The Latest News on Adobe’s Creative Suite and Creative Cloud Licensing
On February 27, 2015, Adobe will be discontinuing Adobe Creative Suite under its volume licensing programs. This means that Creative Cloud will be the exclusive source for the latest versions of Adobe’s creative apps and services for faculty, staff, and students. We recently visited with our Adobe account manager and discussed some of the details. […]
IT Aims for Good Time Management – Part 2
by Kathy Gates This past year, a group of employees in the Office of Information Technology (IT) participated in a reading group on time management. One of the unexpected benefits was hearing about all of the apps/software/tools that technical people find to be indispensable. It was so fascinating that I thought others might want to […]
IT Aims for Good Time Management – Part 1
A recurring request from our team (Information Technology) is for opportunities to build community and grow professionally. A specific example is to explore ways to become more productive and effective at work. One of the most common struggles is making good use of time, both at work and in our personal lives. In IT, we […]
Major Upgrade Easter Weekend: SAP Production & myOleMiss Unavailable April 2-7, 2015
The SAP production system and the myOleMiss portal will be unavailable beginning at 5 p.m. on Thursday, April 2, due to a major upgrade. The system is scheduled to be unavailable until Tuesday, April 7, at 8 a.m. During this downtime, Office of Information Technology (IT) staff members will upgrade these systems to the required […]
Get up to Speed on Recent IT Enhancements
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 completed over the winter break. Paperless Time Entry for Employees After an extensive pilot process involving several departments within the Administration and Finance division of the University, the Offices of […]
Time Entry Goes Paperless for the Ole Miss Campus
Eligible Faculty and Staff Can Submit Time Online via myOleMiss If you have attended the SAP CATS/Timesheets workshop within the past few months, you have likely heard the instructor introduce a new application in myOleMiss, which allows for the secure online submission and approval of employee time, eliminating the need for paper timesheets. UM employees […]
Blackboard Upgrade Scheduled to Begin on December 16
On Tuesday, December 16, beginning at midnight (CST), IT will begin an upgrade of Blackboard Learn to the latest stable 2014 release. During this maintenance, blackboard.olemiss.edu will be offline. We expect Blackboard Learn will be available on Tuesday, December 23. However, we will make every effort to complete this work sooner and will announce availability when […]
UM Technology Tips for Departments
The Office of Information Technology (IT) regularly receives requests concerning departmental technology. Below, view the most common requests along with guidance on how to get started: I want to use a scantron form for a test. Where is a scantron scanner located on campus? What forms are supported? I want to monitor and possibly charge for printing […]
Public Demonstrations of Learning Management Systems
The University of Mississippi (UM) has hosted the Blackboard Learn platform since 1998, when the product was named CourseInfo. In April 2014, the Instructional Technology Standing committee (ITSC) was given the task of performing an evaluation of the different Learning Management Systems (LMS) in order to select the LMS platform that will be in place […]
Enhancements to GM Analytics Reports
Enhanced oversight and better management of research funding was one of the primary goals of the implementation of SAP’s Grants Management (GM) module, which launched on July 1, 2014. To better manage their research projects, principal investigators and department administrators need the ability to review their revenues and expenditures on demand instead of waiting on […]