In this month’s From Your ATSD, we have some quick tips to help faculty when planning their Canvas LMS Quizzes, using Lockdown browser, and a reminder about Assignments in the Canvas LMS. Continue reading From Your ATSD: Final Exam Quick Tips
Month: April 2021
Spring 2021 Security Report Now Available
Our Spring 2021 edition of the OIT Quarterly Security Update is now available to the SMU community.
Upcoming Green Jacket Project Seminar Highlights Sustainability Efforts
The Green Jacket Project is an interdisciplinary effort between the Cairns Lab and SMU’s Office of Information Technology’s Research and Data Science team, led by Dr. Eric Godat with support from Guillermo G. Vasquez and Research STAR Jaymie Ruddock. The Project involves an autonomous robot designed to spread information about sustainability and will be showcased in an upcoming Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute (DCII) Virtual Event. Continue reading Upcoming Green Jacket Project Seminar Highlights Sustainability Efforts
Classroom Upgrade Project for Summer 2021 Launches
Over the past 12 months, our classrooms received a significant amount of technology and equipment upgrades and changes. During the summer months, work was done in 250 rooms to install the various components necessary to support SMUFlex. During the Winter break, we added more components and changes to approximately 93 rooms to deliver an enhanced SMUFlex course experience. As we prepare now for a fully in-person Fall semester, we will focus our classroom efforts on a variety of maintenance and repair requests with a smaller number of major upgrades than is typical. Continue reading Classroom Upgrade Project for Summer 2021 Launches
Nurturing Ideas to Projects with OIT’s Project Management Office
If you have a new idea for a project, we want to know! All members of the SMU community can request an IT project. To get started, just visit smu.edu/itprojects and click the SUBMIT IDEA button. You will authenticate into our Project Management system—TeamDynamix, and from there, you can fill in your idea for the next great IT project. Continue reading Nurturing Ideas to Projects with OIT’s Project Management Office

