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Your MUnet Password and Security
- Important Change on February 3, 2003
Some of the most important and confidential
information about each of us is stored in electronic
files. Services that allow easy access to this data
make tasks such as entering/checking grades, assignments
and financial aid quick and simple. However, maintaining
the confidentiality of this electronic data is critical.
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Miami Students' TV Favorites
The AV/Technology Services unit of MCIS
recently completed a survey of the television viewing
habits of students living in residence halls. Graduate
students from John Bailer's Mathematics and Statistics
Practicum helped design and provide content for the
survey. Then a randomly selected group of 600 students
received the survey asking them to estimate how much
time during the week they spend watching each of the
MUnet video channels. They were also asked to indicate
what channels they would like to see added by choosing
from a list of the top one hundred cable channels in
the United States.
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Virtual Teaching and Learning Center
Miami University's Virtual Teaching
and Learning Center is a Web site that provides a rich
set of inter-related information centered on learning
strategies and best teaching practices using technology.
The site's mission is to provide faculty with direct
support advocating and leveraging technology to advance
learning. The VTLC provides users with direct links
to articles and web pages with relevant and timely information
and research broken down into three main sections.
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Training Notes
 The
MCIS
Training page now has a new format; you will find
a link from the navigation bar at the left. This page
gives access to several types of online training links
(including PC and Macintosh computer based training),
information about training and workshops all over campus
and a link to the TRAIN
registration system.
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 New
Interface Released for the MU Knowledge Base —
Miami's Technology and Services Support Site
On December 19, 2002, a new interface
was put in place for the MU Knowledge Base. The goal
of the new interface is to help Knowledge Base visitors
get to the information they are seeking even more quickly.
The new interface features two navigation
bars that stay available no matter where you are in
the site.
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 Reporting—The
Truth Is Out There
(submitted by Bill Heck)
Do you need to
know how many undergraduate majors are in your department?
Or whether you are paying for the right student workers?
Or maybe you want to track down an expense that occurred
sometime in the last six months ... but you don't know
just when.
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What Does MCIS Do?
 Wherever
you look on campus, you’ll see evidence of MCIS
and its services being provided to students, faculty,
and staff. Listed below are some of the major
projects currently underway or recently completed by
MCIS. You might be surprised at just what goes
on beyond plugging your computer into the wall!
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Backing Up Important Data Files
Some faculty and staff members use floppy disks as
their primary method of data storage or have important
files stored in only one place. One Miami department
recently had problems with an inventory that was stored
on a floppy disk, with no backup. The file had become
corrupted because the disk was damaged. Even though
the inventory file was partially restored, over a hundred
records had to be re-entered. Much time could have been
saved if the file had been backed up elsewhere.
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Research
Examples of new Gartner research articles are available
from Miami's web site to all Miami students, faculty,
and staff are listed below. You will be prompted to
login using your UniqueID and MUnet password.
Gartner research will be of particular interest to
any student, faculty, or staff member learning, teaching
or using technology. Areas of focus for Gartner research
include E-Learning, Business Management of IT, Security
and Privacy, Higher Education, and Emerging Trends and
Technology. The web site is updated weekly by Friday
with new research articles.
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Technology on the March at Miami
For those of you who like numbers and statistics, here
are a few interesting ones about technology at Miami.
Skip this article if statistics make you snooze.
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Technology Talks:
CART and Remote CART from the Office of Disability Resources
(submitted by Doug Ledford
and Cindy Steidle)
Communication Access Real-time Translation (CART) is
used at Miami to support deaf and hard of hearing students
in the classroom. CART is the instant translation of
the spoken word into text using a stenotype shorthand
machine, laptop computer and real-time captioning software.
Text instantly appears on a computer monitor for the
student to read. At the end of the class, the hearing
impaired student has had the same access to the material
presented to the rest of the class. One question that
is frequently asked is why we use CART instead of a
sign language interpreter. It is a common misconception
that all deaf people know sign language or read lips.
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New Miami ID Card
(submitted by Aniko Synder)
Miami University is moving toward using the Banner
number as our key identifier, so this summer the Miami
University ID Card system will begin using the Banner
number. In the coming months you will receive more detailed
information on just what this means for you and what
you will need to do to get your new card. All your information
(Rec Center, meal plans, building access, etc.) will
be on the new card.
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