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Moving from “What is that?" to Data-Informed Practice

A Faculty Member Shares Her Experience Using REX

For all those interested in data-driven decision making, there is a rich trove of data available to research thanks to the data warehouse Reports Exchange (REX). Although all faculty have had...

Posted: January 14, 2020, 10:18 AM

Upgrade to Guided Reports Completed

I'm very happy to share that the REX Upgrade has been successfully completed. You may notice some initial slowness when you first run reports, it should speed up after that. That's completely...

Posted: January 10, 2020, 8:13 PM

Google Assignments and File Embed Available for Bb Courses

Use Google's Rich Editor to Provide Student Feedback

In January 2018, Box discontinued Crocodoc in favor of the Box inline grading tool. The goal of this transition was to provide a similar and simpler experience users know from the traditional Box...

Posted: January 8, 2020, 11:32 AM

DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Spring

Are you looking for an on campus job? Come work for us!

The DoIT Technology Support Center is looking to hire additional consultants to work during the Spring semester and beyond. Please see our job description below and visit our job posting on...

Posted: January 8, 2020, 8:18 AM

New VPN to Replace PulseSecure VPN Tomorrow

New GlobalProtect VPN will replace PulseSecure VPN tomorrow

In December we announced a new VPN system, named GlobalProtect, is now available to the campus to enable access to restricted services from off-campus. Global Protect is scheduled to replace the...

Posted: January 6, 2020, 11:43 AM