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Blackboard CE6 Most Frequently
Asked Questions
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To begin the new semester, students and faculty
are utilizing the new course management system, Blackboard CE6. This
system is fully operational and tightly integrated with Banner. To log in
to the system, use the same identification information (DSU ID #/PIN)
that you currently use to login to DSU Online Services. Visit the DSU Blackboard FAQ site
for more information on using Blackboard CE 6.
If
you need help with the migration of your courses or have other questions
involving CE6, please contact OIT at 4444. You can also contact our
24/7 Blackboard/WebCT help desk at extension 4800 on campus or toll free at 1-866-264-1465
for additional support issues with CE6 after hours.
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OkraMail Official Student Email System for DSU
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All
DSU students are provided a unique DSU e-mail address upon full
admittance to the University. If you are new to the campus this
summer, you will find that this e-mail address will quickly become your
lifeline to the University and is a means for official communication
between the campus, faculty members, and your fellow students. To check
your OkraMail account, visit http://okramail.deltastate.edu
For information on how to find your OkraMail address see the OkraMail FAQ Page.
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Susan Hines,
New Director of Instructional Technology
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We are pleased to
announce that Dr. Susan Hines arrived on campus this week to join the
Sungard team on the DSU campus. Dr. Hines has already begun working
closely with faculty members on Blackboard course development as well as
other instructional technology issues. Dr. Hines comes to DSU from Wilkes University
where she was the Director of Instructional Technology. Dr. Hines
has been an Assistant Professor of Business and Technical Communications
at Armstrong Atlantic State University, a Director of Instructional
Design at Savannah College, a course designer and instructional analyst
with Eduprise, and an Assistant Professor of
English and Digital Arts at La Salle University. We are
tremendously excited to have Dr. Hines join us and we look forward to her
leadership in instructional technology design and advancing the programs
forward. If you would like to schedule a time to visit with
Dr. Hines, please contact the OIT Help Desk @ 4444 or contact Dr. Hines
directly at shines@deltastate.edu
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Banner
Tip
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Do
you want to go to another form in Banner without exiting the current form
you are working in? Press the F5 key on your keyboard and a ‘Go To’
Box will appear. Type in the name of the form you want to navigate
too and press enter. Now you can work in another form. When
you are finish, exit the form like normal and you will be back to the
form you started in. To remove the ‘Go To’ Box from the top, Press
the F5 key again.
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 Remove
unwanted icons
Is
your desktop cluttered? Then chances are your machine is not
operating at top capacity. Check out Microsoft’s tips on how to
de-clutter your desktop at Microsoft
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Issue No. 84 – June 1, 2007
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 SPAM King
Arrested
SPAM
is never ending battle. It seems like OIT is in constant battle to
reduce if not eliminate it. It is difficult because in many cases,
what scores high on the SPAM alert meter may in fact be warranted
email. OIT encourages you to use smart email habits and most
importantly do not sign up for subscriptions as these typically place you
on the SPAMMERS list. You should know that the Barracuda SPAM
Firewall in place on the DSU network actually stops about 90% of all
email coming to the DSU network. We may have some good news on this
front. Federal authorities have arrested one of the largest
SPAMMERS in the world. This will hopefully reduce the amount of
SPAM hitting our network. Let’s hope. Check out more on this
arrest at CNN.
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Fraud Alert!
You
may have received an email this week claiming to come from Merchants
& Farmers (M&F) Bank. The Delta State University Police
Department has contacted M & F Bank and confirmed that this is not
an official communication from their organization. This is an
attempt by some unscrupulous individuals to trick email recipients into
providing confidential identity information to a bogus site on the
Internet. If you received this email, please do not follow any of
the procedures or links on the page. You should immediately
delete the email. Banks, credit cards, the Internal Revenue
Service and others will never solicit this type of information from you
via email. If you receive anything similar to this email from
other companies, the best course of action is to contact the phone
number where you normally do business and verify that they are asking
you for information. For further information on how to protect you
from Identity thieves see the
Federal Trade Commissions Identity Theft Site.
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 Reminder: Requests
for Software Installations in Computer Labs
OIT will be imaging
all computer labs during the late summer intersession in preparation for
the fall semester. If you are a faculty member teaching in these
facilities, it is critical that any requested changes be communicated in
writing along with the appropriately licensed software to OIT prior
to July 16, 2007. This will ensure that OIT has time to
confirm that it can be installed and work as expected prior to the start
of the fall semester. Please provide your changes to OIT prior to
the deadline so that we can make sure you have a successful start up for
fall semester. If you have changes or questions, please contact bfratesi@deltastate.edu.
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Technology Term of the Week
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(from Webopedia )
Click fraud is an illegal practice that
occurs when individuals click on Web site click through
advertisements (either banner
ads or paid text links) to increase the payable number of click throughs to the advertiser. The illegal clicks could
either be performed by having a person manually click the advertising hyperlinks or by using
automated software
or Online bots that are programmed to
click these banner ads and pay per click text ad links. Research has
indicated that click fraud is perpetrated by individuals who use click
fraud to increase their own personal banner ad revenues and also by
companies who use click fraud as a way to deplete a competitor's
advertising budget.
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