Phishing (4/8/2008)

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 Office 2007 and Vista Training (1/7/2008)

Information Services and Human Resources have partnered with MU's IT Training Division to offer several MS Office and Windows Vista faculty and staff training sessions to the UMKC campus. These sessions will be held on several dates and available at various campus locations.

Training dates and times can be viewed here.

Faculty or staff should contact Margaret Lewis at lewismd@umkc.edu or call x6301 to enroll in these classes.

 HSB 3304 Computer Lab Saturday Hours (11/28/2007)

The HSB 3304 computer lab will be open from 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 1 and Saturday, December 8. Please call the lab at 816-235-6635 if you have any difficulties accessing the site.

 Open Lab Help Session for Faculty and Staff (10/3/2007 10:00:00 AM)

UMKC Instructional Technologies will hold an Open Lab Help session from 1-3 PM October 11th in the Admin Center Training Lab (Room 213.) UMKC faculty and staff can stop in and receive hands-on help with any of UMKC’s instructional technology products, including the new blogging, wiki, and podcasting tools. Throughout the academic year, Open Lab Help sessions will be held during the second week of each month. For more information, please contact ITS at 235-6700 or its@umkc.edu.

 SSN Remediation and the Alumni system (ADVANCE) (8/13/2007)

The first phase of the Social Security Number Remediation Project is scheduled for go-live on Monday, August 13th. This means that SSNs will be removed from the Alumni system (ADVANCE) and from the SSO system. All occurrences of SSNs within these systems will be replaced with an alternate ID, which is a randomly assigned nine digit number with no intrinsic value. The true SSNs will be stored in an electronic vault managed by the University's Division of Information Technology in Columbia.

We do not expect any disruption in the services provided by ADVANCE and the SSO system as a result of the go-live; however if local issues arise please call the UMKC IS Call Center at 816.235.2000, or visit us at 4825 Troost, Suite 102.

 Podcasting / Coursecasting Pilot (6/26/2007)

For the winter/spring semesters of 2008, UMKC will be continuing its pilot of two technology solutions with podcasting capabilities, Tegrity Campus 2.0 and Wimba Voice Tools. Both solutions will be fully integrated with Blackboard.

The sign-up date for the Tegrity Podcasting/Coursecasting Spring 2008 pilot has passed, however last-minute spots may still become available. If you are interested in being part of the pilot but haven't already submitted a pilot request form, please contact Vishal Kurup at kurupv@umkc.edu.

Podcasting is a relatively new technology that continues to grow in popularity in educational settings. Being able to review recorded lectures and other course materials provides students with the ability to work at their own pace. It extends classroom boundaries and offers students more flexibility to juggle competing interests and tasks. Podcasting provides faculty with new resources and ways to design and enhance course curriculum.

 UMKC Summer Technology Open House Photos (6/21/2007)

Photos are up for the 2007 Summer Technology Open House ... take a look!

 UMKC Summer Technology Open House (6/1/2007)

Information Services is sponsoring UMKC's Summer Technology Open House (June 7th, 2 PM - 4 PM). We will have representatives at the University Center in room 106 to answer your questions about new technology.

See you there!

 Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (5/18/2007)

To help ensure that you can exchange documents between Microsoft Office releases (including Office 2007), Microsoft has developed a Compatibility Pack for the Office Word, Office Excel, and Office PowerPoint 2007 File Formats. This pack works on Office 2000, Office XP, and Office 2003! Get it now!

 Podcasting/Coursecasting Presentation Video (4/25/2007)

Our recent podcasting/coursecasting presentation is now available online. Please visit the feedback form if you have any comments or suggestions.

 Wireless Instructions for Campus PCs (4/5/2007)

Please visit the Wireless Network page for new instructions on setting up campus wireless access on Windows PCs. You will also find instructions for Macs!

 Podcasting/Coursecasting Presentation Feedback (4/3/2007)

Have a comment or suggestion concerning the podcasting/coursecasting presentation (2006.04.03)? We would like to know! Please visit our feedback form.

 KnowledgeBase@UMKC (3/26/2007)

The KnowledgeBase@UMKC is now online! Search through over 125,000 technical knowledgebase articles covering more than 200 software titles, including Microsoft, Apple, Adobe, Symantec, and more. The KnowledgeBase@UMKC is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

 Daylight Savings Time and your Mac (3/9/2007)

Please visit our Daylight Savings Time and your Mac page for information on supporting Macs through the switch to Daylight Savings Time (on its new date of March 11).

 Information Services Accomplishments Report (8/11/2006)

The latest IS accomplishments report is now available (January-July 2006). You can view it here.

 New Website! (6/7/2006)

The UMKC Information Services web site has been completely overhauled! Our goal was to provide students, staff and faculty with quicker, more intuitive access to solutions and information. If you have any questions or comments please let us know by using the comments form (accessible from the bottom of every page).

 UMKC.TV Cable System Relocation (4/12/2006)

Information Services is relocating the UMKC.TV encoding computers from Fine Arts to Newcomb Hall. Please visit the IS outages page for information on downtimes.

 Cdgix Now Available! (3/21/2006)

The University of Missouri-Kansas City has entered into agreement with Cdigix to offer students a legal, online entertainment solution. Cdigix offers music, television, pay-per-view movies and a community bulletin board service. Please follow this link for more information on Cdigix.