software requests should be submitted by May 31. Read Full Article →

MSU IT Services is upgrading the Desire2Learn (D2L) Learning Management System to version 10.3 over the summer. In addition, to the upgrade several new integrations will be available.

This upgrade will offer many new features including:

• The ability to upload, publish and share media directly from the D2L environment using the Kaltura MediaSpace integration.

The MSU Attendance System currently available as wall-mounted card swipes in 12 lecture-style rooms will be retired on May 7 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.

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 →

A major security vulnerability called the Heartbleed Bug was disclosed Monday night with serious implications for the entire web.

A security defect was found in a component that is the foundation of security for a large percentage of Internet websites.

The security defect, in a component called OpenSSL, allows attackers to acquire random data from “secure” web servers without logging in. Read Full Article →

MSU IT Services coordinates MSU Seminars in Research and Instructional Technology in the spring and fall.

The spring 2014 seminars offer two days of no-cost workshops on May 6-7.

These seminars are open to faculty, academic staff, and graduate assistants (teaching and research).

Download the brochure PDF.

Participants may choose from a variety of sessions over two days designed to support teaching and research at MSU. Read Full Article →

Starting on May 9, 2014, courses that are two years old, development courses that have been inactive for two years, and groups that have been inactive for six months in MSU’s ANGEL system will be deleted.

Associated content and records for these courses will also be deleted.

The ANGEL User Support Team is sending specific messages out to affected course and group administrators listing the courses and groups scheduled for deletion. Read Full Article →

Microsoft will end support for its Windows XP operating system on April 8, 2014. No further security updates or technical support will be provided for Windows XP.

Computers still running the XP operating system aren’t protected against malware and other security vulnerabilities after April 8.

It’s important to use a recent operating system in order to protect against from malware and viruses that could infect your computer and search for your personal information. Read Full Article →

MSU IT Services will be deactivating mail.msu.edu email and AFS storage accounts for those who have not been faculty, staff, or affiliates for one or more years.

Official retirees are not included in these account expirations. They maintain their MSU email and AFS accounts.

Account deactivation is scheduled to begin on April 25. Read Full Article →

IT Services launched two related file sharing services to transfer files up to 900MB inside and outside of Michigan State University.

These services help address the need for sharing large files and data with colleagues at MSU or other institutions.

MSU FileDepot enables users to share files with anyone, including other faculty and researchers at different higher education institutions. Read Full Article →