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GRADUATING SPARTANS: TECH TO-DOS BEFORE YOU GRADUATE
Congratulations, Class of 2022! You made it! Commencement is just a few weeks away. But before you go… Have you forwarded your important emails to a non-UNCG email account? Have you downloaded files and assignments from Canvas that you may need for the future? Have you checked Box, MyCloud, and Google Drive for files you [Read More]
ROMANCE SCAMS
Ah, romance! It’s Valentine’s season and love is in the air. Flowers, sweet treats, and fancy dinners abound, so do online would-be Romeos and Juliets. The promise of love can make you do crazy things like sending money or inappropriate videos and photos to an online sweetheart that you’ve never met in person. Online lovers [Read More]
The State of North Carolina Commemorates Electronic Records Day
Monday, October 11, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Join Rod Parrish from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology (NCDIT), Digital Archivist Jamie Patrick-Burns, and Records Management Analyst Josh Hager for an online presentation that will cover: the technical challenges of Microsoft 365; navigating the differences in records retention in OneDrive and SharePoint; [Read More]
Multi-Factor Authentication—Use it everywhere.
Multi-factor authentication (MFA) has long been considered a best-practice for security, but now it is effectively a prerequisite, minimal practice for digital security. The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack interrupted summer for a lot of us. The attack began when a hacker got the password to a Colonial pipeline network account. Once the hacker got in, [Read More]
Do you want to make some extra money? Don’t fall for a scam.
Have you ever gotten an email offering you $500 to wrap your car with an advertisement? These kinds of offers are often a check-cashing scam. The “marketing company” sends you a check to deposit and then instructs you to use the money with a specific business. The trick is that the check is bad and [Read More]
Technology Training
- Teams: Make Meetings Better at UNCG April 25, 2024
- Finding Efficiencies in Outlook April 29, 2024
- Research Computing Facilitation Office Hour May 1, 2024