Author: Ciesa Design
MSU FileDepot and FileDepot Internal are services for temporarily transferring digital files (up to 2GB) that are too large to be attached in email messages. These files are available to recipients within or outside of the university for up to 14 days.
MSU has two systems, FileDepot for transferring files to recipients outside the MSU community and FileDepot Internal for individuals with an MSU NetID. Read Full Article →
Trends in technology ebb and flow as new technology emerges and makes older technology less relevant. But in some cases the newer technology never fully takes hold (Google Glass anyone?).
We rang in the new year by exploring numerous sources to figure out what could be the new “it” products in 2016. Read Full Article →
MSU IT is upgrading the D2L Learning Management System to version 10.5.2 before the spring 2016 semester.
Instructors who want to preview the new version before planning spring semester classes can visit the D2L Sandbox site.
New featuresThis upgrade will offer new features, some of which include:
- Improved quiz statistics
- A HTML 5 media player that makes it easier to insert and play back audio and video
- More course group self enrollment options
Read “What’s New in D2L 10.5 for Instructors? Read Full Article →
Joanna Young, MSU Vice President and CIO of Information Technology, kicked off the Bolder IT plan at an MSU Leadership and Administrators seminar on November 11, entitled “Information Technology Unplugged.” Young presented along with Vice President Vennie Gore, Associate Provost Jeff Grabill, Dean Leo Kempel, and Dean Elizabeth Simmons who represent some executives partnering on this plan. Read Full Article →
MSU Information Technology started migrating new MSU undergraduate students in June to Office 365 email from MSU Legacy Email. Currently, more than 35,000 accounts have been migrated to Office 365.
Sophomores were migrated to Office 365 email in September, juniors were migrated in October, and seniors will be migrated by the end of November. Read Full Article →
On Thursday, October 29, 2015, at 7:20 a.m. an incident was detected that impacted access to the MSU home page and select other university websites.
D2L was restored at 8:15 a.m. The other affected sites were restored at 9:17 a.m.
Affected websites included:
- msu.edu
- d2l.msu.edu
- search.msu.edu
- maps.msu.edu
- servicestatus.msu.edu
- MSU Keywords System
If you have questions, please contact the MSU IT Service Desk at (517) 432-6200 or itserve@msu.edu Read Full Article →
MSU Information Technology added captioning, lecture, capture, and other new features to Kaltura MediaSpace video storage on October 19 for MSU students, faculty, and staff. Additionally, MSU expanded MediaSpace bandwidth and storage to support continued growth.
CaptioningMediaSpace users can now order video captioning at no charge. This machine captioning service is 70-80% accurate, and there’s an editing tool for correcting any captions. Read Full Article →
Cyber security continues to grow in importance, and we all play a role in today’s highly networked world of systems, information, and technology.
MSU Information Technology helps celebrate National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) by promoting safe computing tips and supporting the MSU Security Summit on October 15.
MSU SecureITSecureIT is the main safe computing initiative at MSU encouraging safe personal computing, as well as information security guidelines and best practices for dealing with institutional data. Read Full Article →
MSU’s Institutional Data Policy (IDP) holds every member of the university community individually responsible for the appropriate use and protection of institutional data, and especially of confidential data, in their possession or control.
A first step to securing institutional data is increasing awareness about institutional data and confidential data.
Confidential data needs to be stored only on a secured server. Read Full Article →
MSU IT Services relaunched the MSU technology website, tech.msu.edu, on September 3 to enhance the user experience, streamline content and navigation, and advance the MSU and information technology brands.
As part of these goals, we aligned with the MSU Web Standards, addressed web accessibility, and incorporated responsive design to aid in mobile viewing. Read Full Article →
