Technology News
Information Technology Services
Google’s Hangouts Meet will be the Default for New Calendar Events
Earlier this year, Google launched Hangouts Meet, which is a new video conferencing offering. It can be accessed via meet.google.com in Google Chrome, Firefox, or via mobile apps. Starting Thursday, May 24th, new UNCG iSpartan Google Calendar events will use Hangouts Meet. Existing calendar events that include video conferencing will continue to use classic Hangouts [Read More]
Upcoming Changes to Data Storage Services
Who: Students, faculty and staff who use UNCG network drives, such as S drive (home directories), N drive (departmental space) and Special Volumes What: Discontinuation of UNCG network file space. New storage offerings will be made available and migration plans for departmental storage will be put in place as needed. When: By December 14, 2018 [Read More]
Google’s New Gmail Now Available
Starting Friday, May 4, UNCG users have the ability to opt-in to the new Gmail experience. Users can choose to opt-in and out of the new Gmail experience until a future date yet to be specified. Information Technology Services (ITS) will communicate with UNCG users before the new experience becomes the default or only option. [Read More]
Box: Spring 2018 Feature Deprecation Announcements
Support on Mac OS 10.11 for Box Desktop (Box Drive, Box Sync, Box Tools, Notes for Desktop and Box Tools) On July 31, 2018, Box Drive, Box Sync, Notes for Desktop and Box Tools will no longer be supported on Mac OS 10.11. Per OS support policy, Box will maintain support for only the two [Read More]
New Records Retention and Disposition Schedule for UNC System
The Department of Natural and Cultural Resources and The University of North Carolina (UNC) System have approved the adoption of a new records retention and disposition schedule for UNC System Institutions. The schedule incorporates new records series that were not a part of the 2007 schedule and amends the disposition instructions for a number of [Read More]
Technology Training
- Introduction to Online Surveys using Qualtrics July 10, 2018
- Intro to SPSS August 22, 2018
- Intermediate Qualtrics September 13, 2018