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Max’s Minute: Updating the Status of the University Roadmap

Max Davis-Johnson, associate vice president for information technology and chief information officer, blogs regularly about his vision of transparency, customers and collaboration.

In his latest video blog, Davis-Johnson revisits the “Three Keys to Success” for the University Enterprise Roadmap: A Robust Data Reporting System, Engagement with the Campus Community, and a Unified Web Experience for students, faculty and staff.

Davis-Johnson also updates the Roadmap’s progress, including exciting upcoming projects such as my.BoiseState for Students, PeopleSoft Campus Solutions Refresh, and Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Reporting Services, all scheduled for implementation Feb. 25, 2013.

Watch Max’s Minute on BroncoBytes.

Training for New PeopleSoft System

All Boise State faculty and advisors are invited to attend a training presentation on the advisor/faculty role in the new PeopleSoft Campus Solutions (student) system, currently scheduled for implementation later this year.

This session is oriented to the advisor/faculty role and will cover changes to the Advisor Center and Faculty Center in the new PeopleSoft Campus Solutions environment,  including how to run a What-If Report, how to view student test scores, how to access the new printable photo class roster and more. In addition, the session will discuss the new Change Major web application and the my.BoiseState for Students service.

Training sessions are scheduled for the following dates:

  • 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, in the Student Union Brink Room
  • 1:30 – 2:30 p.m., Friday, Nov. 9, Student Union Hatch C Ballroom
  • 9-10 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, Simplot/Micron, Room 210
  • 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov.14, Simplot/Micron, Room 210

To reserve a spot for one of these sessions, please register online.

A video of the presentation content will be available to view online later after the new system is implemented.

If you have any questions or desire further information, please email the University Roadmap at roadmap@boisestate.edu.

Learn About Google Hangouts on Oct. 18

Google Hangouts makes it easy to video chat, set up a video conference for up to 10 people, and even broadcast an event, class or workshop online. Discover how on Thursday, Oct. 18, at “Live with the Zone.”

Could your office have shorter (or even fewer) meetings if everyone could attend via video conference? Want to interview someone at a distance? Do you have a student who could benefit from a face-to-face chat with you but can’t make office hours? Are you collaborating with an organization across town and want to include them on a presentation, including a PowerPoint presentation?

All of the above are possible with Google Hangouts.

“Live with The Zone” is an ongoing series of face-to-face talks between you and technology experts at Boise State.

There are three ways to join the conversation:

  1. In person: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, in Simplot/Micron (SMTC), Room 118
  2. Live broadcast: Visit the Live with The Zone website at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18
  3. On your own time, at your choosing: Check out the video after the talk on the Live with The Zone website

Live with The Zone is presented by the Office of Information Technology’s Help Desk at The Zone.

 

OIT Support for Mac OS 10.8 Mountain Lion

Office of Information TechnologyThe Office of Information Technology is pleased to announce support for Mac OS X 10.8 (Mountain Lion) for University-owned computers. The new OS has been successfully tested to work with university software and systems.

The only significant issue is that Camtasia Relay (a part of OIT’s Desktop Capture service) is not yet supported for Mountain Lion. If you are using Camtasia Relay, please hold off on upgrading until the vendor releases an updated version.

New features in Mountain Lion include a new notification system, integrated messaging, and improved iCloud integration. More info about Mountain Lion is available on Apple’s website.

Mountain Lion is available free of charge for installation on university-owned computers via Boise State’s site license with Apple.

To schedule your university-owned Mac for an operating system upgrade to OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, please contact the Office of Information Technology Help Desk at helpdesk@boisestate.edu, or call 426-HELP.

Google Drive is Replacing Google Docs

Google announced this week that it will replace Google Docs with Google Drive. The change will roll slowly across university faculty, staff and student Google Apps accounts over the next few days.

Google Drive is the next iteration of Google Docs; all of your existing Google Docs files, and how those files are shared, will not change. For a list of what’s new, what’s changed and what stays the same, see Google’s website.

