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Jan 15, 2020

2020 starts a new decade and new year for IT training

Find out what’s new in Jamf Pro, Web Accessibility, G Suite, WordPress, and more! Upcoming OIT training sessions include: Google Calendar: Advanced Productivity will be offered on Thursday, Jan. 16…

Jan 15, 2020

Location changes in Google Calendar Events

Later this month, Google will stop populating the “Location” field in Calendar events with rooms and resources.  This change will allow you the space to include more details about the…

Jan 15, 2020

NC State Captioning Grants available 

As NC State faculty integrate more multimedia into their courses, it is imperative that these courses are captioned.  Course captioning ensures students who need it for a disability-related accommodation can…

Jan 15, 2020

WolfMeeting to get Modern View

OIT ComTech will upgrade WolfMeeting, NC State’s WebEx audio, video and Web conferencing service, beginning 5 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26.  An on-demand collaboration tool,…

Jan 15, 2020

OIT to upgrade the Financial System Feb. 21-24

OIT will upgrade the Financial System to PeopleTools 8.57 beginning at 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21 to 7 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 24. The Financial Production and Reporting systems…

Jan 15, 2020

Sign up for Accessibility in the Classroom

The NC State IT Accessibility Office will offer Accessibility in the Classroom Monday, Feb. 10 to Friday, March 20. This self-paced online course provides an introduction to digital accessibility and…

Jan 15, 2020

Windows 7 is toast!

Are you still running Windows 7?  OIT will deploy a “toast” pop-up notification to remind you that Microsoft discontinued support for Windows 7, Server 2008 and Server 2008R2 on Jan.…

Jan 15, 2020

OIT to require students to use Duo Security with VPN

Starting at 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, OIT will require NC State students to authenticate with Duo Security when logging in to the NC State Virtual Private Networking (VPN)…

Jan 15, 2020

OIT to perform extended maintenance Feb. 1-2

From 6 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, OIT will perform quarterly extended maintenance that will require the shutdown and movement of equipment, hardware replacement and…