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Students More Accepting of Using Clickers for Exams

2nd Clicker Pilot Continues Comparison with Scantron Testing

To continue its evaluation of clickers as a possible alternative to scantron “bubble sheet” assessments, DoIT again partnered with Dr. Tamara Mendelson from Biology in a pilot this semester using...

Posted: April 30, 2014, 9:11 AM

Known Issue: Missing Bb Modules Caused by Editing

DoIT recomends users not edit module settings

5/19/14 Update: This issue is fixed in Service Pack (SP) 14 of version 9.1. We are on SP 13, but are unlikely to upgrade before January 2015 given overlapping dates when final grades are due...

Posted: April 29, 2014, 1:40 PM

Campus Webmail to be Upgraded on May 28

Not applicable to google mail users.

On Wednesday, May 28 at 7am, DoIT will be performing an upgrade of the campus webmail environment on our dedicated Cyrus mail server. The current webmail environment is extremely out of date on...

Posted: April 25, 2014, 1:50 PM

Using Box to Collect and Assess Job Applications

Enhance and streamline your department job searches

An increasing number of departments are using the Box "upload by email" option as an effective way to conduct job searches. Apart from making it easy to collect applications, committee members can...

Posted: April 22, 2014, 3:13 PM