Miami University's board of trustees approved the appointment of Debra Allison as vice president for information technology and chief information officer, effective Jan. 1, 2011.
Last month the Sakai Implementation Team selected a group of 50 instructors who will pilot academic courses this spring semester using Niihka, Miami’s new collaboration and learning environment (CLE). Built in the Sakai CLE platform, Niihka was chosen this past summer to replace Blackboard on all Miami campuses.
All faculty, students and staff are invited to attend open forums designed to inform the Miami community about the Sakai implementation project. These sessions will give attendees the opportu
Four IT Services staff members will travel to Luxembourg this fall to bring the technology deployed on that campus up to current Miami standards and address some of their specific needs.
Lynda.Com, Miami's online software training tool, is always releasing new courses covering the latest titles and versions. Any student, staff, or faculty member can access the Lynda.Com library.
On Friday, September 10, IT Services removed the filters on the residential network that have been allowing gaming devices (such as PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360, etc) to access the network without