Over the past few months, Academic Computing Services and your Academic Technology Services Directors (ATSD) have communicated with University faculty that SMU has ended its partnership with ExamSoft as of July 1, 2017. After that date, faculty will not have access to your exams, assessments, or question bank data. We would like to remind you again to retrieve any data or questions from ExamSoft before July 1, 2017. If you need help with this contact your ATSD or the IT Help Desk at 214-768-HELP. Continue reading ExamSoft Retires on July 1, 2017.
Category: Announcement
I ❤️ Lynda Contest: Continue to Learn with Lynda and win a cup of Joe.
Over here, we love Lynda.com and hope you do too. We want to encourage you to continue to grow and learn professionally and we find the resources and videos on Lynda help you to do that. To foster that growth, we are randomly giving away 3 Starbucks gift cards to any faculty and staff that completes a course in Lynda between now & June 25th in our I ❤️ Lynda Contest.
To foster that growth, we are randomly giving away 3 Starbucks gift cards to any faculty or staff member that completes a course in Lynda between now & June 25th. That way, you can continue to learn with Lynda and a cup of Joe. Continue reading I ❤️ Lynda Contest: Continue to Learn with Lynda and win a cup of Joe.
A Farewell to Our CIO Joe Gargiulo
As you may know, the University’s CIO Joe Gargiulo has announced his retirement. Joe has served SMU since 1998 in various capacities. He joined the team 19 years ago managing the Y2K efforts and then overseeing the PeopleSoft conversion. He was promoted to the Executive Director of Administrative Computing in 2005 and then later named CIO in 2008. He has lead the Office of Information Technology (OIT) team through a number of organizational changes (most recently the transition to shared services), as well as shepherded many significant projects Continue reading A Farewell to Our CIO Joe Gargiulo
Charging Forward with ManeFrame 2.0
With the final delivery of all remaining hardware components on May 12th, implementation of the new ManeFrame II (M2) High-Performance Compute Cluster enters the homestretch. Continue reading Charging Forward with ManeFrame 2.0
Electrical Service Shutdown to Impact Networking on May 24, 25, & 26
SMU Buildings and Roads has circulated a notice that electrical service will be shut off to several campus buildings as a part of campus construction activities. The shutdown will begin on Thursday, May 25, 2017, starting approximately at 7 p.m. and is expected to last until Friday, May 26, 2017, at 5 a.m. This pattern will repeat through Friday and end on Saturday, May 27, 017 at 5 a.m. Offices in these buildings should remember to shut down computers and printers before the electrical service being shut off.
The original notice from SMU Buildings and Roads is below: Continue reading Electrical Service Shutdown to Impact Networking on May 24, 25, & 26
