Forms, information for prospective student-athletes.
Taking Steps for the Future
Volume 18, 2010
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Featured Article: Final Call for Migrating Old Mail Recently, Google added the option of being able to turn off "conversations." For those that did not like the "conversation" style of how Gmail groups emails, you may now turn that off by going into "Settings"->"General" tab and selecting "Conversation view off" in the "Conversation View" section. |
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| Digital Phone Service Arriving to East End of Campus The construction of the new Science and Engineering complex affects one of the campuses major technology hubs. Instead of moving and replacing a substantial amount of underground phone lines, the campus will be switching to an all-digital telephone service called Voice over IP. This conversion has begun for the Campus Center. Departments there started receiving new digital handsets two weeks ago. Departments in Wilber, Park, and Lee will also be receiving new handsets in the coming weeks. The conversion for these four buildings needs to be completed by November 14th at which time underground analog lines will be cut in order for the construction to keep moving forward. The rest of the campus will be migrated to digital service at a later time. For more information related to the Voice over IP technology, please consult the CTS VoIP Upgrade page. |
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CTS Purchases Microsoft Site License CTS has just purchased a site license that will allow Microsoft Office to be installed on all SUNY Oswego owned computers at no charge to departments. CTS is starting to plan the details of rolling out the newest Office 2010 product to all SUNY machines. We hope to have a plan finalized by the end of the semester that details scheduled rollouts to departments and coordinated training on the basics of using Word 2010, Excel 2010 and Powerpoint 2010. Look for upcoming details on the CTS web site. |
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| Further your Professional Development with E-learning CTS has contracted with an e-learning software company, called Skillsoft, to provide all SUNY Oswego employees and students access to over 1500 online professional development courses at no charge. The Skillport online e-learning software has been available to employees and students for a number of years, but was just upgraded to a new system and new look and feel on October 29th. The system provides an easier navigation for creating personalized training plans, tracking course completion progress and finding the list of available courses within the course catalog. Skillport courses can advance your skills on a multitude of subjects. Business topics include finance and accounting, management and leadership, marketing, human resources, communication, business law, consulting and more. For example, need some tips on presenting to groups? Check out the "Giving Successful Presentations" course. Need to brush up on your communication skills? Check out the courses on "Effective Listening," "Interpersonal Communication," "Effective Business Meetings," and "Constructive Feedback and Criticism." Information technology topics include individual pieces of software such as Adobe, Microsoft Office, and Windows. Need to learn more on using Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint or Access? Skillport offers beginning and advanced courses for each of these applications in the Microsoft Office 2007 course curricula. Skillport also provides the courses and test preps needed to prepare you for many business and technical certifications from the Project Management Institute, International Institute of Business Analysis, Cisco, Microsoft, CompTIA, and more. For a full sampling of courses and to get started, login to Skillport using your Laker NetID at www.oswego.edu/cts/training/skillport.html and click the "Catalog" link on the left side of the page. |
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| New Advanced Technology Classrooms in Mahar Hall Plans are underway to upgrade classrooms 106, 103, 111, 203, and 216 of Mahar Hall to Advanced Technology Classrooms (ATCs). Over winter break, CTS will be installing podiums equipped with a computer, document camera, DVD/VCR, sound and control systems, telephone, and Internet. They will be ready for instruction by the beginning of the spring semester. |
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| Lecture Capture Pilot Project A pilot project for capturing lectures of three SUNY Oswego courses began this semester. Class lectures for courses ECO101-800, NAS100-800, and GEO115-800 being taught respectively by professors John Kane, Kevin White and Dave Valentino are being digitally recorded and then uploaded to SUNY Oswego's iTunes U site. Lecture capture is a service that is catching on at many universities. There have been discussions about whether lecture capture has any benefits to the overall student performance in a class. There has also been worry that students will not attend class if lectures are available on-demand anytime, anywhere. "Lecture Capture Benefits Noted," an article from the Columbia University Center for New Media Teaching and Learning, points to studies conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Leeds University and our own SUNY Fredonia to help answer the question of if there is any benefit to lecture capture. In summary, all three studies indicated an improvement in student test scores. What happens with lecture capture at SUNY Oswego after the pilot project is yet to be determined. An analysis will be completed at the end of the semester to help the campus decide how to proceed with lecture capture service. |
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Digital Signage Now on Cable TV Digital signage is used by the campus to advertise events, new services, and various activities occurring on campus. Digital screens are installed in various locations around campus including the Campus Center, some academic buildings and residence halls. You can now view the information on cable TV. Just tune in to channel 12 or digital channels 98.1 and 98.2. |
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| Professional Development LakerApps workshops for November are available for registration. Classes on Gmail, Calendar and Docs are being offered. Look for the full schedule of workshops and online registration from our CTS training web site at www.oswego.edu/cts/training. CTS Workshops are freely available to all SUNY Oswego faculty, staff and students. The Skillport e-learning software was recently upgraded (see the "Further your Professional Development with E-learning" article above). Get started at the Skillport home page. |
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Notes from the Help Desk
The TSC is located in 26 Lanigan Hall. You can reach us by phone at x3456, by email at help@oswego.edu or on the web at www.oswego.edu/help. Are you on Facebook? Want to receive updates from CTS on new services, updates, system outages, and more? We recently created a "SUNY Oswego - Campus Technology Services" Facebook group. Become a fan and start receiving updates! |
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| Did You Know? Did you know that Sophos has been adopted as the official antivirus program for the campus? It replaces McAfee. Sophos can be installed on any SUNY Oswego owned or leased machine as well as personally owned computers of current SUNY Oswego employees and students. For more specific information, please see the Sophos page. |
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| Tech Tip In Mac OS X, hold down the Control key while clicking an application's icon in the Dock in OS X to get a quick list of useful commands for that application. For example, by control-clicking the iTunes icon, options will display to play, repeat, or shuffle your songs. |
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