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IT Services is warning computer users about a particularly vicious kind of malware, called CryptoLocker.

CryptoLocker encrypts or freezes large parts of a Windows PC’s hard drive, then asks the user to pay to regain access.

Once CryptoLocker installs itself, it contacts a remotely operated server run by criminals, called a command-and-control server. Read Full Article →

IT Services launched a “sandbox” of the newest version of Desire2Learn (D2L) at next.d2l.msu.edu for immediate play and experimentation before the full upgrade in December.

This sandbox is only for trying out and previewing, not for live teaching. All content remaining in the sandbox will be lost in the next upgrade. Read Full Article →

Michigan State University obtained a license for faculty and instructors to use the Eli Review online peer review platform at no cost to them or students beginning with a fall 2013 semester pilot and running through the next two academic years.

Eli Review allows instructors to create peer-review opportunities that help students learn how to become better writers through a write, review, and revise process. Read Full Article →

November 5–7 | 12:00 noon–3:30 p.m. ET

How Online Innovations Are Transforming Learning

Location:  Wills House, MSU

Join us November 5, 6, and 7 for the ELI 2013 Fall Focus Session, "How Online Innovations Are Transforming Learning," hosted at Learning Design and Technology (LearnDAT) where you'll exchange ideas and collaborate interactively with the teaching and learning community—all without leaving MSU!. Read Full Article →

The Michigan State University Police Department is investigating an attempted theft of employee direct-deposit payroll earnings.

On Friday, October 18, two employees reported receiving email confirmation of a change in their direct-deposit designation.

Police say that valid credentials (MSU NetID and password) were used by a perpetrator to modify the employees’ banking information on the EBS HR/Payroll (SAP) system. Read Full Article →

IT Services shared further details with the IT community about the network outage on September 25 at the IT Exchange meeting on October 10.

The September 25 network outage started just before 1:00 p.m. in the Biomedical and Physical Sciences (BPS) building where traffic containing millions of MAC addresses originated.

This traffic at BPS was processed by the Tier 1 network switches using a significant amount of memory. Read Full Article →

MSU LEARNING DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (LearnDAT) invites you to attend the next session in the ongoing Breakfast Series: Conversations on Online Pedagogy and Best Practices. 

DATE:        Wednesday, October 9, 2013
PLACE:      Main Library, North Conference Room, 4th Floor, West Wing
TIME:         8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (8:30 a.m. Read Full Article →

On October 1, 2013 the MSU Computer Store changed its hours of operation to 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. Monday – Friday. The expansion is the result of feedback and comments received from the campus community during a recent survey.

Located in room 110 Computer Center, 450 Auditorium Road, the MSU Computer Store has many items in stock and ready for pick-up or delivery. Read Full Article →

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month.

Michigan State University has an ongoing safe computing campaign called SecureIT to help educate the MSU community on safe computing practices.

Learn more about how to configure Windows and MacOS X firewalls. Read Full Article →

MSU LEARNING DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY (LearnDAT) invites you to attend the next session in our ongoing Breakfast Series: Conversations on Online Pedagogy and Best Practices.

DATE:         Wednesday, September 11, 2013

PLACE:       Main Library, North Conference Room, 4th Floor, West Wing

TIME:           8:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. (8:30 a.m. Read Full Article →