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Don’t fall for phishing and spam
As universities across the country focus on contingency plans during COVID-19, hackers are busy working to find ways to exploit the higher education community. Continue to be vigilant on the lookout for phishing and spam. How Should I Be On The Lookout? Any email that looks similar to a real UNC Charlotte employee, BUT comes […]
IT Service Desk Hours for Winter Break 2020 – Jan. 20
Per the Academic Calendar, UNC Charlotte will close for winter break on Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020, and reopen on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Below are the IT Service Desk hours of operation from the beginning of winter break through the first day of classes on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. Please note: Final grades will be […]
Student Respondus Tips for Finals
If you are required to use Respondus tools for exams, consider these tips from the Center for Teaching and Learning: Test your Device Check Respondus requirements with this short quiz to be sure your device is ready. Be Patient; Delays are Possible Faculty across the nation will ask students to test using Respondus while physical […]
Web browsing & the end of IE
The first free version of the Internet Explorer web browser hit the scene in 1997. Fast forward to about 2025, when Internet Explorer and the current (and last) version, IE 11, will reach its end of support alongside Windows 10. To prepare for the future shift, some companies, like Kronos and Adobe Creative Cloud are […]
Set slides as your virtual background in Zoom
What’s better than merely sharing slides with participants during a meeting? Now you can set your presentation as your Zoom virtual background. The virtual background will show participants your video imposed directly in front of your slides. You can even play, pause and stop your presentation right from within the Zoom meeting controls. Additionally, feel […]
Adobe Flash to be uninstalled from University devices, servers
Until recently, almost every webpage was built using Adobe Flash Player for games, video,—even entire sites. But by the end of this year, Adobe will neither support nor secure Flash-based apps. On Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, OneIT will uninstall Adobe Flash Player from University devices and servers to maintain best security practices. Adobe Flash will […]
Canvas New Rich Content Editor to go live December 23
The Rich Content Editor (RCE) in Canvas is also commonly referred to as the text editing toolbar or menubar and appears when you edit any page, assignment, discussion, etc. An upcoming update will relocate the right-hand menu where you would previously have added links, files, and images. This Canvas update will go into effect campus-wide […]
Know what’s Up with IT in November
Since June 2019, the UNC Charlotte community has kept up with University information technology with Up with IT monthly. This month, OneIT asks Webex or Zoom FY21-22, announces new software options, and shares measures to protect meetings from Zoombombing. Up with IT – November 2020
Project 95 spearheads eRA replacement
UNC Charlotte began a review of the University’s electronic research administration (eRA) system to ensure the University has the records it needs when it needs them. The resulting replacement of Niner Online Research Management (NORM) also required a system that 1. works with Banner, 2. manages each proposal’s full lifecycle, and 3. offers scheduled and […]
Director of Research Computing named
OneIT will fill the months-vacant Director of Research Computing role next week when Dr. Chris Maher joins UNC Charlotte. Currently, the three-person University Research Computing (URC) team handles all requests to utilize specialty services while managing and supporting the High Performance Computing (HPC) environment that empowers faculty and researchers to compute, store, and access enormous […]