Exciting Initiatives in OIT

The Office of Information Technology is working in collaboration with departments across the University on these exciting initiatives and more.

Now

• Reducing student registration time from 30 seconds to 10 seconds
• Providing drop-in training every Friday from 2-5:00PM in Sullivan Hall
• Presenting at new student orientation
• Helping develop new 60- and 30-second TV spots
• Preparing data for regulatory reporting and annual financial audit
• Redesigning selected courses
• Supporting launch of new academic program
• Supporting the stu.edu website redesign initiative 

Summer

• Launching 24/7 telephone support for students, faculty, and staff
• Providing online syllabus search and retrieve
• Improving the look and feel of the MyBobcat website
• Moving a large display from the OIT office to an instructional area
• Implementing monthly network and system vulnerability scanning
• Deploying 27 new computers for Athletics (Fin Aid and Admissions previously done

Fall

• Providing new-and-improved online instructor orientation
• Providing new-and-improved online student orientation
• Refreshing disk image for all academic computers

St. Thomas University Fusion 360 Phone Training

In preparation for St. Thomas University’s new telephone system, the Office of Information Technology will be providing training over the next five weeks, every Friday from 1 pm – 2 pm. To access this training, please follow the instructions below:
Date: Every Friday, from Friday, March 3, 2017, to Friday, March 31, 2017
Time: 1:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Meeting Number: 623 315 251
Meeting Password: PT3ibEwk

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To join the online meeting (Now from mobile devices!)
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1. Go to https://fusionconnect.webex.com/fusionconnect/j.php?MTID=me9f83aded6ff759cc1cc211161a4d3d7
2. If requested, enter your name and email address.
3. If a password is required, enter the meeting password: PT3ibEwk
4. Click "Join."

To view in other time zones or languages, please click the link:
https://fusionconnect.webex.com/fusionconnect/j.php?MTID=m08663064fc1662971a440d8670082636

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To join the audio conference only
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Number: 888-432-1688
Room: 4217
Pin: 1336

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For assistance
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1. Go to https://fusionconnect.webex.com/fusionconnect/mc
2. On the left navigation bar, click "Support."

Add this meeting to your calendar (Cannot add from mobile devices):
https://fusionconnect.webex.com/fusionconnect/j.php?MTID=m1db0dca51794bbda34026552861c23b2

Respondus LockDown Browser Instructor Training

In October, Respondus is offering training sessions for LockDown Browser and Respondus Monitor. Each 45-minute webinar provides a live demo, plus tips to get started using these applications to deter cheating during online exams.

We encourage you to sign up to these training webinars at www.respondus.com/webinars.

UPCOMING SESSIONS

LockDown Browser & Respondus Monitor: Instructor Training
Wednesday, October 7th at 3 pm ET
Thursday, October 15th at 8 pm ET
Tuesday, October 20th at 2 pm ET

Introduction to Canvas

We would like to announce the addition of Canvas training to our list of instructional technology resources available to our faculty on the following Canvas topics/components:

• Login
• Canvas Requirements and Recommendations
• Contacting Technical or Student Services Support 
• Dashboard
• Course Navigation
• Profile & User Settings
• Communication
• Course Announcements
• Discussions
• Files
• Quizzes
• Assignments
• Grading
• Course Statistics
• People (roster)
• Collaboration

Canvas LMS is now supported by OIT as part of our STU-HotChalk online learning project.  For additional information on Canvas LMS, please visit the Instructor Guide.

To schedule a training or learn more about our services, please send an email to the OIT Training Center at oitat@stu.edu.