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.staysafeonline.org/stay-safe-online/protect-your-personal-information/social-networks?and?https://www.staysafeonline.org/data-privacy-day/check-your-privacy-settings/?for more info.

Update:

The interview for March 13 has been cancelled. Thanks to all those who attended the March 11 and 12 interviews.

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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.

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…

Did you know you can print to lab printers in Curtis, Fellows 100Huffman, 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)

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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

While Blackboard (Bb) courses are automatically created for all courses, they are initially set to unavailable. If you plan to use your Bb course, you must make it available so that students will see it. To do this, within your course go to Control Panel, then Customization, then Properties. Scroll down if necessary to locate 3. Set Availability and click “Yes” and then “Submit”. The message saying “Course is unavailable to students” should no longer appear in the top left by the Home icon.

On Tuesday 1/6/15, all ITS staff will be out of the office participating in a staff development day here on campus. The ITS Help Desk voicemail and email will be monitored for emergencies only. All other help requests will be responded to as soon as possible on Wednesday Jan. 7.

If you have a critical support need on 1/6, please email the ITS Help Desk at helpdesk@denison.edu with “URGENT” in the subject line or call 740-587-6395 and leave a voicemail message indicating that your request is urgent. We will respond as quickly as possible.
Thank you for your cooperation and Happy New Year!