To recover Google drive space for the college old student accounts are being deleted. Prior to leaving Williams students were informed on the correct way to save personal data – either Google Transfer, Google Takeout, saving files to a computer or sharing and then making copies. It may be the… Continue reading »
Google storage space will be reduced January 1, 2024 when Google’s new limits will apply to us. See more information on this upcoming change. Jessika Drmacich (Records Manager & Digital Resources Archivist, Libraries) will lead a short training with Seth Rogers (Director of Client Services, OIT) focusing on organizing and… Continue reading »
Do you even need to use VPN? Many of the college’s services including most PeopleSoft access is available without needing to use it, so check with OIT to see if it is required for your work. If you do need to use VPN while off campus and have not… Continue reading »
The Sarah system will be offline for system maintenance on Monday, November 13 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. No logins or transactions will be processed during this period. Please contact Gretchen Eliason x4552 for more information. Continue reading »
Pop in for Workday Wednesdays at the Faculty House all through November! Bring a friend, a colleague, or your whole team and learn more about the changes coming to Williams. Grab a coffee or tea and breakfast snack before you leave. We hope to see you there. Nov 8 – Intro to… Continue reading »
The Ephr, Staff-Careers, and Finance sites will be temporarily unavailable while system maintenance is performed on Wednesday, November 8, 2023 from 5:30pm to 7:00pm. No logins or transactions can be processed during this time. Please contact Gretchen Eliason x4552 for more information. Continue reading »
To enhance the security of our systems, Okta MFA will be required for VPN access starting November 15. Active ransomware groups are targeting organizations that do not have MFA for their VPN users*. If you have not yet signed up for Okta please do so. To use Okta MFA… Continue reading »
Pop in for Workday Wednesdays at the Faculty House all through November! Bring a friend, a colleague, or your whole team and learn more about the changes coming to Williams. Grab a coffee or tea and breakfast snack before you leave. We hope to see you there. Nov 1 – Intro to… Continue reading »
To wrap up National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, please read this post to learn about one way cyber attackers are leveraging generative AI tools and to find out how it was used as part of a successful “blended” social engineering attack. More Information… Continue reading »
Four times a year, Zoom shifts forward which version of their client is required. The next required update is this Saturday. Please take the opportunity to update today to avoid interruptions next week. Details on Zoom’s version enforcement schedule can be found here. Details for updating are in the link. More… Continue reading »
Old student accounts will be deleted to reduce Google Drive storage by January 2024. Files to be deleted have been labeled “PENDING DELETION,”. To save any files or folders with the pending deletion label email [email protected] by Nov 30. Inactive accounts need to be deleted to reduce Google… Continue reading »
Inactive accounts will be deleted to reduce Google Drive storage by January 2024. Files to be deleted have been labeled “PENDING DELETION,”. To save any files or folders with the pending deletion label email [email protected] by Nov 30. Inactive accounts need to be… Continue reading »
Pop in for Workday Wednesdays at the Faculty House all through November! Bring a friend, a colleague, or your whole team and learn more about the changes coming to Williams. Grab a coffee or tea and breakfast snack before you leave. We hope to see you there. Nov 1 – Intro to… Continue reading »
Please spend a few minutes to review this installment of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month’s theme. This is an old trick in a different format, so brush up on how to avoid falling for this sort of scam. More Information… Continue reading »
In order consolodate and reduce logins, ticket.williams.edu will be joined to Okta. If you have not already, please sign up for Okta soon. As always you can email us at [email protected] or call x4090 for help. Other college systems will gradually be added to the Okta environment. This means that… Continue reading »
In the months leading up to our go-live in June 2024, the change management team is working to share information about Workday and open channels for community feedback. To find out more about the people involved, what Workday means for you, and what’s happening with the project right now, visit the … Continue reading »
Employment scams, or fraudulent job offers, pose significant risks to job seekers and can have devastating consequences. These scams typically involve criminals posing as legitimate employers, often using convincing job postings, emails, or even phone calls to lure unsuspecting individuals. More Information… Continue reading »
Join CET for first-hand opportunities to use multiple, multi-modal generative AI tools: text, voice, image, and code, with Academic Technology Consultants on hand to discuss implications and strategies. The Center for Educational Technology (CET) brings you the chance to test multiple current generative AI tools for text, audio, images, and… Continue reading »
This semester, 2 new GLOW features give faculty better control of how their specific grading practices are reflected in how students view grades in their course Gradebook area: The “Restrict view of quantitative data” course setting supports faculty whose courses prioritize qualitative feedback. When this setting is enabled, students will… Continue reading »
What is Social Engineering, and why does it matter to you? This Cybersecurity Awareness Month, learn more about the least technical way that organizations get hacked. These attacks target the human, so please read to understand the threats. More Information… Continue reading »
The “Sarah” Campus Solutions system will be offline for application maintenance today, Friday, October 6, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm. Continue reading »
OIT is in the process of transitioning away from Sophos and to CrowdStrike. This has been underway for a few months, but what’s changing is the pace of our remaining deployment. Having successfully tested CrowdStrike throughout the college, next week we will begin to push it out to all college-owned… Continue reading »
Introduction The Immersive Reader feature provides every GLOW user a set of customizable tools to enhance their academic access. Immersive Reader supports fluency for multilingual students with translation tools; offers text decoding features for students with dyslexia; provides text-to-speech audio; and includes visual scaffolding options to improve reading comprehension and… Continue reading »
In the months leading up to our go-live in June 2024, the change management team is working to share information about Workday and open channels for community feedback. To find out more about what Workday means for you, the people involved, and what’s happening with the project right now, watch our… Continue reading »
This year, for NCAM, I’ll be focusing on types of social engineering and how we can detect and thwart them. There are a lot of new techniques designed to trick the human, and it’s important to use this annual opportunity to share some of this information. Before we settle in… Continue reading »
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