ICIT Announcements

(posted 8/22; 7:45) More information on planned North Building Power Outage

More information on the planned North Building power outage and its effect on ICIT systems has been posted on the list: ICIT-Announce-L . To see the information please subscribe to the list or go to the icit-announce-l archives at http://hunter.listserv.cuny.edu .

 

(posted 5/16; 20:25) New staff members in ICIT

Madeleine Fix: Educational Technologist/Blackboard specialist.

Madeleine comes from Baruch College where she also handled Blackboard support and worked with faculty on technology projects including podcasting. She will be answering Blackboard questions, doing Blackboard training, and working with faculty on projects involving integration Blackboard, podcasting and other tools into instruction.

Simon Pride: Manager of Academic and Administrative IT Support

Simon comes to ICIT from Cambridge University. He is an experienced IT service manager and is responsible for our helpdesks and technicians. Simon is charged with making improvements in our helpdesk and computer desktop support services. We will be announcing these improvements as they happen.

(update 5/16, 20:17) Further delay on secure SIMS access--secure access coming soon

CUNY has continued to test secure SIMS access, while postponing requiring secure access. About 75% of SIMS users now do use secure access. CUNY recommends that all users already get secure access, because the secure-access-only change will likely be announced with a very short lead time. Please visit the ICIT helpdesk in N109 to get the secure access software.

(changed 4/24, 20:10) Home access to student records

Faculty and staff may still have access to SIMS from home. As of Thursday April 28, this access will be limited to the use of secure terminal emulation and secure FTP using SSL only. The new CUNY Hummingbird terminal emulation client will available for Hunter who need to use it at home, either on Hunter owned system or privately owned systems. The ICIT helpdesk in N109 will have Hummingbird disk sets available for distribution starting Tuesday, April 24. We apologize for the delay in their availability. The helpdesk will also distribute installation instructions.

(posted 4/17, 20:15) Changes to student records

CUNY security policy forbids the changing of student personal data in student records from off-campus sites. Student personal data does not include the setting of permissions for students to enroll in courses or the use of the webgrade program. These items may be changed from home.

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