Be Aware of Copyright Laws and Violations!
Article Updated: September 12, 2014 Recently, the University of Mississippi has seen an increase in the number of copyright violation notices received from the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) and the Entertainment Software Association in accordance with the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act). These notices typically identify illegal music and movie downloads from the campus network. […]
UM Mobility Survey Participants Win $25 Amazon Gift Certificates!
The University of Mississippi (UM) Office of Information Technology (IT) conducted the UM Mobility Survey in October 2011 to access the mobility needs of the University community. The survey was open to students, parents, employees, alumni, fans and other interested individuals who were age 18 or older. It was posted in UM Today, OrgSync, Twitter, and […]
Faculty Receive New Technology Through TACIT
Ninety-six faculty members were approved recipients as part of this year’s TACIT program. Now in its thirteenth year, TACIT provides for the cyclical replacement of faculty technology and is sponsored by the Provost’s Office and carried out by the Office of Information Technology (IT). Only full-time instructional faculty and full-time faculty with computers purchased prior to January 2007 were […]
IT’s Errol Sayre Featured in the SAP Community Network
As noted in an earlier TECHNews article, the University of Mississippi’s (UM) Office of Information Technology (IT ) is a ramp-up site of a new technology from SAP, SAP NetWeaver Gateway (NG). As part of this ramp-up, Errol Sayre, Systems Analyst III, was part of the project team that delivered an iPad application for UM Admissions Counselors. These counselors […]
Advisor Tools within myOleMiss
Several new features have been added to Advisor Tools within myOleMiss over the last six months, which, hopefully, will help make the advising process easier. This article highlights some of the new features as well as some older ones in a question / answer format. All of the links discussed here are reachable from Advisor […]
IT’s Chris Reichley Featured in the SAP Community Network
The University of Mississippi (UM) Office of Information Technology (IT) is an early adopter of a new technology from SAP, NetWeaver Gateway. As part of this project, Christopher Reichley, Systems Analyst and Associate Director of IAEGS, attempted to consume a Gateway service using PHP from an Apache Web server and encountered performance issues with the OData library. He found that […]
UM Mobile Site Reworked
The UM Mobile site recently got a completely reworked layout. Looking more like an app than a mobile website, the new layout features icons at the main and some secondary levels to make navigation easier. Behind the scenes, the visitor’s screen resolution is used to guess which version of the site (mobile or full) that […]
Open Enrollment Goes Online With SAP Employee Self-Service
Continuing their partnership aimed at launching more self-service functionality for University employees, the offices of Human Resources (HR) and Information Technology (IT) launched “Open Enrollment 2012: The Online Version” on October 1, 2011. This new service allows employees to make changes to their benefits plans through myOleMiss for the entire month of October. In the […]
Blackboard Mobile Learn
Would you like to access Blackboard from anywhere? Now there’s an App for that. Introducing Blackboard Mobile Learn at The University of Mississippi The Office of Information Technology is pleased to announce the launch of Blackboard Mobile Learn, a free mobile application that brings interactive teaching and learning to mobile devices and gives students full access […]
Plagiarism and Academic Honesty Tutorial
As part of a university-wide program to raise student awareness of what plagiarism is and how to avoid it, the Information Literacy Committee and General Education Committee have added the Plagiarism and Academic Honesty Tutorial to myOleMiss. After watching a 20 minute video, students will be presented with a brief quiz to complete. Results are […]