News

We’re happy to announce that D2L Subscription Training is now available at no cost to all MSU staff and faculty and will be available through May 31, 2020.  

D2L is MSU’s learning management system that allows instructors to utilize online and blended classroom learning in their curriculum. Through D2L, instructors can upload the course syllabus, send email and announcements, receive homework submissions, facilitate discussions, maintain a gradebook, and use other tools that will make communication, assessment, and grading easier.  Read Full Article →

AT&T, the nationwide telecommunication giant, continues its generous support of Michigan State University faculty and staff with the 2020 AT&T Awards.

Established as grants in 2005, AT&T Awards recognize faculty and staff who have utilized technology in exciting new ways to improve their classrooms. With courses ranging from computer science to business, all fields of study at MSU are eligible. Read Full Article →

Learn how you can make the most of your Spartan 365 subscription by connecting to the Spartan 365 Power Hour on Teams. Visit the Spartan 365 Power Hour Teams channel each Tuesday at 1 p.m. to join the MSU IT Messaging and Collaboration team for a discussion on a select Spartan 365 application. Read Full Article →

A new IT Service Desk portal is being made available that will significantly improve your experience, search functionality, and access to assistance. This is being accomplished through the addition of the Service Point application to the IT Service Desk xFlow interface, which uses a simplified front end and dynamic service listings to streamline the process of asking for and receiving help. Read Full Article →

Not everybody is who they say they are on the web, and sometimes people online aren’t people at all. They might be lines of code meant to mimic human behavior. In other words, some people on the web are bots––some are good, some are nefarious. There are also some people behind accounts working hard to get other users aggravated. Read Full Article →

The sleek, modern furnishings in the new Minskoff Pavilion is more than décor––it’s packed with cutting-edge collaboration technology.

University Advancement and MSU IT worked with the Broad College of Business to equip the new Minskoff Pavilion with state-of-the-art communication and collaboration tools. The cross-team effort seeks to design a new student experience that provides seamless collaboration from small teamwork to collaboration with external partners and employers, up to full classroom engagement. Read Full Article →

The MSU App has undergone a significant redesign for all iOS users.

Over the summer, MSU IT worked hard to gather input from students about the MSU App. This input was critical to the creation of this redesign and continues to honor the legacy of the MSU App as a student-inspired project. Read Full Article →

Have you visited the MSU IT SharePoint site?

This site is the central hub of #TeamMSUIT, and gives team members easy access to: 

• Professional Development Resources 

• Organization Charts 
• The “What’s New in IT?” newsletter 
• Event Listings 
• Policies & Procedures 
• IT Documents & Resources 

• Communication Best Practices 
• Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Tutorials 
• Team-Specific Sub-sites 
• Job Postings 

We encourage all MSU IT team members to regularly check this site for updates. Read Full Article →

Photo: Michael Hudson, director, Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities speaking at the MSU IT Digital Accessibility Conference after the DigitalX announcement.

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Michigan State University is blazing a new path in the field of digital accessibility with the formation of a new Digital Experience Team, known as DigitalX. Read Full Article →

Join MSU IT each week for a 30 to 45-minute session on how to make the most of Microsoft Teams. Each week will feature a new conversation on an aspect of what Teams can do and how to accomplish it. There will be time for a question and answer session and announcements of new features as they are added to Teams. Read Full Article →