Voice over IP Project Continues Roll Out

With over 1900 phones replaced as of February 20, the VoIP project continues to roll out Miami’s new phone service at an average of 300 phones each week. By the end of June over 5000 new Cisco VoIP phones will be placed in Oxford, Hamilton, Middletown and the Voice of America Learning Center.

Student Technology Fee Call for Proposals - Proposals Due 2/27/2009

A pool of funds from the Student Technology Fee is available to stimulate the development of innovative student-focused technology projects on the Oxford campus.  A total of $525,000 is available and any student, faculty or staff member may apply for funding. 

Get Blackboard Course Site Updates on Facebook

Are you a frequent Facebook user? If so, you may be interested to know that you can now view some of your Blackboard information in Facebook via a Blackboard Sync application that IT Services recently installed.

REMINDER: Miami's Dial-up Internet Service Slated for Retirement 6/30/2009

As announced in summer, 2008, Miami’s dial-in Internet service will be removed on July 1, 2009, due to very low usage, availability of low-cost and free alternatives, and University budget constraints.

IT Services Technology Workshops Remaining for Spring 2009

Looking to enhance your skills in Microsoft Office 2007, Adobe Contribute, or the university-provided survey tools (Prezza Checkbox Web or Snap Surveys)?  IT Services has a number of workshops scheduled for the remainder of the spring that may be of interest.

IT Services Seeking Feedback on E-mail/Calendaring

All faculty, staff and students are invited to participate in a brief, anonymous survey designed to gather information about use of and satisfaction with Miami's muConnect/Exchange e-mail and calendaring system.

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New FileMaker Pro Users Group

To foster sharing our collective knowledge of FileMaker Pro, Miami is forming a FileMaker Pro users group. If you are a FileMaker Pro user and would like to share your knowledge and learn from your colleagues, please read on.

Teaching with Blackboard: Weekly Blackboard Tips Now Available via E-mail

Advanced Learning Technologies (ALT) has created a new LISTSERV list called “Blackboard Tip of the Week (BBTIPS)” to share tips with interested Blackboard instructors and organization leaders.

How Green Is Green? Saving Money and the Environment from Your Office

At the end of the day you make sure the coffee maker and computer speakers are turned off, you shut down your computer and printer, and then off your lights when you leave the office. You’ve done your part to help the environment and save the University some money, right?

Excel Tip for Faculty: Using an Excel Formula to Drop the Lowest Grade

Many faculty members use Excel to track grades. For the most part, using Excel as a grade book is rather straightforward; but things can get a bit more complicated once you start dropping the lowest scores for each student.

Web-based Training Provider Evaluation Underway - Feedback Welcome

IT Services provides a number of web-based training offerings to faculty, staff, and students in order to support software/IT and personal/business skill development. 

Beware of Any E-mail Requesting Your Username and Password

If you receive an e-mail message that asks for your user name and password for an account, or other personal information, do not respond and delete the message immediately.

Should Those Six PDFs Be One?

PDF stands for Portable Document Format, a method for capturing formatting information from a variety of applications, making it possible to send formatted documents and have them appear on the recipient’s monitor or printer exactly as they were intended (from Webopedia, All About Adobe PDF). Many applications now allow you to save directly to PDF format: for example, Microsoft Office 2007 and 2008.