Archive for April, 2012
Wireless Expanding to Residential Rooms in 8 Halls
By the start of the Fall 2012 semester, students living in Seneca, Oneida, Sheldon, Scales, Waterbury, Lonis, Mackin, and Moreland Halls will be able to use the campus wireless network from their individual residence rooms as well as lounge/common gathering areas. CTS has been doing a tremendous amount of preparatory work to complete wireless availability [...]
End of the Semester Technology Reminders for Students
As you prepare for finals and the end of the semester, CTS would like to remind you of a few things: If you need to use a computer lab late at night to complete final course work, there are computers available 24 hours in the Penfield Library 24 hour room. Printing is also available at [...]
ANGEL to Blackboard Migration Delayed
Blackboard announced in late March that ANGEL would be extended as a product “indefinitely”. This announcement, while lacking in many details, impacts our planned migration to Blackboard originally slated to begin in 2013. We anticipate that further details regarding ongoing ANGEL support and any potential enhancements will emerge after the Blackboard World user conference in [...]
ANGEL Version 8 Upgrade August 20-21
SLN will be upgrading SUNY Oswego’s ANGEL instance to version 8 on August 20-21st. ANGEL will not be available during this time frame. Please plan accordingly. One of the biggest advantages for upgrading to version 8 is compatibility with Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome browsers. There are also enhancements to dropboxes, discussion forum rubrics, the [...]
Multimedia Production Room Services
CTS and Penfield Library have teamed together to provide a Multimedia Production Room, which is located in room 210 across from the Periodicals/Media Desk in the Penfield Library. This room can be used by faculty, staff and students to create multimedia projects using audio and video. It is equipped with the following: A [...]
Did You Know?
Did you know that SUNY Oswego has a mobile website? Just point your mobile device to http://m.oswego.edu and enjoy campus news, calendar, athletics, what’s being served at the Dining Halls and more!
Professional Development
CTS is working on scheduling summer workshops. We plan on offering workshops on Windows 7, Elluminate Web-Conferencing Software, LakerApps and more. Please check the workshop schedule as summer approaches for offerings. In addition to instructor-led workshops, feel free to check out our self-paced, on-demand tutorials available from our iTunesU site. Tutorials covering Microsoft Word 2010, Excel [...]
Tech Tip
Have some important events on your LakerApps Calendar that you wished stood out from the rest? Give it a special color. While viewing the details of an event, click a color in the “Event Color” section. A small palette of colors is available. Save the event. When you view your calendar, especially in “Day” or [...]