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Dr. Reid explores climate-change & tissue regeneration using the HPC
As universities across the country focus on contingency plans during COVID-19, hackers are busy working to find ways to exploit the higher education community. Continue to be vigilant on the lookout for phishing and spam. How Should I Be On The Lookout? Any email that looks similar to a real UNC Charlotte employee, BUT comes […]
Per the Academic Calendar, UNC Charlotte will close for winter break on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, and reopen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Below are the IT Service Desk hours of operation from the beginning of winter break through the first day of classes on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Please note: Final grades will be […]
If you are required to use Respondus tools for exams, consider these tips from the Center for Teaching and Learning: Test your Device Check Respondus requirements with this short quiz to be sure your device is ready. Be Patient; Delays are Possible Faculty across the nation will ask students to test using Respondus while physical […]
The first free version of the Internet Explorer web browser hit the scene in 1997. Fast forward to about 2025, when Internet Explorer and the current (and last) version, IE 11, will reach its end of support alongside Windows 10. To prepare for the future shift, some companies, like Kronos and Adobe Creative Cloud are […]
What’s better than merely sharing slides with participants during a meeting? Now you can set your presentation as your Zoom virtual background. The virtual background will show participants your video imposed directly in front of your slides. You can even play, pause and stop your presentation right from within the Zoom meeting controls. Additionally, feel […]
Until recently, almost every webpage was built using Adobe Flash Player for games, video,—even entire sites. But by the end of this year, Adobe will neither support nor secure Flash-based apps. On Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, OneIT will uninstall Adobe Flash Player from University devices and servers to maintain best security practices. Adobe Flash will […]
The Rich Content Editor (RCE) in Canvas is also commonly referred to as the text editing toolbar or menubar and appears when you edit any page, assignment, discussion, etc. An upcoming update will relocate the right-hand menu where you would previously have added links, files, and images. This Canvas update will go into effect campus-wide […]
Since June 2019, the UNC Charlotte community has kept up with University information technology with Up with IT monthly. This month, OneIT asks Webex or Zoom FY21-22, announces new software options, and shares measures to protect meetings from Zoombombing. Up with IT – November 2020
UNC Charlotte began a review of the University’s electronic research administration (eRA) system to ensure the University has the records it needs when it needs them. The resulting replacement of Niner Online Research Management (NORM) also required a system that 1. works with Banner, 2. manages each proposal’s full lifecycle, and 3. offers scheduled and […]
OneIT will fill the months-vacant Director of Research Computing role next week when Dr. Chris Maher joins UNC Charlotte. Currently, the three-person University Research Computing (URC) team handles all requests to utilize specialty services while managing and supporting the High Performance Computing (HPC) environment that empowers faculty and researchers to compute, store, and access enormous […]
Using Cisco products, OneIT Security shields UNC Charlotte from 250,000+ threatening emails and cyberattacks every day. Learn about this and more in the Cybersecurity edition of Up with IT. Up with IT – October 2020
Every day, a quarter of a million malicious emails target University inboxes. With Cisco solutions, OneIT Security helps shield UNC Charlotte from increasing cyber threats. “Faculty and staff play an active role in securing data,” said Jesse Beauman, Assistant Vice Chancellor of Enterprise Infrastructure. Cisco’s Email Security feature will help faculty and staff spot phishing, […]
As a member of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the University must complete the Reaffirmation of Accreditation process every ten years to ensure compliance with SACSCOC policies and standards. According to its website, SACSCOC is the “recognized regional accrediting body in 11 Southern states for those higher education institutions that award associate, baccalaureate, […]
With the start-up of the fall 2020 semester near, OneIT announces interim BRLs and advises all remote employees to log in to the VPN. Read more in September’s edition of Up with IT
Criminals have crafted a new way to steal your personal information. The short of it is, phishers are now making phone calls and creating custom sites to steal your VPN credentials. Here’s how it works: An attacker, pretending to be with OneIT, would call an employee—particularly during onboarding—to troubleshoot their VPN access. The criminal would […]
The UNC Charlotte community can now access Zoom premium features, including meetings with 300 participants on the popular video communication platform. The Zoom trial for the ‘20-’21 academic year began in July, after OneIT surveyed students and University employees in May to learn about their experiences with technology while learning, teaching, and working remotely. Students […]
In this edition: Brief interruption to systems expected tomorrow Upgrade your OS before Tuesday Faculty/Staff tech survey results Click here to read the full edition of Up with IT – August 2020.