Teaching Faculty are encouraged to attend a sample faculty training and interview session for 3 candidates on March 25th and April 1st & 3rd from 1:15PM – 2:15PM meeting in the Library Windows Lab Room LL102. Candidate materials can be viewed in Blackboard Course “Instructional Technologist Search.” Candidate feedback form will be available online. Questions call: Cindy Wilkins 587-5674.
Author: Leslie Smith
Fake “Job Opportunity” Emails Being Received by Denison Students
ITS has been alerted by Career Exploration & Development (CE&D) that several students have received emails that state “__ company has received your resume from Career Exploration & Development” and ask for information. These emails are NOT legitimate. CE&D does not send student resumes to companies. These are a “phishing” attempt, trying to lure the recipient into yielding personal information that can be used for identity theft or other purposes. Please DO NOT REPLY to these emails.
TIP: The FROM email address can often (but not always) help you identify when an email is from someone other than who it states it is from. Sometimes it is very obvious (eg. the email says it is from Bank of America but the email address is “fredsmith@yahoo.com“). Other times you need to look more closely as the spammer/phisher will try to get closer to a legitimate looking email (eg. bankofamerica@something.com). To learn more about identifying and dealing with phishing emails, please see https://support.google.
Psychic Powers or Social Media?
Complete strangers may know more about you than you realize. No psychic powers needed thanks to social media! Watch the Social Media Experiment?by Jack Vale Films and find out how much Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media tools may be telling the world about you.
TIPS: think before you post and take control of your privacy settings. See?https://www.
Teaching Faculty: Please Attend Sample Training & Interview with Instructional Technologist Candidates
Update:
The interview for March 13 has been cancelled. Thanks to all those who attended the March 11 and 12 interviews.
Original Post:
Candidates for the Instructional Technologist position will be on campus on March 11, 12, and 13. All teaching faculty are invited to attend a 10 minute sample faculty training session and 20 minute interview session from 1:00-1:30PM in the Library Lower Level E-classroom (LL102) on these days. Candidate materials can be found in Blackboard in the course titled “Instructional Technologist Search”. A candidate feedback form will be available online. Questions? Please contact Cindy Wilkins, ITS, 740-587-5674.
Tax Season Tip – Beware of Scams!
Fake phone calls or emails from the IRS. Fraudulent tax returns filed to steal tax refunds. These are just a few of the many scams that abound during tax season. Here are a few resources to help you learn what you can do to protect yourself…
- Beware These Top 3 Tax Season Scams (ABC News):
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/beware-common-tax-season-scams/story?id=29162955 - Tax Fraud Advisory (REN-ISAC):
http://www.ren-isac.net/alerts/REN-ISAC_Advisory_Tax_Fraud_20150209.pdf - IRS Tax Scams/Consumer Alerts (IRS):
http://www.irs.gov/uac/Tax-Scams-Consumer-Alerts
Students – Printing to Lab Printers from Your Laptop
Did you know you can print to lab printers in Curtis, Fellows 100, Huffman, the Library Learning Commons, the Mulberry MIX lab, and Taylor House from your laptop? For details and set-up info, please log in to MyDenison and use the search box in the top right corner to search for “Laptop to Lab Printing“.
If you have any questions or problems, please contact the ITS Help Desk…
- Phone: 740-587-6395
- Email: helpdesk@denison.edu
- In-person: Fellows 100A (Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm, Friday 8am-4:30pm);
the Library Learning Commons (Sunday 5-10pm, Monday-Thursday 7-10pm)
Denison Windows Computers – Novell ZENworks Data Collection Form Appearing
The ITS Help Desk has received several reports of the Novell ZENworks data collection form appearing after logging in to a Denison Windows computer. If this occurs, you may simply click “Submit” to resubmit the form and it should not continue to appear. If you see it multiple times, please report that behavior to the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu.
Data Privacy – Take Control!
Whether it is email, Facebook or your iPad, most apps and devices have privacy/security settings you can adjust to control the information you share. See https://www.staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day/check-your-privacy-settings/ for links to instructions on adjusting privacy/security settings on many popular apps and devices.
Why this post? January 28th – February 28th is Data Privacy Month. This year’s theme is “Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling Trust”. During this month, ITS will share tips on how you can better protect your privacy online.
Resolved: JMP License Error
Update 1/30/14 11AM:
The Software Downloads channel has been updated with a new JMP download for Windows computers and with clarified instructions for Mac computers re: selecting the license file. Please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu if you still experience problems.
Original Post:
Several students have reported that they are receiving an “expired license” error after downloading and installing JMP from MyDenison. ITS is investigating and will update the download as soon as possible. In the meantime, if you experience this error please follow the steps outlined in THIS FAQ to update your license so you can use JMP.
Additional Google Apps Now Available with Your BigRedID!
To take fuller advantage of the applications offered by Google in the Denison Apps environment, ITS, under consultation with the ITC governance committee, has enabled the following additional Google Apps for use with your BigRedID:
- Google Classroom
- Google Hangouts
- Google Analytics*
- Google+*
- YouTube*
Because this change offers your account access to additional services that are not covered by Denison’s Google Higher Education Agreement (denoted by an * above), you may receive the Google Consumer Terms of Service and Privacy Agreement when you next access your account. If you have concerns, we encourage you to read the agreements and their associated links to find out more. These agreements only apply to use of the additional services, the “core apps” continue to be covered by Denison’s Higher Education Agreement and use does not alter the relationship or agreement Denison has with Google.
To learn more and for links to help resources for these apps, please visit the Denison Apps Information page in MyDenison under Campus Resources -> Information Technology Services.
If you have any questions, please contact the ITS Help Desk at 740-587-6395 or helpdesk@denison.edu.