Technology

The Information Technology Services website (ithaca.edu/computing) will be unavailable all day on Monday, 11/23 while we prepare to make our new website live.

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Are you fumbling with formulas, grumbling about graphs, and whining about worksheets? Would you prefer to make dazzling data sheets, pristine pivot tables, and fantastic formulas? Well, then. It's time for you to learn how to excel in Microsoft Excel for Windows with Excelements training! ITS is offering a series of three training topics on Microsoft Excel 2007 for Windows during the first week of December. Please join us!

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Ithaca College on iTunes U has been up and running for over a year now and is a way to deliver audio and video to the IC community or the world.  If you want to learn more about podcasting and iTunes U or get started creating your own audio podcasts, ITS has some training opportunities scheduled for the remainder of the semester in the TLC (Friends 101).

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Attention Faculty members: if you are teaching winter, winter PT and/or spring courses and plan to use the Blackboard online courseware system, you can now create the Blackboard course shells through HomerConnect!

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Just a reminder, course activation and enrollment updates for Blackboard are no longer available automatically through HomerConnect.

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This is just a reminder that November 18th is the due date for Technology Renewal Spring 2010 questionnaires. If you have already completed your questionnaire, thank you!

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If you have been wanting to attend the popular Photoshop Phriday training, you still have a chance to get into the sessions running Friday afternoon, November 6, from 2pm to 4pm. Sign up now for one or both training topics by clicking the links below:

• Photoshop: Introduction
• Photoshop: Creating Graphics

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Attention Faculty:

On Monday, November 16, 2009, ITS will be installing a crucial update to the Blackboard Homer grouping tool.  As a result, some changes will occur that affect course creation and enrollment updates for the Fall 2009 term.

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Questionnaires and renewal information for all computers and network printers due to be replaced in the Spring 2010 renewal cycle have been e-mailed to guardians and department technology coordinators.  The due date for questionnaire completion and approved change forms is November 18, 2009.

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Several topics of particular interest to faculty members will be offered in the ITS Technology Learning Center throughout November and December. Faculty members who want to learn more about useful computing tools for their work are encouraged to register instantly online for our faculty-focused computing training topics:

• Audacity
• Blackboard Basics
• Introduction to Podcasting and iTunes U
• Web Profile Manager: Faculty Web Sites

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ITS is currently planning for critical software upgrades in ITS-managed computer labs for the Spring 2010.

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The surf is up and the next wave of computing training hits the beach next week! This wave includes a variety of popular topics, such as Photoshop, Podcasting, Audacity, Web Profile Manager, FileMaker, Office 2008, and Oracle Calendar. Grab your surf board and join us in the Technology Learning Center!

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The Homer Production Management Committee (HPMC) recognizes that the need to upgrade the Homer (Banner) student information system to SunGard Banner version 8 has become an overriding priority.  Installation of the upgrade to version 8 needs to be completed by June 2010 as SunGard will no longer support the current version the College is using.  This target date was established by looking at the most opportune times within the various cycles of the constituencies using the system.

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ITS has prepared a document and worksheet to assist you with planning your computer and related technology requests as you put together your 2010-2011 fiscal year budgets.

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The Department of Art History's Visual Resources Collection (VRC) new hosting initiative with ARTstor (a digital library of almost one million images) is available for use for all Ithaca College faculty, staff and students. 

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Good news! ITS is pleased to offer another round of Photoshop Phriday training in the Technology Learning Center (101 Friends Hall) on Friday, October 23rd, from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm. We have expanded the second session, "Creating Graphics," from one to two hours, giving you the chance to learn even more about this challenging software program.

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Are there computers or network printers in your area scheduled for replacement this spring under the Technology Renewal Program?

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The outdated Campus Wide Information Systems (CWIS) policy which had governed the college's Web presence since the inception of our website a decade or more ago, has been replaced with the new Ithaca College Web Policy.

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Due to popular demand, ITS will offer our special Photoshop Phriday training sessions again on Friday, October 9, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm in the TLC (room 101 Friends Hall)! 

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The ITS Technology Learning Center cordially invites you to attend our special Photoshop Phriday training sessions on Friday, October 2, from 2:00pm to 4:00pm in the TLC (room 101 Friends Hall)!

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