We’re now communicating project news when you need it. Starting this week, we’ve begun posting articles in our blog IT Connect instead of the bi-monthly Technology News. Our weekly down-to-earth blog has details on upcoming projects, tech tips, training, and more.
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If you haven’t recently, it’s a good time to update your emergency contacts in my.SMU.
Faculty & Staff Instructions
If you indicated that the emergency contact address or phone is the same as yours it will display on the screen and can be edited if needed.
Student Instructions
Visit the Update/Verify Personal Info section of the Student Self-Service tutorial: sites.smu.edu/oit/training/story/studentselfservice/story.html.
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Explore Microsoft Excel tips and shortcuts you can use every day on a Windows operating system. Join Dennis Taylor, spreadsheets expert and lynda.com author, to unlock techniques for navigating, copying and pasting, writing formulas, entering data, creating charts, and formatting.
All registrants are provided with a recording of the webinar and the slide deck after the event.
Webinar details:
Dennis Taylor has more than 25 years of experience working with spreadsheet programs as a book and tutorial author, speaker, seminar leader, and facilitator. Since the mid-1990s, he has been the author or instructor of numerous Excel video and online courses, and has traveled throughout the US and Canada presenting more than 300 seminars and classes.
Dennis has written and co-authored multiple books on spreadsheet software, and has presented more than 500 Excel webinars. He has worked with hundreds of corporations, government agencies, colleges, and universities. He lives in Boulder, Colorado.
The Voicemail Replacement Project is approaching the pilot phase. When the new service comes online, some exciting new features will be available. In addition to being able to check voicemail with your phone, staff and faculty will also be able to receive voicemail via email. This will provide a text voicemail transcription in your inbox. The new voicemail will integrate with the existing desktop phones, and users will have ability to manage email and calendar items via voice commands.
We anticipate that the pilot phase will begin after the end of the spring semester. If you are a faculty or staff member interested in being a part of the pilot group, please contact the IT Help Desk. The Voicemail Replacement Project is a part of the larger Unified Communications Project which seeks to enhance telecommunication services for the campus.
By Amber Clark
The DAS Initiative to improve cell phone coverage across campus completed phase one of five on March 4th. All carriers (AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon) are present in the Residential Commons. Phase two is estimated to be complete this August and includes Residence Halls:
