Month: November 2014

IT Support Thanksgiving Hours

Happy Thanksgiving from Information Technology! Thanksgiving holiday hours are as follows: Normal hours resume on Monday, December 1, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact the Helpdesk at Helpdesk@cofc.edu or (843) 953-3375. The hours are listed in plain text below. Helpdesk Hours Wednesday, November 26th – 7:30AM to 5:00PM Thursday, November 27th – Closed…Continue Reading IT Support Thanksgiving Hours

Data Loss Prevention

What is Data Loss Prevention? Information Technology continues to actively prevent the loss of sensitive data (such as credit card and social security numbers) when you use College systems, networks and hardware in accordance with the Privacy and Data Loss Prevention policies. Data Loss Prevention (DLP) tactics deploy security controls to detect and prevent the unauthorized…Continue Reading Data Loss Prevention

Yammer

IT was a little too eager this morning to launch a new social networking and communication tool for the campus. As a result, you may have received a message from Yammer@cofc.edu asking you to login to Yammer, a social networking application. While this email was legit, the message was sent in error. Yammer (yammer.com/cofc.edu) is currently in…Continue Reading Yammer

Faculty Roundtable Discussion

Please join Teaching, Learning and Technology this Thursday at 11:00am in Tate 202 while they share strategies and applications for productivity and engagement.  TLT will also be collecting non-perishable food items to donate for the holidays. Give thanks for the many ways technology makes you more productive, effective, and engaging instructors. TLT be sharing a…Continue Reading Faculty Roundtable Discussion

VoiceThread Upgrade Scheduled in December

SERVICE: VoiceThread Upgrade (Voicethread.com) IMPACT: VoiceThread will not be available during this maintenance window due to the vendor performing an upgrade. DATE: Monday, December 15, 2014  OVERVIEW: On Monday, December 15th, VoiceThread will be upgraded. This upgrade brings many new enhancements along with a cleaner interface. Please visit https://www.smore.com/9bajr for more information about the VoiceThread upgrade. IT…Continue Reading VoiceThread Upgrade Scheduled in December

New Improvements with Cognos

Cognos was successfully upgraded to version 10.2 this past weekend thanks to a lot of coordination and effort from the Office of Institutional Research, Planning and Information Management and Information Technology. We hope your experience with the new version of Cognos is a positive one. The new features with Cognos 10.2 include: New visualization and chart types…Continue Reading New Improvements with Cognos

Increase collaboration with Google Docs!

Learn how Google Docs can help increase collaboration and productivity! Information Technology is hosting a Google+ Hangout on Air for faculty and staff. Tune in on November 13th at 10:00 AM. Please register for the event at go.cofc.edu/itgooglehangout. Google+ Hangouts on Air is a live broadcast. You can watch the broadcast from your home or office. If you’re having…Continue Reading Increase collaboration with Google Docs!

Internet Maintenance

SERVICE: Campus Internet Maintenance IMPACT: Access to the Internet (wired and wireless) will be intermittent during this maintenance window. DATE: Saturday, November 8th, 2014 TIME: 9:00PM to 12:00AM OVERVIEW: On Saturday, November 8th at 9:00 PM through midnight, Network Engineering will perform maintenance on equipment that connects the College to the Internet. Access to the…Continue Reading Internet Maintenance