Again we have more progress to report in the way of final wireless provisions for all Campus Facilities. We just completed provisions for Wireless Internet in the following Academic Buildings:
Garrett Hall, Stubbs Hall, Brown Hall, Coenen Hall.
These locations were made active over the past 2 weeks.
Bry Hall is the last building on our list of additions. We intend to have it completed before Fall semester begins.
For further information about using...
Podcasting. It is a technology being embraced all around the world. But what is it? How could it help to reach your students?
What is Podcasting?
First, let me start out by telling you what podcasting is not because people tend to not understand the concept.
More progress has been made recently in provisions for Wireless Internet in the following Academic Buildings:
Biedenharn Hall, Caldwell Hall.
These locations were made active over the past 2 weeks.
Several other buildings are in the queue for Wireless very soon which includes Bry Hall & Garrett Hall.
For further information about using Wireless Internet on Campus, visit: http://ulm.edu/...
People use email everyday sometimes without thinking about who is sending what to whom and why. Most email is innocuous and useful. Some is not so harmless. There are a few questions that come up again and again. Answers to these questions often provide solutions to problems and issues related to security and safety while engaging in online activities. A few of those questions can be found below.
It seems like everyone I know is using a web-based email system like Zimbra. I am...
Wireless networking has been a long awaited feature in Stubbs Hall.
It is now available as of Monday, May 10, 2010.
Users should receive coverage virtually everywhere in the building.
For more wireless information, see: http://www.ulm.edu/computingcenter/hardware/wireless
There have been some reported issues with the BANNER application when running the latest version of Java (Version 6 update 19). The resulting behavior is that the icons onscreen become greyed-out and are not functional. The menu options are reported to still work properly.
Our recommendation for anyone experiencing this problem is to uninstall Java Version 6 Update 19. This can be done under Windows using the Control Panel - Add/Remove Programs option and choosing Java Version 19....
It is about that time of year for the snow to be gone and leaves to be changing. All of the busy people cooped up all winter are ready to begin their spring cleaning. Removing cobwebs and accumulated dust is only the first step. For tech enthusiasts, a little spring cleaning for the computer may also be in order.
Computers are like cars: they often need a little tune-up here and there to prevent major repairs from being necessary later on. One way to do some cleaning and tune-up is to...
Greetings and Happy Holidays ,
In this season, the time is right for the scammers to peek out from behind the mistletoe and catch all those bad little cyberusers who are not careful. Do not let them turn your holiday into piles of switches and lumps of coal. Be even more on guard for those evil little spoilers.
The security company McAffee has broken down a list of the twelve scams of Christmas. You can find a posting of that article at this website (...
ULM's Internet service experienced times of sluggishness and some disruption this morning and possibly still continuing. The impaired service is due to a fiber optic cut with a primary national Internet service provider that is connected to the state's LONI network. Moodle seems to have been one of the confirmed sites to experience sluggish behavior.
We are still awaiting confirmation of the disruption timeframe and when a full recovery is expected.
A new version of the Campus VPN services was released on Wednesday morning, November 11, 2009.
VPN (Virtual Private Network) allows Employees of ULM to gain access to computer resources while away from campus. This could be from home, conference, etc. These restricted resources would normally not be available to the public thru the Internet, but the VPN provides that option.
Features and Issues to take note of: