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New Features in Canvas for Fall ‘23
Canvas has several new, exciting features available this semester! OneDrive Integration With OneDrive integrated into your Canvas course, you can easily share files with students, collaborate on shared documents, provide assignment templates, and connect students to their own OneDrive for easy access. Learn more about the OneDrive Integration. Canvas Student ePortfolios Canvas Student ePortfolios provides [Read More]
ITS Announces Timeline to Conclude UNCG’s M365 Transition
Information Technology Services (ITS) is working towards an end-of-the-year conclusion of UNCG’s Microsoft 365 (M365) adoption. We are sharing this plan with you now to provide time for you to prepare. You will receive more details as we move through each stage of the transition. Three key points about this plan: ITS will transfer data currently [Read More]
Changes to Shared Voicemail | Wednesday, August 30
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, ITS will change the behavior of shared voicemail. After the change, shared voicemail will no longer forward a copy of voicemail messages to individuals. Consequently, shared voicemail messages will not be available in Teams. To check voicemail messages, individuals must log into Outlook, expand groups in the bottom left of [Read More]
Reminder: Planned Downtime for Several Oracle-Dependent Services | Tuesday, August 29
Who: Faculty, Staff, and Students What: Oracle Database Quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) When: Tuesday, August 29, 2023, 5:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m. Why: Information Technology Services (ITS) follows a standard quarterly patching release schedule to improve delivery and ensure the most secure hosted Oracle database services. The following core Oracle-dependent services will be impacted [Read More]
Antivirus for macOS Apple Silicon to move from Jamf Protect to Microsoft Defender for Endpoint | Wednesday, August 30
On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, macOS antivirus on UNCG-managed Apple Silicon devices will move from Jamf Protect to Microsoft Defender for Enpoint on Mac. Intel-based Macs will be unaffected; they have been protected by Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on Mac since the initial release of Jamf at UNCG. Jamf allows Information Technology Services (ITS) to [Read More]
Technology Training
- Advanced Qualtrics Survey Workshop October 3, 2023