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Faculty Activity – New Custom Reports

Posted on: February 27th, 2013 by amelia

We are pleased to announce recent enhancements to the Faculty Activity interface in myOleMiss.   You can now create custom reports through the Faculty Activity interface. The custom report feature does not replace your annual Faculty Report, but will allow you to leverage the data that has been entered over time into a format for other […]

Save Time and Effort: Collaborate on Box

Posted on: February 25th, 2013 by

Do you ever send a document back and forth between people making corrections each time?  It is my experience, that it is usually hard to be sure which copy is the “good” copy.   Box Collaboration allows users to work on a single document and save it each time so that the entire group can […]

The Spring 2013 IT Survival Guide

Posted on: January 16th, 2013 by

Welcome! The Office of Information Technology (IT) has been busy preparing  for new and returning faculty and students. Below are some of the important changes we made during the break along with links to common websites and informative TECHNews articles. UM Google Starting in March 2012, all students are given UM Gmail accounts which include […]

Attendance Tracking Scanners for UM Classrooms

Posted on: January 16th, 2013 by Deetra Wiley

The Class Attendance Guidelines Policy discusses the importance of attendance relative to learning.  Instructors are asked to report cases of freshman students missing three or more class periods as part of the Freshman Attendance-Based Initiative (FABI) program.   The Academic Support Center follows up on these cases to connect students with resources.  Yet, taking attendance for large […]

Box Storage and Collaboration Service Goes Live

Posted on: December 1st, 2012 by

The Office of Information Technology (IT) is pleased to announce the availability of Box storage and collaboration service to University of Mississippi (UM) faculty, staff and students. As a member of Internet2, UM is able to take advantage of the Box storage service and special pricing offered through the Internet2 NET+ partnership program. The Net+ Box offering […]

Academic Technology Updates from EDUCAUSE 2012

Posted on: November 10th, 2012 by

EDUCAUSE is an organization dedicated to supporting Information Technology (IT) professionals in higher education. EDUCAUSE recently held their annual conference at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, CO. Attendees were able to discuss a variety of academic support topics with colleagues, attend technical sessions and discuss future products with vendors. Below are a few of the […]

UM Webmail Taken Offline October 5, 2012

Posted on: September 24th, 2012 by

With the migration of email services from UM Webmail to UM Gmail complete, logins to UM Webmail will be disabled on October 5.  UM Mail (Exchange) is available to employees.  UM Gmail is available to students and any employees that have requested access. UM Webmail login restrictions include web (http://webmail.olemiss.edu), POP and IMAP access.  Individuals […]

Computer Lab Enhanced in Weir Hall

Posted on: September 15th, 2012 by RONALD SAVELL
Weir Hall Media-scape Table

The Galtney Center for Academic Computing in Weir Hall opened in November 2002.  The Center was made possible by a $4 million gift from Ole Miss Alumni Will and Susanne Galtney of Houston, TX.  Commonly referred to as the Weir Hall computer lab, students and employees have access to 50 computers around the clock.   During the Fall and […]

The Fall 2012 IT Survival Guide

Posted on: August 20th, 2012 by admin

Welcome! The Office of Information Technology (IT) has been busy preparing for new and returning faculty and students.   Below are some of the important changes we made during the summer along with links to common websites and informative TechNews articles. We Have Gone Google Yes, we have gone Google.  Student email was migrated from […]

Placing Institutional Orders from Apple

Posted on: August 10th, 2012 by Penny Rice

Due to recent changes to the Apple Online Store for Educational Institutions, state sales tax will now be charged for institutional orders placed from personal AppleID accounts.  In order to avoid this sales tax charge, faculty and staff placing business orders will need to fill out a form to request access to the new online […]