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DoIT's Technology Support Center Hiring for the Fall

Are you looking for a part-time job? Come work for us!

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

Posted: June 16, 2023, 3:08 PM

Technology Support Center (TSC) Now Operating Remotely

As of today, DoIT's Technology Support Center (TSC) will be operating remotely. With the impending renovation of Sherman Hall A Wing, DoIT has agreed to give up its space on the first floor of...

Posted: June 16, 2023, 2:54 PM

7 ChatGPT Strategies to Enhance Course Designs This Summer

Leverage AI to create new experiences for your students

During the summer break, educators might use this time to refine their course designs and explore innovative technologies. One such technology is ChatGPT, a powerful language model developed by...

Posted: June 15, 2023, 9:34 AM

Update on Taki

The work on the Infiniband switch continues

Due to problems with one of our Infiniband switches, a number of 2013 nodes (batch nodes) are currently offline. The repair of the IB switch is taking substantial longer than we had anticipated....

Posted: June 9, 2023, 6:06 PM

Recordings Posted: M.O.S.T. OER Creation Showcase

Watch the keynote and presentations from the OER Showcase

On Friday, May 5 from 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. we held our M.O.S.T. OER Creation Showcase and heard from faculty across the state who have created openly licensed instructional and learning...

Posted: June 5, 2023, 6:09 PM

Taki is back online

The cooling issue has been resolved

I have brought Taki back online. You should be able to start running jobs. I do want to note the status of some nodes that still offline. gpunode001 This node is currently offline. We have had...

Posted: June 2, 2023, 8:45 PM

HPCF Unscheduled Downtime: Cooling Issue

To all taki Users At 16:55, large portions of the taki cluster were abruptly taken offline by administrators to help with an unexpected chiller failure in the data center.  This...

Posted: June 2, 2023, 5:10 PM

June brings support for CSV upload of Ultra test questions

New location for Announcements, plus anonymous test grading

Creating many questions on a test can be a time-consuming process. Instructors might import questions using third-party tools or publisher test banks, if compatible or available. Beginning with...

Posted: June 1, 2023, 11:47 AM