This Week in IT@Cornell News
January 6-10, 2014
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IT Leaders Focus on IT Strategic Plan Objectives and Initiatives
The final version of Cornell’s IT Strategic Plan was published in spring 2013, and, since then, it has become a springboard for action with progress already evident on several important initiatives, including a mobile strategy, career framework, usability, teaching and learning, and enterprise information systems.
http://itnews.cornell.edu/?p=3745
What’s Next for SharePoint Online, Lync, Office, and Office 365 Web Apps
With the completion of the upgrade of Cornell’s Office 365 email and calendar to Microsoft’s latest version, Cornell’s Office 365 team is beginning to plan and build a schedule for the other Office 365 applications. For details, see:
http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/guides/office/
See a video, “Demonstrating Practical Uses of SharePoint On Office 365,” based on a presentation held on campus on December 5, 2013.
http://www.it.cornell.edu/services/guides/office/sharepoint-online.cfm
Week of Jan 20, New IT Security Video Featured in CornellCast – Plan Ahead
During the week of Jan 20, 2014 a new video, “Data Hygiene, How Confidential and Sensitive Data Gets Onto Your Computer” will be featured in the CornellCast Update email, sent to more than 17,000 Cornellians. Please watch the video to see if your department has different procedures, technologies, and support options than are described, so that you can answer user questions. You may also want to talk about the video with people you support and share it directly, if it would be useful.
http://itnews.cornell.edu/?p=3764
Cornell Teaching with Technology News, January 2014
The latest news about the tools and techniques available at Cornell to support teaching can be found in the Teaching with Technology newsletter from Academic Technologies. Blackboard Info Day is Wednesday, January 15. See news about use of technologies for teaching, including Turnitin updates, lecture capture, FERPA, and class polling. Find out about the upcoming SUNY Conference on Instruction and Technology and highlights of Cornell’s upcoming MOOCs. Plus, visit the Mann Mac lab, borrow new multimedia equipment, and check out our updated, easier-to-use websites.
http://acadtech.cit.cornell.edu/files/2013/12/Teach-Tech-Jan-2014-vtiopj.pdf
Policy Responsibility and Awareness Information Now Available for IT@Cornell
There are multiple university policies on data stewardship, finance and technology that IT staff are responsible for understanding and following. These are listed, linked and newly published on Policy Responsibilities and Awareness for the IT Community. This new page also contains essential guidelines for safeguarding confidential data and other important resources.
http://itnews.cornell.edu/?p=3753
Cornell’s Cmail (Student Email) Login Page is Changing
In early 2014, there will be changes to the page used to log in to Cmail, Cornell’s student email, calendaring, and collaboration service. The changes are part of Google’s initiative to make sign-in consistent across all its services. Users can expect:

• The page will look different.
• It’s possible to check the URL to verify you’re on the real Cmail login page.
• When typing in the login email address and password, make sure to include the “@cornell.edu” part of the email address.

For details and to see how the new login page will look, please visit:
http://it.cornell.edu/services/cmail/new-login.cfm
RDMSG Information Sessions
Cornell faculty and staff are invited to attend an informational session offered by the Research Data Management Service Group (RDMSG). Staff from the RDMSG will discuss the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) policy requiring a data management plan with all grant proposals, review the requirements, and describe how researchers can obtain assistance to create data management plans. We will also discuss the wide range of other data management services available through the RDMSG and answer questions. For dates and locations, please see:
http://itnews.cornell.edu/?p=3775
Enable WebEx Plug-In in Chrome Browser on January 14
The next version of Google Chrome, which is expected around January 14, will require the WebEx plug-in to be manually enabled in order for WebEx to work. The WebEx meeting will not successfully launch (users will stay on the “Join Meeting” page) until the plug-in has been enabled.
For instructions on how to enable the plug-in, please see:
https://support.webex.com/webex/meetings/en_US/chrome-firefox-join-faq.htm
New Look for Blogs Administrative Dashboard
On Sunday, January 12, the Cornell Blog Service will be upgraded to the latest version of WordPress by the vendor, Edublogs. The most significant change will be to the appearance of the administrative interface. The update will bring a total visual refresh of the blog dashboard. It will also be more mobile friendly–it will work well and look good on tablets and smartphones, right in the browser. All the features and menus will be in the same place, so aside from the different look, administering blogs should be the same experience as it is currently. For more information about the new version of WordPress, please see:
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/12/parker/
Cornell Enterprise Directory Upgrade Jan 19, 26, Feb 2
On three consecutive Sundays from January 19 to February 2, CIT will be applying a minor version upgrade to the university’s Enterprise Directory. This service (not to be confused with CornellAD) is sometimes called the “SunOne directory.” It supports Cornell People Search and other directory lookup functions. Because of redundancy, the upgrade should be non-disruptive.
http://itnews.cornell.edu/?p=3750
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