OIT Newsletter

August 4-7: Union Building Network Outage

With the ongoing construction in the Union building, it is necessary for the OIT offices of Telecommunications and Network Services to restructure the network closets in the facility. In order to perform this restructuring, all network services to the Union facility will be unavailable on August 4 beginning at 7:00 a.m. We anticipate that services will be restored beginning at 7:00 a.m. on Monday, August 7. This will affect all services to all offices in the building, including Exchange mail services, Internet Access, and Active Directory. Additionally, with the Banner outage, Banner will not be available. The only facility affected will be the Union building. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we strive to improve services on the campus.

Banner 7.x Overview Sessions

The Banner upgrade is proceeding as scheduled meaning Banner will be unavailable after 6:00pm, Thursday, August 3 rd . OIT will be holding informational seminars for faculty and staff on Friday, August 4 th in Jobe 202 at 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. to provide an overview of the interface changes between Banner 6.0 and Banner 7.0. There have been significant improvements in the look and feel of Banner as well as other enhancements. OIT also has available a new Banner 7.0 overview guide that has been customized for the DSU community. To sign up for one of the sessions, download the Banner 7.0 guide and to see further documentation and information on Banner 7.0, please go to the OIT Banner Support Page . More detailed training and hands on events will be available after the upgrade process is completed.

Banner Outage Schedule: All Banner services will be unavailable beginning Thursday, August 3 @ 6:00 p.m. and the new version should be available on Monday, August 7 @ 8:00 a.m. Banner will be inaccessible on Friday, August 4 until Monday
August 7.

FREE Hands-on WebCT Orientation workshops

OIT is offering FREE Hands-on WebCT Orientation workshops for Students. Don't miss this opportunity to get comprehensive information, demonstrations and hands-on experience in WebCT - the University's e-Learning Platform. Scheduling information will be on the OIT web site soon. If you would like a workshop to be brought to your class, contact Dr. Felix Rizvanov.

Issue No. 54 - August 4, 2006

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Belhaven Employee Robbed and Employee Data Stolen

Data security is of significant concern at Mississippi institutions. Employees removing data from the campus via personal laptops or computers don't always understand the risk involved. Belhaven College announced that an employee was robbed in the campus parking lot on July 19 and the computer belonging to the employee was stolen in the robbery. This laptop contained the names, social security numbers, and contact information for college employees, putting all of the 300 affected employees at risk. Although Belhaven hopes that security measures in place on the laptop will prevent any potential identify theft, there is no guaranty that the thief will not uncover the data. Employees at the institution are being urged to open new banking accounts and to watch their credit reports carefully. For more information, see the following articles.

Incentives for adding technology to your Curriculum

Did you know there is a $700 stipend for attending the Faculty Technology Institute? The award winning FTI program is geared toward adding advanced instructional technology to classroom curriculums. There is still room in the next institute, scheduled for August 7-11. Contact Dr. Felix Rizvanov for more information.

Questions or comments ~ feel free to contact Glenn Trammel at 662-846-4840 or email at gtrammel@deltastate.edu