Read “BroncoBytes” for more information about Google Drive.

For assistance with Google Drive, please contact the Office of Information Technology Help Desk at helpdesk@boisestate.edu, or call 426-4357.

Max’s Minute: Classroom Technology

Max Davis-Johnson, associate vice president for information technology and chief information officer, blogs regularly about his vision of transparency, customers and collaboration.

Coming to you from the Norco Building in his latest video blog, Davis-Johnson discusses the Office of Information Technology’s recent work adding new technologies to university classrooms, standardizing classroom equipment and software, and providing expanded support services to instructors.

Watch Max’s Minute on BroncoBytes.

Enterprise Roadmap Open User Forums Sept. 25 and 27

Compass RoseThe University Enterprise Roadmap will hold open user forums from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25, and 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 27. Both sessions will be held in the Student Union Farnsworth Room.

Scott Taylor, Roadmap project director, will discuss the upcoming my.BoiseState for Students project, as well as the refreshed Campus Solutions PeopleSoft environment, Business Intelligence & Reporting Services project, PeopleSoft infrastructure changes, and updates to university PeopleSoft Back Office accounts.

All of the above initiatives are scheduled for introduction later this fall, with a key part of the my.BoiseState project appearing in October.

Click to register for one of the September Roadmap open user forums.

Changes to BlackBerry Contacts and Calendars Synchronization

Office of Information TechnologyGoogle is shutting down its Google Sync service for Google Apps and BroncoMail calendar and contacts synchronization with BlackBerry devices.

If you are using a BlackBerry and have the Google Sync application installed on your device, you will need to change your calendar and contacts configuration.

Learn more about the Google Sync service shutdown and BlackBerry mobile calendar and contacts synchronization at BroncoBytes.

If you need assistance with configuring your BlackBerry (or other mobile device) with Google Apps, please contact the Office of Information Technology Help Desk at 426-4357, or email helpdesk@boisestate.edu.

BroncoWeb Downtime Scheduled for Aug. 18

Office of Information TechnologyBroncoWeb and PeopleSoft Back Office will be unavailable from approximately 5-7:30 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 18, due to maintenance. For questions, please contact the Office of Information Technology Help Desk at helpdesk@boisestate.edu, or call 426.HELP (426-4357).

Max’s Minute: IT Support for Research at Boise State

Max Davis-Johnson, associate vice president for information technology and chief information officer, blogs regularly about his vision of transparency, customers and collaboration.

In his latest video blog, Max presents recent initiatives by the Office of Information Technology in support of research at Boise State, including a 3D Visual Research Studio, GIS cluster, improvements to our High Performance Computing Cluster, and free virtual servers with up to 500 gigabytes of data storage for university researchers.

Watch Max’s Minute on BroncoBytes.

OIT Support for Mac OS X Mountain Lion

Apple is expected to release OS X Mountain Lion (10.8) this weeApple Mountain Lionk, and the Office of Information Technology will require time to test the new operating system with key university systems and software before announcing official support for university-owned computers.

OS X Mountain Lion will be free for installing on university-owned computers, via Boise State’s Apple site license.

Some common applications, such as Adobe’s Creative Suite 5 applications, have already been reported to have issues with Mountain Lion. Also, the new Gatekeeper feature will require applications not installed from the Mac App Store to be updated for compatibility with the new operating system.

As soon as OIT’s testing is complete, support for OS X Mountain Lion will be announced to the campus community. Read more about OS X Mountain Lion on “BroncoBytes.”

BroncoWeb/PeopleSoft Downtime Scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 11

Office of Information TechnologyBroncoWeb and other PeopleSoft systems will be unavailable due to maintenance from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, Aug. 11.

This encompasses all PeopleSoft environments, including BroncoWeb, Back Office and Finance. In addition to Production environments, Test, Reporting, and Sandbox will be unavailable due to this necessary maintenance.

If you have questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Information Technology Help Desk at helpdesk@boisestate.edu, or call 426-HELP (4357).

 

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