The 2016 Fall semester is approaching fast! Is your Blackboard course set up? Here are some ways to make sure that you’re ready when students return:
Wireless Upgrade – SMCM Newsroom
Check out the nice news article posted in the SMCM Newsroom: WiFi Upgrade to Increase Capacity, Security, and Coverage.
Wireless Project – Network Outage Coming
The wired and wireless network upgrade project is progressing at a very fast pace. In the coming weeks, we will be required to temporarily shut down network access in each of the office and academic buildings as we replace and add new network switches. We are working to minimize downtime and expect that the network Find out more »
Wireless Network Project Update
Our cabling contractors are on site this week to start running the miles of new Cat6A cable, providing redundant connections to the approximately 430 new wireless access points being deployed across all of our academic, office and community spaces. We began planning and design for the wireless network upgrade project well before our funding was Find out more »
Apple QuickTime for Windows Removal
Apple has ended support for QuickTime for Windows and it is recommended that this application be removed from all Windows machines immediately. Please note that this does not apply to QuickTime on Mac OSX. Beginning immediately, The Office of Information Technology will be uninstalling QuickTime from all campus computers running any version of Microsoft’s Windows. Find out more »
Welcoming the New IT Support Technicians
The Office of Information Technology is pleased to announce Will Looney and Josh Wilcox as our new IT Support Technicians for St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Will comes to St. Mary’s from Franklin County in Rocky Mount Virginia where he held the position of IT Support Manager. Josh Wilcox has been employed in the Office of Information Technology Find out more »
Discovery Phase of ERP/SIS Project Near Completion
Hi Campus Community, If you have not heard, the College recently received some supplemental funding in the State’s FY17 budget to assist us in the complete overhaul of our Jenzabar CX (CARS/Portal) enterprise resource planning (ERP) / student information system (SIS). As we move from the 17 year old Jenzabar system to the next generation Find out more »
I’m Not Kidding, Gmail
Ever send an email that you wish you could take back? I definitely have. While Google hasn’t invented an email retrieving time machine, they have something with a similar functionality– the catch is, you have a limited amount of time to take back your email. The undo send functionality has been a lab, and then Find out more »
Want to Beef up your Google Skills?
Google is running their great Power Searching online course through Feb 21st. I (Ben Casto, your friendly neighborhood Senior Learning Technologist) have taken it before, and had so much fun that I’m taking it again! Not only does it promise to sharpen your skills, but is a great example of how an online course should be set Find out more »
Preparing for Network Installation in Anne Arundel Hall
Donald Wince (left), Communications Systems Specialist, and Robert Brown, Director of Network Support Services, meet with contractors on the Anne Arundel Hall construction to finalize plans for the data closets that will hold the network and telecommunications equipment. For updates on the project, visit the Anne Arundel Hall Updates page within the Office of Planning Find out more »