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New media streaming tool, copyright policy announced for Blackboard
Jan. 7, 2015—A new streaming media tool integrated with Blackboard will enable faculty and students to upload, publish, search, create, re-use and share video with registered class members directly from within the course management system.
IT Support: Contact information for VU and VUMC Help Desks
Jan. 4, 2015—To ensure that Vanderbilt faculty and staff receive the best IT support possible, Vanderbilt IT wants to make the community aware of how to access the designated support teams for the university and Medical Center.
Certificates for secure communication to require upgrade
Dec. 18, 2014—Anyone who has ordered a certificate from the Vanderbilt IT Software Store or through Enterprise Public Key Infrastructure for use with an application or service will need to upgrade to ensure future communications remain secure.
VUIT wants to hear from you: Take survey now
Dec. 17, 2014—There's still time to take the VUIT Faculty and Staff Satisfaction Survey, the results of which will be used to further improve service and support.
McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription to expire end of 2015
Dec. 17, 2014—Vanderbilt’s McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription is set to expire Dec. 31, 2014. Vanderbilt will continue to offer VirusScan through Dec. 31, 2015, providing customers with a year to migrate from VirusScan to SCEP.
Blackboard unavailable Dec. 21-22 as courses are migrated to new environment
Dec. 16, 2014—Vanderbilt’s OAK course management system is being migrated from Vanderbilt servers to Blackboard servers. The system will be unavailable Dec. 21-22, and access to some courses will be limited in December.
New billing system for telephones in place as of November 2014
Dec. 3, 2014—Vanderbilt IT recently changed the system for billing and managing telephones and telephone-related services.
LAN Management Services to transition to Dell beginning February 2015
Nov. 25, 2014—Support of Clinical Workstations and a portion of the IT Help Desk transitioned to Dell in October. In the second phase of this transition, LAN Management Services (LMS) will move to Dell beginning February 2015.
Hackers target Vanderbilt users in phishing attack
Nov. 10, 2014—Last weekend, hackers launched a significant phishing attack against Vanderbilt email users.
McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription to expire end of 2015
Nov. 3, 2014—Vanderbilt’s McAfee VirusScan for Mac subscription is set to expire Dec. 31, 2014.
OAK to move to Blackboard off-campus managed hosting in December
Nov. 3, 2014—Later this year, Vanderbilt’s localized version of Blackboard’s course management system, OAK, will move from on-campus Vanderbilt servers to off-campus Blackboard servers.
Clinical workstations transitioned to Dell as of Oct. 1
Oct. 14, 2014—As of Oct. 1, support of clinical workstations and a portion of the IT Help Desk have transitioned to Dell.