VCU Technology Services has established a new site called VCU PhishingNet to provide the VCU community with a list of email scams that have been identified as targeting VCU email accounts. This site is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all known em . . .
Parts of the VCU Monroe Park campus experienced a power disruption that affected network connectivity this morning. Network equipment in the the affected buildings should have come back online by now. If you are in an area that is still affected by . . .
Update: Many schools and commercial enterprises have been experiencing issues with deploying the new Hangouts service in their environments. Much of this is due to conflicts with existing services such as Google Vault which is in the works to be impl . . .
VCU Technology Services has scheduled an upgrade for the REDCap survey and research system beginning at 6 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013. This work is expected to be completed by 7 a.m. During this upgrade the REDCap system will be unavailable. Pleas . . .
Date: June 7, 2013 | Time: 9am-11am | Location: TAB 108 | Register | This Google Mail hands-on workshop is designed for people who have migrated to Google appsforVCU and are interested in learning the Google mail basics. Google ma . . .
Date: May & June | Location: Cabell 320 | Register | Access is a relational database that allows users to create queries, forms, or reports. This beginning class will introduce you to the Access environment and relational da . . .
Date: May 22, 2013 | Location: Student Commons, Forum Room | Register | Learn tips, tricks and short cuts for making your Google searches more effective and efficient. This abbreviated demonstration is based on Google`s Power Sear . . .
Date: May, June, July, & Aug | Register | REDCap is a secure, web-based application designed to support web-based data capture, including surveys. Although it was originally designed for research studies, REDCap can also be used for coll . . .
Date: May 24 & 28, 2013 | Location: Cabell 320 | Register | Learn the basics of HTML5 w/CSS3, and Dreamweaver, a Web authoring tool used to create Web pages. This hands-on workshop will introduce you to the creation of web p . . .
Date: June 14, 2013 | Time: 9am-10:30am | Location: Cabell 320 | Register | This workshop is designed for people who have migrated to Google appsforVCU and are interested in learning the more about the Google Calendar. You will learn . . .
The Alerts blog details recent alerts from Technology Services in four categories: Critical, Ongoing, Planned, and Past. Critical and Ongoing alerts are timely and address unexpected issues that affect the whole university community or selected portions. Planned alerts address events scheduled for a specific time and date (more details can often be found on the Planned System Changes website). Past alerts are archived and address issues that have been resolved.
Update - 5/18/13 - 3 p.m.: Network Services is reporting that the remaining services that were experiencing connectivity issues now are available. This includes the REDCap Research and Survey tool, VCU News Center, ImageNow and QuikFM work order reques . . .
VCU Technology Services has been receiving reports of power issues with the Brand Center, Engineering East Hall and Jefferson Deck. Facilities Management has confirmed there are power issues in these buildings. Network connectivity may be disrupted . . .
The Google Blackberry server is temporarily unavailable. . . .
Date: May 20, 2013 | Time: 9am-12pm | Location: Cabell 320 | Register | PowerPoint is a popular and very powerful presentation program. This course will familiarize you with the easy-to-use interface and . . .
Date: May 21, 2013 | Time: 1pm-3pm | Location: Cabell 320 | Register | This course will help you manage your Gmail Inbox more efficiently by instructing how to organize, search, and filter your email. Discover the use of . . .
VCU Technology Services has scheduled maintenance to upgrade network equipment over a three day period beginning on Wednesday, May 15, 2013. This work is expected to be completed by Friday, May 17, 2013. Each day beginning at 5 a.m., Network Services sta . . .
Scheduled maintenance will be performed on the Faculty/Staff E-mail system Saturday, May 3, between 7:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. During this maintenance window, access to e-mail may be unavailable on your primary server. Access to your e-mail via your alterna . . .
VCU Technology Services has scheduled maintenance for the system that supports eServices and Banner Forms beginning at 6 p.m. Friday evening, May 3, 2013. eServices and Banner Forms will be unavailable during this work. These services are expected to b . . .
Date: May 15, 2013 | Time: 1pm-4pm | Location: Sanger B1-020 | Register | Create, share, and collaborate on the web with documents, spreadsheets, presentations, drawings, and forms. Google Docs is a free web-based office suit . . .
VCU Technology Services has scheduled maintenance for the Blackboard system beginning at 4 p.m. on Friday afternoon. The maintenance window is scheduled until midnight but will likely be completed earlier. During this work Blackboard services will be unav . . .
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