AI tools like Copilot and ChatGPT can be powerful — but remember, they’re not built to keep your secrets. Once you paste information into an AI, you can’t always control where it goes.. Continue reading Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Outsmart the Haunted AI 👻
Empowering Schedulers with Training and Tools
The Registrar’s Office recently partnered with the IT Training Team to revamp one of my.SMU’s most essential trainings: The Schedule of Classes. This training supports departments in preparing course schedules for upcoming terms, helping them organize teaching resources and ensuring students can plan their academic paths and graduate on time. Continue reading Empowering Schedulers with Training and Tools
Canvas Plus: October 2025 Edition
In our Canvas Plus Monthly, we discuss the new features and enhancements available in the Canvas LMS and any updates to academic technology/software that are integrated into Canvas. This month, we’ll share two updates to Canvas’ grading settings, as well as a Panopto enhancement and some exciting updates for Respondus LockDown Browser.
Continue reading Canvas Plus: October 2025 Edition
Cybersecurity Awareness Month is Here — Don’t Get Tricked 🎃
It’s October, and that means Cybersecurity Awareness Month is here! This year, OIT Security is turning up the fun with spooky challenges, games, and puzzles. Instead of just reading about security, you’ll get to play along — solving weekly Wordles, escaping a Haunted AI, locking down your privacy, spotting scams in disguise, and wrapping it all up at our in-person Cyber Fair.
Every activity you complete earns points, and the more points you collect, the bigger the prize you can win. Prizes are unlocked in three tiers: Continue reading Cybersecurity Awareness Month is Here — Don’t Get Tricked 🎃
How SMU Colleagues Are Leveraging the AI Bootcamp Experience
Over 185 SMU staff members have enrolled in our AI Operation Copilot Bootcamp. Staff who commit to completing the Bootcamp receive a Copilot Premium license, funded by OIT, for the academic year.
The AI Bootcamp, led by Rachel Mulry, Associate CIO for Planning and Customer Service, gives staff the opportunity to Continue reading How SMU Colleagues Are Leveraging the AI Bootcamp Experience
